Viessmann ViCare Integration Not Showing All Entities

[dubinsky]

The problem

I can change the water temperature using ViCare application, but in Home Assistant, the entities to do that are missing.

I suspect that the problem is similar to #122056 and that E3_TCU19_x05 should also be added to the UNSUPPORTED_DEVICES list...

What do you think @CFenner?

Thanks!

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.9.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

ViCare

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/vicare

Diagnostics information

vicare-log.txt

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

No response

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Hey there @CFenner, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (vicare) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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[CFenner]

Can you share the diagnostics file, please.

[CFenner]

We should add the E3 as a gateway directly here: https://github.com/openviess/PyViCare/blob/eb6ac51c0fe588db923265f7deec37f955964504/PyViCare/PyViCareDeviceConfig.py#L87C14-L87C28

Therefore it would be interesting to see the output of the gateway features api call. But that you would need to do with the terminal.

Looks like your device has no circuits, which is as far as I know unusual. The dhw control uses the circuits to access the mode (which is no really necessary / up to date anymore). Therefore creating the entity probably fails.

[dubinsky]

Can you share the diagnostics file, please.

This?

config_entry-vicare-90d30cd8c3c26777f1b744ca03bfe845 (1).json

[dubinsky]

it would be interesting to see the output of the gateway features api call. But that you would need to do with the terminal.

curl -X GET --url https://api.viessmann.com/iot/v2/features/installations/2547267/gateways/7633301003392224/features returns:

features.json

[platini76]

I have the same problem, my entity for pressure won't appear. what do you suggest?

[CFenner]

@dubinsky I added some dhw storage sensors with https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/126570/files they will be in the 2024.11 release.

Just to be sure, in the diagnostic file above there is one empty dataset. Can you verify that the devices feature are actually returning something:

curl -X GET --url https://api.viessmann.com/iot/v2/features/installations/2547267/gateways/7633301003392224/devices/0/features

[CFenner]

@platini76 please have a look at the api docs, I think pressure is a paid feature. Anything else that you miss?

[dubinsky]

@CFenner

Can you verify that the devices feature are actually returning something:

curl -X GET --url https://api.viessmann.com/iot/v2/features/installations/2547267/gateways/7633301003392224/devices/0/features

returned
device-features.json

[dubinsky]

@CFenner

I added some dhw storage sensors with https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/126570/files

Will this make it possible to change the DHW temperature?

Thank you!

[McGiverGim]

I added some dhw storage sensors with https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/126570/files

I'm not too sure if this is the "correct" way to add the sensor.
In my Viessmann Vitocare 050-W, the integration adds a ´water_heater´ sensor, but it does not work as water heater because it only has the current_temperature attribute, but not the "configured" one, the list of operations, etc. Maybe this temperature must be added as target_temperature here https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity/water-heater/

@CFenner can you see it you can add the missing attributes to the water heater entity?

[CFenner]

@dubinsky you probably have no control over the water heater because your device has no circuits.

Fortunately, this coupling is no longer necessary.

November 2022

Important adjustment in IoT features: Split heating circuits and domestic hot water

In our API we have coupled heating circuits (HC) and domestic hot water (DHW) support closely together to keep the backwards compatibility between Legacy devices and devices based on our Viessmann One Base control platform, also called E3. Viessmann One Base provides the HCs and DHW as independent systems with a chance to access HC- and DHW-features as independent features.

What is being adjusted?

The planned adjustments brings the following changes to our IoT features:

adjust heating.circuits.N.operating.modes.* by removing existent DHW dependencies
remove heating.circuits.N.operating.modes.dhw* operating modes
adjust heating.circuits.N.operating.modes.active to only show the following states for the “value” property: auto, heating, >cooling, heatingCooling or testMode
The DHW operating can in future be requested through the following new features:

introduce heating.dhw.operating.modes.off >> Shows whether the DHW is off
adjust heating.dhw.operating.modes.active >> Shows the current DHW operating mode with the possible states for the “value” property: balanced, comfort, eco, off
This change only affects our Viessmann One Base (E3) control platform (wifi integrated devices). For legacy devices, i.e. using a Vitoconnect, there are no changes. However, this also means, depending on the device, requesting and changing the DHW operating mode differs.

I will have a look if we can distinguish the water heater handling for legacy and e3 devices.

[CFenner]

@McGiverGim target and current temp are set in the water heater entity.

core/homeassistant/components/vicare/water_heater.py

Lines 125 to 133 in 0fde5c2

	with suppress(PyViCareNotSupportedFeatureError):
	self._attr_current_temperature = (
	self._api.getDomesticHotWaterStorageTemperature()
	)
	with suppress(PyViCareNotSupportedFeatureError):
	self._attr_target_temperature = (
	self._api.getDomesticHotWaterDesiredTemperature()
	)