[Feature request] - expose is_used_by_central_boiler as an entity like "follow underlying temp change"

[jmcollin78]

Discussed in #864

^{Originally posted by doubledrat January 23, 2025}
And perhaps other similar flags, so they can be changed by a script.

Use case: i have a spare room that i generally don't care if it's too cold, so I have is_used_by_central_boiler set to false, to prevent this one room from starting the boiler.

When I have guests, I have a script that increases the temperatures on the presets for this room, but i would also like to set is_used_by_central_boiler to true. I don't seem to be able to do this at the moment.

Thanks :)

[jmcollin78]

The use case is fully explained in the discussion.

[jmcollin78]

expose also the boiler threshold to be fully configurable.

[mcornillon]

+1 for me on this use case, specially for the "boiler threshold", as I would like to perform the following thing :

• when somebody's home, set the "boiler threshold" to 1 (so that it starts immediately when there is one single demand)
• when we are away, set the "boiler threshold" to 2 or 3 so the boiler is only activated once when there is significant demand (and in that case, I don't care that a specific room gets below target, as we are not here...)

[mcornillon]

I was interested by the "boiler threshold" to be fully configurable externally (cf. my use case above), and in fact I realized it is already available !! (of course, otherwise how could we modify it....) :

So that's fine for me, I'll implement an automation to raise the threshold when I'm significantly away (more than 24h)

By the way, I think the request is still valid for "is_used_by_central_boiler", as it is not accessible/configurable