The tado° binding integrates devices from tado°.
It requires a fully functional tado° installation. You can then monitor and control all zone types (Heating, AC, Hot Water) as well as retrieve the HOME/AWAY status of mobile devices.
The binding supports discovery, but a home thing type has to be configured first.
It serves as bridge to the tado° cloud services.
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
username |
yes | Username used to log in at my.tado |
password |
yes | Password of the username |
Example tado.things
Bridge tado:home:demo [ username="mail@example.com", password="secret" ]
Afterwards the discovery will show all zones and mobile devices associated with the user's home.
A zone is an area/room of your home. You have defined them during installation. One zone relates to one page in the tado° mobile- or webapp.
| Parameter | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
id |
yes | Zone Id | - |
refreshInterval |
no | Refresh interval of state updates in seconds | 30 |
hvacChangeDebounce |
no | Duration in seconds to combine multiple HVAC changes into one | 5 |
Zones can either be added through discovery or manually. Following up on the above example, a zone configuration could look like this:
Example tado.things
Bridge tado:home:demo [ username="mail@example.com", password="secret" ] {
zone heating [id=1]
zone ac [id=2]
zone hotwater [id=0]
}
Zone id and name can be found in discovery results.
A zone is either of type HEATING, AC or DHW (domestic hot water).
The availability of items as well as their allowed values depend on type and capabilities of the HVAC setup.
If you are unsure, have a look at the tado° app and see if the functionality is available and what values are supported.
| Name | Type | Description | Read/Write | Zone type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
currentTemperature |
Number:Temperature | Current inside temperature | R | HEATING, AC |
humidity |
Number | Current relative inside humidity in percent | R | HEATING, AC |
heatingPower |
Number | Amount of heating power currently present | R | HEATING |
acPower |
Switch | Indicates if the Air-Conditioning is Off or On | R | AC |
hvacMode |
String | Active mode, one of OFF, HEAT, COOL, DRY, FAN, AUTO |
RW | HEATING and DHW support OFF and HEAT, AC can support more |
targetTemperature |
Number:Temperature | Set point | RW | HEATING, AC, DHW |
fanspeed |
String | Fan speed, one of AUTO, LOW, MIDDLE, HIGH |
RW | AC |
swing |
Switch | Swing on/off | RW | AC |
overlayExpiry |
DateTime | End date and time of a timer | R | HEATING, AC, DHW |
timerDuration |
Number | Timer duration in minutes | RW | HEATING, AC, DHW |
operationMode |
String | Operation mode the zone is currently in. One of SCHEDULE (follow smart schedule), MANUAL (override until ended manually), TIMER (override for a given time), UNTIL_CHANGE (active until next smart schedule block or until AWAY mode becomes active) |
RW | HEATING, AC, DHW |
batteryLowAlarm |
Switch | A control device in the Zone has a low battery (if applicable) | R | Any Zone |
openWindowDetected |
Switch | An open window has been detected in the Zone | R | Any Zone |
The RW items are used to either override the schedule or to return to it (if hvacMode is set to SCHEDULE).
Item changes are not immediately applied, but instead collected and only when no change is done for 5 seconds (by default - see hvacChangeDebounce above), the combined HVAC change is sent to the server.
This way, you can for example set a timer for 15 minutes, with target temperature 22° and mode HEAT in one go, without intermediate partial overrides.
It is still fine to only change one item, like setting the target temperature to 22°, but you have the opportunity to set more items and have less defaults applied.
To set an override, the tado° cloud API requires a full setting (hvacMode, targetTemperature, fanspeed, swing) and a termination condition (operationMode, timerDuration).
If only some of the properties are set, the binding fills the missing pieces automatically.
It tries to keep the current state wherever possible.
If parts of the setting are missing, then the currently active zone setting is used to fill the gap. Only if the setting is not compatible with the requested change, then hard-coded defaults are applied.
hvacModeis set toHEATfor heating and hot water, and set toCOOLfor ACtargetTemperaturefor heating is22°C / 72°F, AC is set to20°C / 68°Fand hot water to50°C / 122°Ffanspeedis set to first supported value, for exampleAUTOswingis set toOFF, if supported
If the termination condition is missing, the binding first checks if an override is active. If that is the case, the existing termination condition is used. An existing timer, for example, just keeps running. In case the zone is currently in smart-schedule mode and thus doesn't have a termination condition, then the default termination condition is used, as configured in the tado° app (settings -> select zone -> manual control on tado° device).
The mobiledevice thing represents a smart phone that is configured for tado°. It provides access to the geotracking functionality.
| Parameter | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
id |
yes | Mobile Device Id | - |
refreshInterval |
no | Refresh interval of state updates in seconds | 60 |
Mobile devices are part of discovery, but can also be configured manually.
It is again easiest to refer to discovery in order to find the id.
Example tado.things:
Bridge tado:home:demo [ username="mail@example.com", password="secret" ] {
mobiledevice phone [id=12345]
}
| Name | Type | Description | Read/Write |
|---|---|---|---|
atHome |
Switch | ON if mobile device is in HOME mode, OFF if AWAY | R |
Group OR can be used to define an item for 'is any device at home'.
Bridge tado:home:demo [ username="mail@example.com", password="secret" ] {
zone heating [id=1]
zone ac [id=2]
zone hotwater [id=0]
mobiledevice phone [id=12345]
}
Number:Temperature HEAT_inside_temperature "Inside Temperature" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:currentTemperature" }
Number HEAT_humidity "Humidity" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:humidity" }
Number HEAT_heating_power "Heating Power" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:heatingPower" }
String HEAT_hvac_mode "HVAC Mode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:hvacMode" }
Number:Temperature HEAT_target_temperature "Set Point" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:targetTemperature" }
DateTime HEAT_overlay_expiry "Overlay Expiry" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:overlayExpiry" }
Number HEAT_timer_duration "Timer Duration" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:timerDuration" }
String HEAT_operation_mode "Operation Mode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:operationMode" }
Number:Temperature AC_inside_temperature "Inside Temperature" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:currentTemperature" }
Number AC_humidity "Humidity" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:humidity" }
String AC_hvac_mode "HVMode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:hvacMode" }
Number:Temperature AC_target_temperature "Set Point" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:targetTemperature" }
String AC_fanspeed "Fan Speed" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:fanspeed" }
Switch AC_swing "Swing" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:swing" }
DateTime AC_overlay_expiry "Overlay Expiry" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:overlayExpiry" }
Number AC_timer_duration "Timer Duration" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:timerDuration" }
String AC_operation_mode "Operation Mode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:operationMode" }
Switch AC_power "Air-Con Power" { channel="tado:zone:demo:ac:acPower" }
String DHW_hvac_mode "HVAC Mode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:hotwater:hvacMode" }
Number:Temperature DHW_target_temperature "Set Point" { channel="tado:zone:demo:hotwater:targetTemperature" }
DateTime DHW_overlay_expiry "Overlay Expiry" { channel="tado:zone:demo:hotwater:overlayExpiry" }
Number DHW_timer_duration "Timer Duration" { channel="tado:zone:demo:hotwater:timerDuration" }
String DHW_operation_mode "Operation Mode" { channel="tado:zone:demo:hotwater:operationMode" }
Switch Battery_Low_Alarm "Battery Low Alarm" { channel="tado:zone:demo:heating:batteryLowAlarm" }
Switch Phone_atHome "Phone location [MAP(presence.map):%s]" { channel="tado:mobiledevice:demo:phone:atHome" }
sitemap tado label="Tado"
{
Frame label="Heating" {
Text item=HEAT_inside_temperature
Text item=HEAT_humidity
Text item=HEAT_heating_power
Setpoint item=HEAT_target_temperature minValue=5 maxValue=25
Selection item=HEAT_hvac_mode mappings=[OFF=off, HEAT=on]
Selection item=HEAT_operation_mode mappings=[SCHEDULE=schedule, MANUAL=manual, UNTIL_CHANGE="until change", TIMER=timer]
Setpoint item=HEAT_timer_duration minValue=5 maxValue=60 step=1
Text item=HEAT_overlay_expiry
}
Frame label="AC" {
Text item=AC_inside_temperature
Text item=AC_humidity
Setpoint item=AC_target_temperature minValue=16 maxValue=30
Selection item=AC_hvac_mode mappings=[OFF=off, HEAT=heat, COOL=cool, DRY=dry, FAN=fan, AUTO=auto]
Selection item=AC_operation_mode mappings=[SCHEDULE=schedule, MANUAL=manual, UNTIL_CHANGE="until change", TIMER=timer]
Selection item=AC_fanspeed mappings=[AUTO=auto, LOW=low, MIDDLE=middle, HIGH=high]
Switch item=AC_swing
Setpoint item=AC_timer_duration minValue=5 maxValue=60 step=1
Text item=AC_overlay_expiry
}
Frame label="Hot Water" {
Setpoint item=DHW_target_temperature minValue=30 maxValue=65
Selection item=DHW_hvac_mode mappings=[OFF=off, HEAT=on]
Selection item=DHW_operation_mode mappings=[SCHEDULE=schedule, MANUAL=manual, UNTIL_CHANGE="until change", TIMER=timer]
Setpoint item=DHW_timer_duration minValue=5 maxValue=60 step=1
Text item=DHW_overlay_expiry
}
Frame label="Battery Low Alarm" {
Text item=Battery_Low_Alarm valuecolor=[OFF="green", ON="red"]
}
Frame label="Mobile Devices" {
Text item=Phone_atHome
}
}
ON=at home
OFF=away
NULL=lost