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Brilliant, had mine installed this morning so far loving the app. Just one gripe I’ve noticed is that the controller the physical device not the hub, can only control one zone at a time so if I want physical controls I would have to buy one for each room. Most likely we won’t be using that and it will be in a drawer somewhere :-) I will try to add this to Home Assistant tonight
Yes with them being room thermostats that's the way they work unfortunately as they act as the primary device in the room. I know some systems have a control panel type of thing for whole house control, but this is where Home Assistant comes in 😉
@@Byteofgeek Tis a pleasure!I started it many years ago, primary for data extraction into grafana but then i expended it to do so much more.. Alas I moved home, had two kids and renovating the house and geeze, time (and money) poor!. Mark Parker (@msp1974) has taken the lead and has done SOO MUCH to improve it from my release (2.x). Things are settling down and I expect to get back into the swing of it soon 🙂
I have a few Wiser digistats but no hub. The digistats support bluetooth but just provide 1-channel "I need heat" control to a separately. managed heating system. Would I still need a wiser hub or would this not work?
I'm not sure this will work, this system uses a ZigBee network to communicate rather than Bluetooth but maybe someone else knows something different to me
Does the Wiser work locally? So I can not connect it to my internet and just control it through HA? I don't intend to use a wiser app/create an account or anything other than HA.
I haven't tried it but I think you're going to need an account to add the thermostat and TRVs. The hub is capable of working without the internet but I've only seen the mention of pressing the button on the hub in this manner.
With it being a Zigbee network I suspect it's highly likely that the quality of connection is one of the main reasons for battery drain. I've seen this with Aqara sensors I have and when the network has improved the battery drain has normalised.
An absolutely useless system. Installed throughout the entire house 2 years ago, 6 radiators, extra thermostat controler, and signal extenders. This system is very inaccurate in result you have to cold or to hot house, resulting in a waste of money on extra heating costs in addition to the system itself. It's worth mentioning that it was installed by a certified plumber. The batteries run out very quickly; you'll need to replace them 3-4 times a year. The app is glitchy all the time. I deeply regret purchasing it; it's a waste of money and time. Now I have a completely useless system that I HAVE TO REMOVE and RETURN BACK TO THE OLD FASHIONED THERMOSTAT. I'VE LOST THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.
Not disputing your comments as every product has a number of users it doesn't work for. I did a lot of research into this before buying it so knew there were a lot of happy customers using it as well as a minority who had been experiencing problems. I've had mine since February and I'm yet to replace any batteries whatsoever. I have had to buy 1 extender to make the network 100% stable, but then it's ZigBee and that's how it works. To counter the fact that the TRVs report a slightly higher temperature with them being next to the radiator I've had to adjust my desired temperature accordingly (although I wish Drayton would put something in the app to do this). I installed this all myself as it's a simple DIY install, hub, 6 radiators and a themostat, and I've found it's worked flawlessly and it has definitely saved me money though I'm yet to total that up! These systems aren't for everyone and such an investment requires research and asking questions on forums and Facebook groups, not ideal but definitely way better than buying blindly.
Its a shame you have had a bad experience, it isn't perfect but I have had the system for quite a few years now and love it. I work at home and so can control exactly where the heat goes. The integration seems to work well with HA and the Wiser app has been constantly updated. The whole system is very different from a single hallway stat and takes time to adjust to. I cant say I have noticed inaccuracy as it doesn't matter, set the temperature for comfort rather than the numeric value, each room in the house will be different and depend on heat loss. Great video Byteofgeek, thanks for the tutorial.
Hope you found this useful, comment down below if you've integrated your wiser system and if you enjoyed the video then don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the channel 🌞
Brilliant, had mine installed this morning so far loving the app.
Just one gripe I’ve noticed is that the controller the physical device not the hub, can only control one zone at a time so if I want physical controls I would have to buy one for each room.
Most likely we won’t be using that and it will be in a drawer somewhere :-) I will try to add this to Home Assistant tonight
Yes with them being room thermostats that's the way they work unfortunately as they act as the primary device in the room. I know some systems have a control panel type of thing for whole house control, but this is where Home Assistant comes in 😉
Nice video! Thank you for producing this video for the integration myself and Mark have produced. So pleased its being used!!
Hey, thank you for providing such a fantastic integration 👍
@@Byteofgeek Tis a pleasure!I started it many years ago, primary for data extraction into grafana but then i expended it to do so much more.. Alas I moved home, had two kids and renovating the house and geeze, time (and money) poor!. Mark Parker
(@msp1974) has taken the lead and has done SOO MUCH to improve it from my release (2.x). Things are settling down and I expect to get back into the swing of it soon 🙂
I have a few Wiser digistats but no hub. The digistats support bluetooth but just provide 1-channel "I need heat" control to a separately. managed heating system. Would I still need a wiser hub or would this not work?
I'm not sure this will work, this system uses a ZigBee network to communicate rather than Bluetooth but maybe someone else knows something different to me
exactly what i was looking for. thank you
Does the Wiser work locally? So I can not connect it to my internet and just control it through HA? I don't intend to use a wiser app/create an account or anything other than HA.
I haven't tried it but I think you're going to need an account to add the thermostat and TRVs. The hub is capable of working without the internet but I've only seen the mention of pressing the button on the hub in this manner.
I found my batteries didn’t last very long. We just had a new boiler fitted and went with vaillant wifi and integration.
With it being a Zigbee network I suspect it's highly likely that the quality of connection is one of the main reasons for battery drain. I've seen this with Aqara sensors I have and when the network has improved the battery drain has normalised.
An absolutely useless system. Installed throughout the entire house 2 years ago, 6 radiators, extra thermostat controler, and signal extenders. This system is very inaccurate in result you have to cold or to hot house, resulting in a waste of money on extra heating costs in addition to the system itself. It's worth mentioning that it was installed by a certified plumber. The batteries run out very quickly; you'll need to replace them 3-4 times a year. The app is glitchy all the time. I deeply regret purchasing it; it's a waste of money and time. Now I have a completely useless system that I HAVE TO REMOVE and RETURN BACK TO THE OLD FASHIONED THERMOSTAT. I'VE LOST THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.
Not disputing your comments as every product has a number of users it doesn't work for.
I did a lot of research into this before buying it so knew there were a lot of happy customers using it as well as a minority who had been experiencing problems.
I've had mine since February and I'm yet to replace any batteries whatsoever.
I have had to buy 1 extender to make the network 100% stable, but then it's ZigBee and that's how it works.
To counter the fact that the TRVs report a slightly higher temperature with them being next to the radiator I've had to adjust my desired temperature accordingly (although I wish Drayton would put something in the app to do this).
I installed this all myself as it's a simple DIY install, hub, 6 radiators and a themostat, and I've found it's worked flawlessly and it has definitely saved me money though I'm yet to total that up!
These systems aren't for everyone and such an investment requires research and asking questions on forums and Facebook groups, not ideal but definitely way better than buying blindly.
Its a shame you have had a bad experience, it isn't perfect but I have had the system for quite a few years now and love it. I work at home and so can control exactly where the heat goes. The integration seems to work well with HA and the Wiser app has been constantly updated. The whole system is very different from a single hallway stat and takes time to adjust to. I cant say I have noticed inaccuracy as it doesn't matter, set the temperature for comfort rather than the numeric value, each room in the house will be different and depend on heat loss. Great video Byteofgeek, thanks for the tutorial.