Heating Controls that do not stop running

[NicolaiL]

In creating a Heating Control there seems to be three options in the "and Continue until" field, ie

Only when Event is Triggered
For One On/Off or Off/On Cycle
Until Device is Manually Turned On or Off

As I control the trigger point via scripts I don't really want the controls to turn off , ever (If I do I will do so by disabling the event, but that's another story). As I sometimes get a bit of noise I sometimses find that the Control goes inactive as the corresponding Device has been turned on or off (inadvertently).

Is there a way of specifying Controls so the do not switch off?

Thanks

[Michael McSharry]

No direct option to remain on unconditionally, but you should be able to achieve the desired result by controlling a virtual rather than a real device and then use another HS event that triggers on the virtual device change to change the real device. That way your noise that is affecting the real device will not be seen by mcsTemperature.

[NicolaiL]

Good point, that would get round it, albeit in a little bit a roundabout way.

Would it be possible to put in a feature request for a future version whereby there is a fourth option to leave the control running unconditionally?

Thanks

[Michael McSharry]

NicolaiL,
I added "Forever" to temperature action in V5.2.16. I will leave the testing to you.

[NicolaiL]

Michael

Much appreciated. I will do the testing over the Christmas break and report back.

Thanks

[NicolaiL]

Works well!

Michael

Happy to report that I've been successfully using the "Forever" feature for a few weeks now.

Many thanks for implementing it!

[Michael McSharry]

Thank you for checking and letting us know.