Hey there,
I am new to Zigbee2Mqtt and zigbee over all. What I want to do is building a smart heating control using Tuya SEA801 Zigbee Thermostats and Xiaomi Temperature Sensors.
Is it possible to directly control the opening percentage of the valve?
I wanted to build a PID controller using these two devices and nodeRED.
I look for years but I couldn‘t find any (Zigbee) thermostat where you can SET the valve percentage from outside. If it is exposed via zigbee then READONLY.
The valve position is ususally calculated internally depending on the gap between current and target temperature.
As StofLE says, use the thermostat’s reported temperature.
I vary its setpoint to be higher or lower than its temperature, depending on whether I want the valve open or closed. Crude, but it seems to work OK.