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Cairox R-AQUA HPB R290 (HPB-S 300A)

Thermostats · Climate

RequestedCloud

1 report: 1 asks for support.

Reported with 1 integration: Aqua Temp.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Aqua TempRequested CloudSupport in open PR; water-heater only
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Adds support for the Cairox R-AQUA HPB R290 (HPB-S 300A), product_id 1726502484782837760 (PHNIX/Hitemp OEM, water-heater only). This product: - Reports raw "Mode": "3" which isn't part of the default cool/heat/auto mapping, causing get_device_hvac_mode() to crash with "ValueError: None is not a valid HVACMode". - Uses R01 as the heat target/setpoint (vs. R02 for default products). - Reports "Max heat [R11]" as 0, which made the climate entity's max_temp invalid and rejected all set_temperature calls. Changes: 1. get_device_hvac_mode(): fall back to HVACMode.HEAT (with a warning) instead of …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

PR #119 · 2026-06

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In ReReHome

Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandCairox
ModelHPB-S 300A
CategoryThermostats