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MQTT climate (heater)

Air Conditioners and Heaters · Climate

Partly worksApple Home issuesLocal

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 integration: MQTT.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
MQTTPartly works LocalPartly in Home
Climate entity misbehaves in HomeKit; switches fine
Power and heat buttons linked after 2023.7 mode topic change
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The problem Hello all, I just started having troubles after the last core update 2023.7 with the climate object. I searched a while about what could have changed and just discovered this change : if I understand well the power_command_topic is no more used and the mode_command_topic must be used instead. I try different configurations with no satisfying results. In HA, now the flame button of the climate widget turns the heater on and the power buttons turns it off. With some change on the mode_command_template, it could also behave inversely (flame turns off and power turn on). But in both …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #96208 · 2023-07

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Identifiers

BrandMQTT
CategoryAir Conditioners and Heaters