NODON ZIGBEE 3.0 PILOT WIRE SIN-4-FP-21
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Dedicated to pilot wire electric radiators, the Zigbee 3.0 Pilot Wire Heating Module allows them to be connected and automate heating management to save energy.
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A new arrival on the market for radiator control by pilot wire, the Nodon SIN-4-FP-21, faithful to the manufacturing quality of the brand, promises simplified management of radiators with management by pilot wire.
The Nodon SIN-4-FP-21 demonstrates integration with Zigbee2mqtt and simplified radiator management which is very logical. But the integration into Home Assistant with management by thermostat is natively impossible. Why? quite simply because it does not include on/off switches which is essential for the integration of generic thermostats. Don’t worry, I’ll fix it almost transparently
There is a youtube video edited by Zatoufly which explains to you how to integrate the pilot wire node into home-assistant and control it with the generic thermostat by creating a virtual switch and a call by automation by creating a scenario.
That’s good but I’m going to present you with a different approach where you won’t need to create a scenario.
Dedicated to pilot wire electric radiators, the Zigbee Pilot Wire Heating Module allows them to be connected and automate heating management to save energy. It allows you to manage up to six modes and at least: Comfort, Eco, Frost Protection and Off. Paired with a compatible home automation system, heating management becomes intelligent and automatic.
The Pilot Wire Heating Module has 6 modes: Comfort, Comfort -1°C, Comfort -2°C, Eco, Frost Protection and Off allowing local or automatic control.
The module is quick to update thanks to the OTA function. Updates can be carried out via a compatible home automation center or via the [NodOn Connect] application.(https://nodon.fr/nodon/application-nodon-connect/){: target=”_blank”}
Simpler, you die!
Add the Zigbee Driver Wire Heating Module to the electrical panel with the NodOn DIN Rail Box*.
Power supply | 230V AC ~ 50Hz |
Consumption | <1W |
Maximum power. heater | 3680W |
Counting instantaneous power | (W) and cumulative energy |
(Wh) | |
Modes | 6 orders Pilot Wire |
Radio protocol | Zigbee 3.0 |
Frequency band used | 2.4Ghz |
Maximum radio power | +10dBm |
Range | up to 40m indoors |
Operating temperature | • Between -20 and 40° in the open air. • Between -20 and 35°C in a recessed box. • Between -20 and 40°C in the NodOn DRB (DIN Rail Box). • Between -20 and 40°C in the NodOn BPS (Surface Mounting Box). |
Protection index | IP 20 |
The only pilot wire module currently competing with NodOn, Legrand stands out by its 100% functional integration but also adds switch functions which makes it fully natively compatible with home-assistant via Zigbee2mqtt integration .
Currently the NodOn module SIN-4-FP-21 is incompatible with ZHA, information comes up but does not correspond to this module, it is recognized as the NodOn SIN-4-1-20 multifunction module, which does not does not make it a native wire-driver module.
Integration into Z2M is 200% functional everything is supported
You can see the main functions in the tab:
Power and energy can be fine-tuned and calibrated using additional settings.
To finish displaying the functions reported in Home Assistant in mqtt.
NodOn official technical information SIN-4-FP-21
When powered on, the module’s LED flashes orange seeking to join a Zigbee network. Go to the application of your Zigbee control unit to activate module detection.
If the module has successfully joined the network, the LED turns green. The module is ready to use.
If the module has not joined a network within 15 minutes, the LED turns orange. Quickly press the module button and start the procedure again.
I chose the integration by zigbee2mqtt because the Nodon SIN-4-FP-21 is well recognized and as you already know Z2M is compatible with various boxes like Jeedom, Openhab and Gladys to name a few . Find information on the integration of the module in Z2M directly on the official link
In order to create the two files below and modify the configuration.yaml file you will need to install one of the two additional applications presented below, **personally if you are new to home-assistant I recommend file-editor **, to install it directly in your instance simply click on the link.
Also you will need to include the NodOn module SIN-4-FP-21 in HA before creating these scripts.
We will start to create a switch.yaml file which will group together all your virtual switches because yes you could have several like a switch which would start your PC for example…. So go to the root /config
and creates a file named switch.yaml.
creating a switch in home assistant.
Copy the lines of code below without forgetting to fill in the correct lines.
in this switch we directly automate the functions of the nodon module SIN-4-FP-21 by the input select.radiateur_salon_pilot_wire_mode and we indicate, when the switch is activated, it selects the comfort mode and deactivates the off mode of the module so no need for a scenario.
For the moment it is not possible to enter these options by creating a virtual switch via the interface directly in ha.
Now that the switch is created, repeat the same procedure to create a generic thermostat named thermostat.yaml.
Creating a generic thermostat thermostat.yaml
To configure a generic thermostat in Home Assistant you will also need an external temperature sensor, I recommend for example the Sonoff SNZB-02P module, you can at the same time read the review article of this one
Last step creates a direction link to the two files previously created in the Home-Assistant configuration.yaml file. after the following lines:
Which gives the result:
Now all you have to do is restart home assistant to discover the new entities created previously: the switch switch.inter_radiateur_salon and the thermostat climate.thermostat_chauffage_salon.
You will now be able to control your radiators with the thermostat function.
Of exemplary quality this pilot wire module signed NodOn SIN-4-FP-21 does the job, it lacks the switch function which would allow it to be simply turned off, and mandatory to be able to control it in Home Assistant by the Thermostat card. But with a few lines of code you can make the whole thing functional and transparent to use. To finish the Legrand 064882 pilot wire allows you to do all this natively but you will have to put your hand in your wallet because it is 10€ more expensive, if you are no longer ready for that I I recommend the Legrand, otherwise the NodOn will do the trick and what’s more you could integrate it directly into your electrical panel.
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