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== Step 6: Configure the Thermostat in Home Assistant ==

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==== 6.1 Assign the Thermostat to an Area ====

* After adding the integration, you can assign the thermostat to an area, such as Living Room. This part confuses me, there are so many labels &amp; subcategories. It is easy to get lost in them all.

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==== 6.2 Add Thermostat Controls to Your Dashboard ====

* Go to '''Overview''' in Home Assistant.
* Click the diagonal line that is supposed to look like a pencil in the upper right hand corner.
* Now you are in the edit dashboard menu, that does absolutely nothing.
* Click the three dots in the upper right corner, then click '''take control''' so you can actually edit your dashboard.
* Click '''start with an empty dashboard'''
* Click on '''Edit Dashboard''', then click '''Add Card'''.
* Select '''Thermostat''' as the card type, and choose your Venstar thermostat from the list.
* Give the thermostat a cool name, like Second Floor Thermostat, and click '''Done'''.

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==== 6.3 Customize the Dashboard ====

* If you want to adjust or hide certain things, you need to click '''“Take Control”''' in what is some of the most confusing UI of all time.

<blockquote>'''NOTE:''' You have to hit '''Take Control''' in order to do anything with the interface. This is not obvious or intuitive. I set up my dashboard on android when I set up my own system, so I never saw the dashboard in the web interface. I tried the web interface dashboard for the first time when I did this guide. It owned me good.
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==== 6.4. Use the Venstar Thermostat in Home Assistant ====

# Control the Thermostat
#* From the dashboard, you can now adjust the temperature, set heating or cooling modes, and control the fan (e.g., always on or only when the compressor is active).
# View Historical Data
#* Home Assistant provides historical graphs showing temperature changes and thermostat actions (e.g., target temperature vs. actual temperature) over time, which you can view directly in the thermostat card on your dashboard.

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