VD as heating regulator. SOLVED

[MARCUSP.I.L 16]

I wonder if anyone has experimented with heating regulating with a virtual device?

I have an outdoor heating cable for concrete step heating (when it snows or ices). The cable is installed without a sensor. I wish to create a scene that can regulate the heating effect similar to a manual regulator.  I had a Micro Matic MR16 that regulated heating over a 30 minute period. The regulator had a simple 0 to 10 scale where 1 was 3 minutes , 2 was 6 minutes etc.. Thus, setting the regulator to 5 would mean the heating was on for 15 minutes and off for 15 minutes. This of course repeats throughout the whole period the regulator is switched on.

 

Thanks to@ jgab i found a great solution.

I have made a VD with slider (range changed to 30 min ) and 6 buttons for fast 5 to 30 min turn on times, and a global variable that stores the VD values. 

Using Eventrunner 3 i use a scene that runs the heating program depending on globals set from VD and weather conditions. I have in essence, a portable heating regulator.

Thanks to jgab for his assistance.

Edited October 3, 2021 by MARCUSP.I.L