# Thermostat widget configuration and accepted entities

**URL:** <https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/configuration-du-widget-thermostat-et-entites-acceptees/11526>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Created:** [November 7, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/configuration-du-widget-thermostat-et-entites-acceptees/11526 "2026-11-07T13:52:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/configuration-du-widget-thermostat-et-entites-acceptees/11526/1 "2026-11-07T13:52:11Z")

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Hello,

Thank you very much for all the work done since Gladys v5.

I’m opening this topic because I don’t understand how to configure the Thermostat widget and what type of entities it expects.

In my mind, I choose a temperature sensor, a pilot wire module, and that’s it?

Is that how it works?

Thanks in advance,

Home automation-wise,  
Anthony, McFly

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**Author:** ![Prof\_Techno](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/prof_techno/32/19038_2.png) [@Prof\_Techno](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Prof_Techno)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/configuration-du-widget-thermostat-et-entites-acceptees/11526/2 "2026-11-07T15:12:09Z")

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For the thermostat, there are two possible scenarios: either you have air conditioning, or you control radiators.

For each room, you start by indicating one or more temperature sensors as well as a humidity sensor. You can also associate opening sensors (doors and windows). This allows you to automatically turn off the relevant radiators when an opening is detected.

 ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/0/60ec4bd293ea83d46dd15f9ab7ca3a2a200fea02.png)

Next, you adjust the different temperature presets according to your needs (Comfort, Eco, Frost Protection, etc.), then you assign a schedule to the thermostat.

 ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/5/d51de05e06be76f054ecc0da714a50a68c8cec1e.png)

Once this configuration is done, the associated radiators automatically react to the schedule’s instructions. You therefore no longer need to manage each radiator individually: the thermostat centralizes their operation based on the desired temperatures and the defined times.

 ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/3/035023997cc026453d2f3a80c232426275df0762.png)

But the management doesn’t stop there:

- In the scenes, you can modify the schedule currently used by the scenes. This allows, for example, to automatically switch to Vacation mode or Eco ++ according to an event.
- In the widgets, you retain the possibility to manually intervene to adjust the thermostat’s operation or modify the desired temperature.

 ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/e/de7e95b7e1d6c1c3e5840e1bf9c99c70d5774e37.jpeg)

The interest of this system is to separate the configuration of each room from the overall management of the heating. You define once the equipment, the temperatures, and the schedule of each thermostat, then you control everything through the scenes or the widgets.

It is precisely this flexibility that makes the system interesting: the thermostats manage the radiators on a daily basis, while the scenes and manual commands allow you to modify their operation without having to intervene on each device.