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layout: page
title: "ZhongHong Thermostats Controller"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate ZhongHong Support thermostats within Home Assistant."
date: 2018-06-20 08:30
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logo: zhong_hong.png
ha_category: Climate
ha_release: "0.72"
ha_iot_class: "Local Push"
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The `zhong_hong` climate platform lets you control [Zhonghong HVAC Gateway Controller](http://zhonghongtech.cn/v1/product.shtml/) thermostats through Home Assistant.

To set it up, add the following information to your configuration.yaml file:

```yaml
climate:
  - platform: zhong_hong
    host: GATEWAY_IP
```

{% configuration %}
host:
  description: The IP address of your controller.
  required: true
  type: string
port:
  description: The port of your controller.
  required: false
  default: 9999
  type: integer
gateway_address:
  description: The gateway address for the gateway (Settings in the controller itself).
  required: false
  default: 1
  type: integer

{% endconfiguration %}

When Gateway is found, All HVAC devices will be configured automatically.