Wrote a new app this morning. It’s called “Thermostat Boost”. Shared to the IDE of course. Its really really simple. Basically turns your thermostat on for a specific period of time and then off after that period has expired. Sometimes you need to boost the temp in your house or pull out some moisture. I live in the Midwest and this time of year is very humid so i wrote this to pull some humidity out of the house but turn it off automagically so i don’t forget to do that. Which has been known to happen. So im sharing with the community.
Let me know if there are any problems with it.
// Automatically generated. Make future change here.
definition(
name: "Thermostat Boost",
namespace: "tslagle13",
author: "Tim Slagle",
description: "Turn on the thermostat for a certain period of time and then back off after that time has expired. Good for when you need to pull some moisture out of the air but don't want to forget to turn the thermostat off.",
category: "Green Living",
iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience.png",
iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png")
preferences {
section("Turn on these thermostats") {
input "thermostats", "capability.thermostat", multiple: true
}
section("To which mode?") {
input "turnOnTherm", "enum", metadata: [values: ["auto", "cool", "heat"]], required: false
}
section("For how long?") {
input "turnOffDelay", "decimal", defaultValue:30
}
}
def installed() {
subscribe(app, appTouch)
}
def updated() {
subscribe(app, appTouch)
}
def appTouch(evt) {
def mode = turnOnTherm
thermostats?."${mode}"()
thermoShutOffTrigger()
}
def thermoShutOffTrigger() {
log.info("Starting timer to turn off thermostat")
def delay = (turnOffDelay != null && turnOffDelay != "") ? turnOffDelay * 60 : 60
state.turnOffTime = now()
runIn(delay, "thermoShutOff")
}
def thermoShutOff() {
thermostats?.off()
}
Updated! Will now change setpoint to what you want it to as well as check to see if the thermostat is already on or not. It will return the thermostat back to your oroginal setpoints and modes as well
/**
* Thermostat Boost
*
* Copyright 2014 Tim Slagle
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
* on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
* for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*
*/
// Automatically generated. Make future change here.
definition(
name: "Thermostat Boost",
namespace: "tslagle13",
author: "Tim Slagle",
description: "Turn on the thermostat for a certain period of time and then back off after that time has expired. Good for when you need to pull some moisture out of the air but don't want to forget to turn the thermostat off.",
category: "Green Living",
iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience.png",
iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png")
preferences {
page( name:"Thermostat", title:"Thermostat", nextPage:"mode", uninstall:true, install:false ) {
section("Choose a thermostat to boost") {
input "thermostats1", "capability.thermostat", multiple: false
}
}
page( name:"mode", title:"Mode", nextPage:"setpoints", uninstall:true, install:false ) {
section("If thermostat is off switch to which mode?") {
input "turnOnTherm", "enum", metadata: [values: ["cool", "heat"]], required: false
}
}
page( name:"setpoints", title:"Thermostat Setpoints", uninstall:true, install:true ) {
section("Set the thermostat to the following temps") {
input "coolingTemp", "decimal", title: "Cooling temp?", required: false
input "heatingTemp", "decimal", title: "Heating temp?", required: false
}
section("For how long?") {
input "turnOffDelay", "decimal", defaultValue:30
}
}
}
def installed() {
subscribe(app, appTouch)
}
def updated() {
subscribe(app, appTouch)
}
def appTouch(evt) {
def currentCoolSetpoint = thermostats1.latestValue("coolingSetpoint")
def currentHeatSetpoint = thermostats1.latestValue("heatingSetpoint")
def currentMode = thermostats1.latestValue("thermostatMode")
def mode = turnOnTherm
state.currentCoolSetpoint = currentCoolSetpoint
state.currentHeatSetpoint = currentHeatSetpoint
state.currentMode = currentMode
if(currentMode != "off"){
thermostats1.setCoolingSetpoint(coolingTemp)
thermostats1.setHeatingSetpoint(heatingTemp)
}
if(currentMode == "off") {
thermostats1."${mode}"()
thermostats1.setCoolingSetpoint(coolingTemp)
thermostats1.setHeatingSetpoint(heatingTemp)
}
thermoShutOffTrigger()
log.debug("current coolingsetpoint is ${state.currentCoolSetpoint}")
log.debug("current heatingsetpoint is ${state.currentHeatSetpoint}")
log.debug("current mode is ${state.currentMode}")
//thermostats.setCoolingSetpoint(currentCoolSetpoint)
}
def thermoShutOffTrigger() {
log.info("Starting timer to turn off thermostat")
def delay = (turnOffDelay != null && turnOffDelay != "") ? turnOffDelay * 60 : 60
state.turnOffTime = now()
log.debug ("Turn off delay is ${delay}")
runIn(delay, "thermoShutOff")
}
def thermoShutOff(){
log.info("Returning thermostat back to normal")
thermostats1.setCoolingSetpoint(state.currentCoolSetpoint)
thermostats1.setHeatingSetpoint(state.currentHeatSetpoint)
thermostats1."${state.currentMode}"()
}
