Adam4, my first thought would be that this must be related to the ST app trouble youâre having. Thermostat Manager has no restrictions whatsoever in regards to thermostat type. If your device has, âthermostatâ capability, then you should be able to select it no problem.
Unfortunately Thermostat Manager was not really designed for this purpose (Keep Me Cozy was). While TM does have the ability to control Emergency Heat mode based on an external sensor, that is the only type of external sensor that is supported at this time. This was added in by request in order to support those who live in extremely cold climates. Thermostat Mode Director attempts the feature that you are looking for (although it doesnât work, for the same reason that I have not implemented it in Thermostat Manager, as I will explain). The thing is, unless you have a Nest or an Ecobee, I can make an app that will allow you to link an external sensor to your thermostat. In other words, we can say, for example, when tempSensorX hits temperature 80F, activate cool mode on the thermostat â and this will work. Letâs say that it is 75F degrees in the thermostat room and 80F in tempSensorXâs room. The problem is that the thermostat doesnât actually start blowing cold air until its own internal thermometer hits the temperature setpoints that were set on the thermostat itself. Assuming that our thermostat setpoint is also 80F, in this situation, our thermostat will be set into cooling mode â it just wonât blow cold air. In other words, the system doesnât really work like an Ecobee system in which the thermostat gives up control to the external sensor. This is why we donât support it; it doesnât work. Now, as long as you understand that I can bring the horse to water but I canât make him drink (blow cold air), Thermostat Manager could be made to activate thermostat modes based on an external temp sensor. And I do get occasional requests from people who understand this and still want to add in support for this feature anyway. But as far as Iâm concerned it is a feature that will never work well and so is very low on my priority list. I do expect I will add it in eventually but I wonât be adding in some half-baked AI (like Keep Me Cozy) in order to control it. Thermostat Manager is primarily a presence based thermostat mode manager.
My suggestion would be, check out Thermostat Manager anyway. It is pretty refined and Iâm sure you noticed the developer is quite active. If youâre looking for something that is Thermostat Mode Director like, weâre probably the best of that type. But if youâre looking for, âKeep Me Cozyâ, that is not what Thermostat Manager is designed for.
