[DEPRECATED] Hive Active Hot Water Device Type

[Alyc100 (Alex Lee)]

Hi Brian,

I have thought about this, but I think the thermostat mode control of Off, On, Scheduled and Boost is a natural fit for the hot water device. I can’t speak for everyone else, but the behaviour in my household is that hot water tends to be left on a schedule (one morning and one evening heat) with a boost performed when extra hot water is required.

This SmartApp below might help you. Create a Simulated Switch via the IDE and then use the app below to map the switch onto a Hive thermostat mode. The way I use it is to have a switch in ST that boosts hot water when on by mapping the switch to ‘Boost’ mode on the Hive Hot Water device. It also stops the boost when the switch is turned off.

[OBSOLETE] Auto Mode for Thermostats

This SmartApp has been hiding in my Hive Device type topic for a while, but I’ve been finding it useful so wanted to publish this app in it’s own topic for others to find. I’m also not sure whether some of the concepts of this app are more UK thermostat centric where we have heating boost functionality and a fixed schedule that is usually programmed in. The idea behind this smart app is that I wanted my thermostat system (British Gas Hive Heating) to turn off automatically when Smartthings was in an Away mode and come back on when I arrived back. You can add different rules for multiple thermostats in the house. In my setup, I set the heating to ‘off’ in my ‘Away’ and ‘Away Night’ modes and set to a ‘Boost / Emergency Heat’ when it comes out of those modes. I have my hot water system set …