Ecobee 3 Remote Sensors into ST

[yvesracine]

@matt, I’ve coded many smartapps that take advantage of the connected (humidity, motion, temperature) sensors in ST.

For example, see this thread:

[OBSOLETE] Monitor ecobee temp and Adjust it according to indoor/outdoor sensors

Hello, For those of you who have an ecobee thermostat, I just created a new smartapp that monitors the outdoor temperature and humidity on a regular basis (in minutes specified as input parameter) and adjusts the ecobee’s temp according to certain thresholds given by the ST user. If some conditions are met, then it can increase/decrease the heating/cooling setPoints or resume the program set by the ecobee user. In brief, the smartapp allows automatic adjustments of the cooling/heating setpoints according to indoor/outdoor conditions. This is particularly useful in the Winter/Summer where outdoor temperature and humidity can vary throughout the day. You can enable/disable the smartapp with a button on/off tile (ex.virtual switch). The smartapp can use an outdoor sensor or a virtual …

Another example is the MonitorAndSetEcobeeHumidity smartapp which monitors the indoor humidity and turn on the humidifier or the dehumidifier (if they are connected to your ecobee thermostat) based on some indoor/outdoor humidity sensors connected to ST. It can also trigger your HRV/ERV for a certain number of minutes per hour when the outdoor temperature is not too cold or the outdoor humidity is not too high.

See device-type.myecobee/smartapps at master · yracine/device-type.myecobee · GitHub

Regards

P.S. I don’t have an ecobee3 myself… I use ST connected sensors to control my ecobee STAT-02 thermostat’s scheduling (ex. set my ecobee’s program to ‘Away’ with ST goodbye hello mode or to ‘Home’ when I’m back)