[OBSOLETE] 3 Speed Ceiling Fan Thermostat

[dalec]

@Kharoldsen

Can you give me some details on how to create the 2nd mode for manual control only?

If you do a search here in the forums for “add a new mode” you will see this informative FAQ by @JDRoberts

FAQ: How to Add a New Location Mode, or Manually Change from One Location Mode to Another (Classic App)

on September 15, 2016, an update was released to the android and iOS smartthings mobile apps which removed the ability to add a new mode through the app. Hopefully this was just a glitch and it will be re-added soon. Meanwhile, you can still add a new mode through the IDE. Instructions in the following thread. ======================================================= Many people use modes to manage which actions are automatically triggered. To begin with, Smartthings starts you out with a few basic modes, like Home and Away. However, many people like to add additional modes. For example, I distinguish between Night, which is when we have a lot of lights turn on when there is motion, and Asleep, when the same movement will not turn on the ceiling lights, but will turn on a soft night li…

@Kharoldsen

wasn’t sure of the default behaviors. If the fan turns on automatically to low based on temperature, then I manually increase the fan to medium speed, does it stay at medium or will it reset to low in a few minutes?

So think of this smartapp as a thermostat for automatic control only. If you don’t want automatic but want to override like in your example just disable the auto control.

But in your case you stated above yes the automatic will take back control on the next change in temperature at the sensor. If you want to increase the fan speed just lower the setpoint temp and automatic takes over at the new setpoint.

Hope that helps. I think I cover all this in the user manual that is built in to the smartapp? But if not it might be good for me to add it