Ecobee Suite Manager Updated 24 April 2020 at 2:45pm EDT
This update is primarily cosmetic, and all of the SmartApps and Helpers have been updated (the Sensor and Thermostat drivers have not been changed).
I’m not going to list all of the version numbers anymore, but here are the primary non- cosmetic changes:
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All Helpers that support Notifications
- Updated to support the latest Echo Speaks Device release 3.6.2.0
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All Helpers that change the thermostat’s program
- Fixed type conversion issues for hourly holds
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Ecobee Suite Manager, version 1.8.38
- Cleaned up connection lost notification text
- Started support for new “climates” enabled by the new Eco+ features (incomplete)
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Ecobee Suite Smart Room, version 1.8.15
- Doesn’t use Ecobee Sensor as a motion sensor, unless no other motion sensors are configured. This because of the inherent delay in active/inactive changes, which will cause a room to be prematurely activated.
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Ecobee Suite Smart Switches, version 1.8.08
- Fixes the logic to save and restore states (reverseActions())
Using Package Managers
I highly recommend that Ecobee Suite users make the small investment in time to setup one of the available automated package managers. This will significantly reduce the manual overhead of upgrading to new releases. Available options include:
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SmartThings
- SmartThings GitHub Integration is fully supported by the Ecobee Suite GitHub repository
- SmartThings Community Installer - although this hasn’t changed in 2+ years, it remains a powerful tool for automating upgrades for a broad variety of applications and drivers.
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Hubitat
- The native “Import” capability should allow you to simply run through all of Ecobee Suite Apps & Drivers doing Import/Confirm/Save.
- The recently released Hubitat Package Manager is really awesome, and I highly recommend it for everyone. It really will make managing your Ecobee Suite environment (and others) MUCH simpler!
These updates are recommended for all Ecobee Suite users