Pause ecobee program when away and resume program when arrive

[futuretek (Kevin James)]

With the new Smartthings world of no more smart apps and DTH, how can I do the following:

1. When I am away from my home, pause ecobee thermostat program
2. when I arrive home, resume ecobee program

in the past I used IFTTT to accomplish this. However, this isn’t an option for me anymore.

Is there a way to accomplish the above from Smartthings capabilities without using a third party?

[peeps]

it can be done with Alexa as described in this thread. There is no way to do it without a 3rd party.

Ecobee comfort settings

Comfort settings are not exposed in the Ecobee cloud to cloud integration for some unknown reason. If you have an Alexa device, you can install the Ecobee Plus skill which can change the comfort settings using voice commands. To make it work with ST, create a virtual Alexa device using vEdge Creator from @TAustin then create a Routine(s) with the conditions to trigger when to change comfort settings and turn on the virtual Alexa device. In Alexa, create a routine that is triggered when the virtual device is turned on. The action in the routine will be an Alexa custom action that simulates saying the phrase used to change to that comfort zone name.

[futuretek (Kevin James)]

@peeps thanks for the Alexa suggestion. That’s helpful.

I can get the Away part to work by setting up an Alexa routine and using a custom action with a phrase like “Alexa, set ecobee profile to Away”.

However I cannot get Alexa to recognize any phrases for resuming my thermostat when I arrive home!

Can you share what phrase you use to resume your thermostat?

P.S I do not want to have to tell Alexa a particular comfort profile name to resume. I just want it to resume whatever comfort profile that is eligible per my ecobee schedule

[peeps]

ask ecobee to resume schedule on Ecobee Downstairs

[futuretek (Kevin James)]

Thanks @peeps !
I found the entire list of commands for ecobee plus skill on Alexa so I’m good to go now

https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/What-Alexa-voice-commands-can-I-use-with-my-ecobee-devices

[ccm2114 (Christopher McMurtry)]

I’m trying to do something kinda the same.

I have a room in my house that is never the same temperature as the rest of the house.

I have IFTTT set to check the temperature in the room and if it is below 67* then change the comfort setting to a custom setting for two hours but it never seems to fire. Any ideas?

[futuretek (Kevin James)]

@ccm2114 I have a few of questions

1. How are you confirming that your trigger (< 67 degrees) is actually firing?

2. Are you using this as your IFTTT action?
   “Set thermostat comfort profile for X hours”

3. You can accomplish your use case with an Alexa. Do you own one?