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Seems like it’s an issue with Ecobee…Going to make a Piston to resume schedule 3 at Midnight, 6am, Noon and 6pm unless there is a better solution.

Thanks.

Hi @rontalley,

See my previous post about the holdType parameter. I suggest to set it to “nextTransistion” if you don’t want your hold to be “permanent” when you use MyEcobee device (with askAlexa).

Regards.

Hi,

Since v5.6.6, MyEcobee device includes the new Health Check capability (still in beta).

For more details,

Regards.

Fyi I originally went with the lite and intended to use my other remote sensors. It worked fine for adjusting the temp up and down to compensate for slow and natural room differentials but I found that the sensors didn’t react fast enough compared to the speed at which my heat can warm certain rooms vs where the thermostat was. What I found upstairs was the room I wanted to use the remote sensor heats very fast whereas where the thermostat is heats very slowly. By the time the remote sensor registered the temp change the remote room had already risen 6-8 degrees (sometimes 10 depending on how doors set) vs the main unit only 1 or 2. I don’t think this has anything to do with the device handler but rather the reporting speed of my sensors. I then swapped out for a full E3 unit and its been much better as their sensor is reporting the temp change much faster. Down stairs where I still have an E3 lite it works fine because its a very open floor plan and things heat pretty evenly.

Seems the suggested (holdType parameter) will work if SmartThings was the one to change the temperature but I believe my problem is that the command comes from Amazon Echo so it bypasses ST and from my understanding if Ecobee gets a command from an outside party, then it goes into this permanent hold mode.

I have never tried changing the temperature with ST so I don’t know if the temperature get stuck or not like it does when changing with Alexa or Siri…

Sux. Wish they would rethink this…

Anyway, below is a piston that should force it back into schedule mode if it is in permanate hold mode. Didn’t see a way that I could query ST to see if it was in Hold Mode…If I could get that, then I could make it so I can have a counter as to how long its been in Hold mode and have conditions set up that way.

Hope it helps someone or am I looking at this all wrong?

Hi, @rontalley

My point is that you can also use AskAlexa (smartapp made by a fellow developer) which integrates Alexa to ST and then the holdType would work.

Regards.

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Your results may have been different in your context with the Iris Temp/Motion sensors (2nd gen) or the SmartSense snesors which a good refresh rate.

I also use the Wireless Tags at home with good results.

Regards.

I was using the Iris Motion V2. The motion reaction is very fast but the temp reporting was slow. I could watch a separate thermometer sitting right next to the Iris rise 7-10 degrees and it never woke up and reported in. Even tried with 3 different units. It eventually would report, just not fast enough to keep up with the speed that the room was heating. The E3 unit is also not as fast as my thermometer but the room probably only over heats by 2-3 degrees before it reports in and the thermostat backs off.

I don’t have the Iris sensor at home, but I’m sure that you can adjust the temp reporting somehow…

Anyway, if the temp sensor supports the Refresh Capability, I added the “refresh” call in my smartapps.

Regards.

Aww, yeah I see that! I do have AskAlexa installed and configured.

Would be the difference between:

Alexa, set upstairs heat to 72
Alexa, tell SmartThings to set upstairs heat to 72

I can deal with that if I can remember. :grin:

Thanks

At home, I use the following as it’s easier on a day to day basis:

Alexa use Home set ecobee to 72

You can change the invocation name in the smartapp. SmartThings is too long to my taste.
Regards.

We’ve had a “Ghost”, we named Michael. <------Don’t know where the name came from and anytime anything weird happens we just blame it on Michael. So, seems like a very fitting invocation name and one that the family will get a kick out of!

Thanks again.

Alexa, tell Michael…Oh man I love it!

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FYI,

Under the following thread, there are some custom devices (DTH) that you can use to have a higher “refresh rate” than the default one. The DTHs have the “refresh” capability as well, so my smartapps now issue the “refresh” command to get the latest temp values.

Regards.

I have 2 thermostats in my house, one upstairs and one downstairs. I just ordered 2 of the ecobee lite thermostats to control both zones. I already have 10 temp sensors upstairs and 10 downstairs. If I purchase your software, will it control the thermostats and temp sensors so they average and don’t fight each other? Can I also add some smart vents later and do custom temp settings for each room?.. for example, when my motion sensors see that I’m upstairs in the betroom it would tell the upstairs thermostat and smart vent in the bedroom to adjust the temp to my ideal setting and to also stop heating or cooling the rest of the house that would be unoccupied? Forgive me if these questions have been asked before. I just want to make sure this app will work for what I’m trying to accomplish. Thanks!

Hi,

Here is what you need:

  • MyEcobee device which is the DTH for interfacing with ecobee (at my store,look for the standalone version)
  • A zoning app to control the vents

There are 2 choices of zoning smartapps:

a) If you want to control your thermostat’s setpoints based on the avg temp calculation of multiple temp sensors, then ecobeeSetZoneWithSchedule is the best app for you (at my store). However, you won’t be able to set a temp threshold for each room. Instead, it allows you to set a temp delta based on the thermostat’s setpoints to control the vents in each zone (a zone is composed of 1 to many rooms).

b) If you don’t really need the avg temp calculation between all your temp sensors, then the ScheduleRoomTempControl smartapp (at my store) can control the vents based on a (static/dynamic) temp threshold only.

Based on your requirements above, it looks like the ecobeeSetZoneWithSchedule is the best app for you (as it meets most of your requirements). Both smartapps above can take into account each room’s occupancy to control your setpoints/vents, so that the occupied rooms would receive most of the airflow.

In all cases, you’d need the DTH first (MyEcobee device).

For more details on my zoned heating/cooling solutions, refer to

and, the ST community wiki:

http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=EcobeeSetZoneWithSchedule
http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=ScheduleRoomTempControl

If you have further questions, you can send them to services@maisonsecomatiq.com.

I have an Ecobee3 and a few multi-sensors with the older version of the app. Things have been working great and we have enjoyed using them all.

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I have been using Ecobee (connect) and overall was pretty happy with it, but recently installed and configured Ask Alexa, and wanted to take advantage of some of the options of this app. Then of course I see that it’s pay, which I have no problems with. Just curious about a few basic bits of info.

  1. Does paying for the app include free upgrades to new version? Or does that require paying for support?
  2. How often are updates released?
    Other then integration with Ask Alexa (which is a nice one), what features will this give me over Ecobee (Connect).

Screen shots look nice, and it looks like a lot of effort has been put into this, so I’ll be happy to support this kind of development. :slight_smile:
Thanks

Hi @ptdalen,

  1. See my terms of servcice at my store. There are limited updates unless you pay for continous support.

  2. As the code is stable, updates are provided when required (for new features or bug correction)

  3. See the 1st post for more details on the additional features over the stock ST device

Regards.

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Just a quick question I can’t seem to find the answer to.

Is there a way to detect a trigger event or something like that for when the heat / ac unit is on (running).

Curious if there was an easy way to capture the cycle time to set up some type of local logging for just me.

Hi,

You’d need to subscribe to thermostatOperatingState in a smartapp…

Or you can use groveStreams… See here:

I’ve already created a smartapp for it (available at my github) and here are some graph examples:

Regards.

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