rontalley
April 16, 2020, 5:42pm
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I used this:
SmartThings Virtual Thermostat With Virtual Device
This smart app will create 1 or more Virtual thermostats by combining 1 or more temperature sensors and 1 or more outlet switches. A contact sensor can also be added to automagically turn off the heating if the door is left open etc.
Features:
Only single Temperature sensor and smart switch required
Google Home and Alexa Support for setting/getting Temperature and Mode
Manager app included to manage multiple different virtual thermostats
Contact sensor enabled to automagically disable heating when a door is left open etc
Multiple temperature sensors enabled for average temperature
Heating on time visible in device for today and yesterday
Link:
https://github.com/eliotstocker/SmartThings-VirtualThermostat-WithDTH
Github Integration:
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From my experience Alexa reads my thermostat temperatures as well as my Ecobee remote sensors but not just regular temp sensors. However, you can assign any device that has temp to the Virtual Thermostat (VT) and then have that VT discovered by Alexa!
I created a Virtual Switch just to satisfy the requirement of a switch (outlet) but is not really needed for Alexa.
Works great!
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