Yes…I installed that at the very beginning, but the problem is that it somehow stopped communicating (i.e. the SmartThings app would no longer reflect changes at the actual, physical thermostat).
Man, I’m sorry that I am so new at this and I can’t properly get across what I’m trying to say…
Now…I just uninstalled the device completely and removed the device type from my IDE, and am starting over again with the officially available device type (i.e. Centralite Thermostat).
I added the officially available Centralite Thermostat device type to My Device Types.
I reran the pairing process.
It paired as ‘Thing’.
I changed its name.
I went into the IDE and changed the device type to use the officially available Centralite Thermostat device type.
Now, it appears I have the same problem (unless I’m just misunderstanding how it is supposed to work)…
The display of temp/modes/etc in the SmartThings app does not seem to be reflecting what’s actually happening on the thermostat…
Example: I changed the heat setpoint on the physical device, but the heat setpoint in the SmartThings app didn’t change.
Example: I changed the mode on the physical thermostat from OFF to HEAT, but that is not reflected in the SmartThings app.
If I change a setting in the SmartThings app, it does seem to change it on the physical thermostat, but changes at the physical thermostat aren’t being reflected in the SmartThings app.
Example: If the temp in the room either drops or rises, the display on the physical thermostat changes to reflect that change, but then that change is not reflected in the SmartThings app.
The only time the SmartThings app ever correctly reflects what is actually being displayed on the physical thermostat is immediately after pressing the ‘Refresh’ button within the device in the SmartThings app (well, and now it seems that doesn’t even do it…I have to actually fully close the SmartThings app and come back into it to actually get the current details on the physical thermostat to be reflected within the SmartThings app).
So, if changes at the physical thermostat are not sent to SmartThings, how would a thermostat SmartApp ever know about the change and be able to do anything about it?