1) Give a description of the problem
Trying to figure out how to determine if my TStat is on eco,
2) What is the expected behavior?
(PUT YOUR INFO HERE)
3) What is happening/not happening?
(PUT YOUR INFO HERE)
Nest and ECO status
Mckenph
#1
E_Sch
#2
If you are using nest manager, you need to use a custom attribute to see if the thermostat is in eco mode.
See:
http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=NST_Manager#Nest_Eco_Thermostat_Mode
Mckenph
#3
Thanks for the info but reading that kind of goes over my head. I think I will have to read it a few times to figure out what it is saying. Not sure what is meant by Create a “custom” or device specific command in CoRE to call eco(). If anyone has done this please provide me an example
blackprint24
#4
When you are selecting the device, one of the options will be an Eco(). Note, I don’t think this appears if you use the thermostat in a variable and select the variable as the device.
One thing I am struggling with is taking the nest out of eco mode. I tried “Set to heat”, “Set thermostat mode to heat” but no luck. Any ideas?
Mckenph
#5
I see that you can do it with task but can you do it with a condition. If Thermostat is set to echo then change to heat in december
blackprint24
#8
Thanks. I think it was because I didn’t have device command optimisations turned off. Is there any other way around this so that the entire piston doesn’t have to have command optimisations turned off? I don’t want to spam the thermostat with the same temperature that it is already set to.
My guess is one piston to handle the mode and one for the temperatures?
joe-smylie
#10
To get the Thermostat out of Eco mode I have used the “heatbtn” variable which is working fine. Equally, using “ecobtn” sets the thermostat back to Eco mode more reliably than the “eco” variable.
merrick777
#12
I’m trying to do something pretty different than the discussion in this thread, but my problem looks to be stemming from the same issue - ECO mode and the need to ‘create’ custom. Hoping someone can help me pls… banging my head against multiple walls…
When door (contact sensor) opens > 20 seconds, turn the Nest off. When the door closes, turn the Nest back on, to the same mode and temp setting that it was at when it went off. (Rather than turning the Nest off, I guess putting it to ECO mode would be acceptable).
I’m getting all sorts of funky behavior from this piston. It goes OFF as it should. Doesn’t come back on. When I manually turn it on, it ends up turning off by itself and I dunno what’s causing that to happen. Any ideas on this?
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joe-smylie
#13
I do the same thing that you are attempting to do. I have essentially 2 pistons that control this.
The first controls heating when home and is called “Heating - Heat” based on various criteria but the two most important are the location mode being “Home” and the back door contact being closed.
The second puts the thermostat into ECO mode if the back door opens with delay in case its a quick open and close of the door.
When the door closes again it fires “Heating - Heat” and puts it back to the correct temperature as closing the door is a change to the criteria that piston looks for. Ill post the screenshots in a second.
