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The utilities like to hear "smart thermostat" usually. Our electrical utility manager told us they can get aproved increases in the energy rates very easily if they promise to pay it back to the users for about two years. With this promise tot he regulating police, they give away money and gadgets to users (like 52W incandescent light bulbs to save energy ;P ), for anything they can find to look "energy conscious".

No. Alexa should ask for a nickname, same as she does for events. Caution using events! She makes mistakes for dates and times in google calendar. Then she lies about it by confirming what you said but installing different values. We have had a few messed up appointment times in our schedule. Some errors are repeatable too.

I just found this same problem two nights ago and had to forget/discover again..

Alexa. How many ounces is 500 grams? She gave the answer but never said which ounce was used, avoirdupois, or Troy ounces. Avoirdupois would be assumed. With volume it can get worse. Alexa. How many cups in a kilogram? She knows not to mix volume and weight and also tells you that. Great for people in the kitchen. European cooks used weight measures, North American cooks use volume measures with a mix of avoirdupois and metric units.

I believe Scottie has his Honeywells working through his CAO Tag manager into ISY.

!niaga ti yas ll'I dna ecno ti dias I||I said it once and I'll say it again!

You may not be able to adjust the flow, depending on the system. Hydronics systems usually adjust water temperature with a mixer and everybody gets the same, without creating another zone. However the pump inside the heater may have a multi-speed pump in it.

I use the Venstar T7900 and it has a lot of shortcomings but some nice features too. Doing it again, I would stick with a thermostat company like Honeywell for serious home comfort. Then there is the HA factor that really screws that concept up.

I meant to test that but IIRC the blank tests as 0 degrees and heaters run based on temp < x

Most of us spend decades in the WAF. Was that with aeroplanes or airplanes?

Right now I am just trying to unwind and while looking in the mirror, time to reflect.

I am very sensitive to temperature fluctuations so...Mine might be staged and a little more complex. I tried to post one, but the idea is getting more complicated that I, or you might want at this point. This will take more than one program and some deeper thinking for me. In your program, everytime the temperature changes the first line will cause the whole If section to evaluate False and run the Else section, stopping your timer and the reset of the stat temperature will fail. The heat_on trigger will never test True from another trigger (temp<65), but will test True only when it commands attention from its own test. My first thought is to break your program up, into one that senses the heat_on trigger, calling a second disabled program. That way, once the timer starts, in the second program, it cannot be stopped by changing condition from the stat.

I have two 2441ZTH stats. I remember having to factory reset them and re-link about a dozen times over the last two years. I have an older version that I just left in the cold cellar as a humidity sensor and ventilation controller, and a newer revision unit, that can report to ISY but ISY cannot control it, whatsoever, since purcahe a year and some ago through many version of v4 as well as all of v5. I would never trust one of these to heat my home where the application is critical and/or dangerous to energy consumption or safety of occupants. SH has displayed their intense customer concern, with this Insteon model (sarcasm) by repeatedly changing the firmware in attempts to alleviate the massive quatity of bug complaints concerning this piece of junk. In the two years plus, I have been on this forum, I have seen about 10-12 people, totally miffed with these two models, for many different reasons. I am just glad I only paid about $70 for each unit as I have seen them offered for $150 at times.

Pull down the help menu and find Event Viewer. Set at level 3.

It's all Greek to me.

Awesome! Where did you find those API parameters? I searched for them originally and never could find a list anywhere.

More WAF for shorter too?

I just ran out of words....bet that doesn't happen to Stu...

I guess the heater s wired directly to the stat so divorcing the control takes more hardware. Since ISY can't turn on the heater by direct control the only way to manipulate the run time is the way you are doing it. We just need to polish your program a bit. My only concern would be that the Insteon signal fails somehow and the stat is stuck on 75 degrees. Not the end of the world though. The other concern is heater / stat placement. causing short cycling.

There are a few ways to get around that problem but people need to know what they are dealing with to make suggestions. What thermostat are you using and what is the heating source?

What are you trying to accomplish by changing the setting on your thermostat every time the heater runs? What make and model thermostat are you using?

ecobee3 seems like the best choice for a remote sensor with automatic sensor switching based on motion detection. Multiple wireless sensors Unfortunately this takes NodeLink running on a selection of computers, usually a RPi for price and reliability. Cloud dependant control and status. Another alternative would be Venstar T7900, which can be accessed through NodeLink also, by no cloud dependence to be controlled. One wired sensor input available.

I just found a few dozen devices listed with French names. Forgot all the devices, and did another discover that resumed where I had left it with proper names and count. Strange thing is, I never did a discover while this problem was ensuing.

I can remember a few previous threads, maybe a year or two back, where people complained of the same thing, switching masters back, randomly.

I did, and you still asked this, so I assumed you missed my post. "I wonder if that only works with separate accounts or if it would work with multiple echos on the same account like I have it setup?" Crosstalk!