Thermostat Strangeness

[rlebel]

I have added a new 2441V, v.00. It has some strange behavior. Working from my Mac, if I change the temperature setting (which is currently displayed as "Cool setpoint") nothing seems to happen. Is there something bad about a v.00 2441V? You are welcome to play with the thermostat with the access information I gave you yesterday.

 

Okay, on further investigation the Thermostat behaves okay with a PC in Windows XP but is really strange (like only showing the cool setpoint) in Safari, Snow Leopard.

[Michel Kohanim]

rlebel,

 

So the strange behavior of one setpoint showing up only is only on MAC?

 

With kind regards,

Michel

I have added a new 2441V, v.00. It has some strange behavior. Working from my Mac, if I change the temperature setting (which is currently displayed as "Cool setpoint") nothing seems to happen. Is there something bad about a v.00 2441V? You are welcome to play with the thermostat with the access information I gave you yesterday.

 

Okay, on further investigation the Thermostat behaves okay with a PC in Windows XP but is really strange (like only showing the cool setpoint) in Safari, Snow Leopard.

[rlebel]

rlebel,

 

So the strange behavior of one setpoint showing up only is only on MAC?

 

With kind regards,

Michel

Yes, that is correct. On the PC I see both setpoints. In our other thread you suggest that I should not see both setpoints unless the thermostat is in Auto mode, so perhaps the Mac GUI is "more correct" by that model, however I believe that model is wrong and (if allowed by the thermostat) you should always show both setpoints, on the Mac as you do on the PC.

 

Even on the PC I have seen some odd behavior, which might be do to mode changes. I also see on the PC a VERY long interaction between the ISY and the thermostat (about two minutes). Perhaps we should schedule a session.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi rlebel,

 

I just verified that both setpoints only show when in Auto mode. If it takes 2 minutes to communicate with your thermostats, then there's surely a communications problem. Is it possible to move your thermostat closer to your PLM and retest? Or, perhaps move the Access Point closer to the thermostat?

 

With kind regards,

Michel

rlebel,

 

So the strange behavior of one setpoint showing up only is only on MAC?

 

With kind regards,

Michel

Yes, that is correct. On the PC I see both setpoints. In our other thread you suggest that I should not see both setpoints unless the thermostat is in Auto mode, so perhaps the Mac GUI is "more correct" by that model, however I believe that model is wrong and (if allowed by the thermostat) you should always show both setpoints, on the Mac as you do on the PC.

 

Even on the PC I have seen some odd behavior, which might be do to mode changes. I also see on the PC a VERY long interaction between the ISY and the thermostat (about two minutes). Perhaps we should schedule a session.

[rlebel]

Did you try the Mac version? The behavior on the PC is more reasonable, on the Mac I get strange results.

 

I think you will also find that the PC interface does not work quite the way you think. Indeed, in Cool mode I only see the Cool setpoint and in Heat mode I only see the heat and in Auto I see both. However, if I go from Auto to off I still see both Heat and Cool setpoints. So there is no consistency to what setpoints you see in Off mode, it is whatever the last "correct" thing was before you transitioned to Off.

 

I would argue that you should always, regardless of mode, see both setpoints. I might very well want to set one of the setupoints without switching modes, and it appears that the thermosat is perfectly capable of doing that, so why not let me?

 

I also noted that after an initial powerup of the ISY and the thermostat and a query the GUI showed 0 for both setpoints while the thermostat had reasonable values.

 

Thanks!

[rlebel]

If you do any work on the thermostat GUI you might see if you can eliminate the Humidity reading when there is no humidity sensor.

[Michel Kohanim]

Unfortunately, there's no way of knowing that from the INSTEON APIs (we do not even know what type of thermostat it is).

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

If you do any work on the thermostat GUI you might see if you can eliminate the Humidity reading when there is no humidity sensor.