Advice on Thermostat with remote humidity/temp sensors

[danabw]

For Zigbee thermostats, this should be useful for you:

Best Zigbee Thermostat in 2020?

I found some NIB Xfinity Zen Zigbee units on fleabay for $56 AUD and grabbed a pair - I guess I'll be selling my Pearls as NIB when they arrive!

In the most recent release (2.2.4) of HE, there is a Thermostat Controller app that can be used along with sensors placed around your house to control a Zigbee or Z-Wave thermostat. Along w/the built-in Thermostat Scheduler app you can set up your preferences for heating/cooling, etc. More work for you to set up, but 100% local.

2.2.4 - New App: Thermostat Controller

Make your dumb smart thermostat smarter Thermostat Controller allows more control of a smart thermostat. It does this by creating a child virtual thermostat device, the controller thermostat. This device has the same name as the controlled thermostat, but with the word Controller appended to the name. This controller thermostat replaces the controlled thermostat, and becomes the means of establishing setpoints for the system. Added Features Supports additional temperature sensors Allows co…

Virtual thermostat controls physical thermostat

I started creating some rules to control a physical thermostat (PT) using the inputs of a virtual thermostat (VT) and a temperature sensor (TS): Update VT current temperature and "current temperature" variable (CT) when TS temperature changes Update "target temperature" variable (TT) when VT set point temperature is changed If TT > CT (for cooling) or TT < CT (for heating) then increase (for cooling) decrease (for heating) set point temperature of PT by 2 degrees - checked every 15 minutes if …

Some screen shots below:

Select Add Built in App button from Apps page, then select the Thermostat Controller and Scheduler to install them.

You could set up some rules in Rule Manager if you want to change thermostat settings based on humidity.