Sending the PM shortly. Actually, getting HA running was pretty painless using my Raspberry Pi, the hass.io image, and bit of help from the community. I'm planning to use the Ecobee and its sensors as the front-end to my HVAC zoning system. I need Home Assistant's local integration (really just hvac_action feedback) with the Ecobee to make sure the zone dampers are triggered reliably. Sending commands to the Ecobee (using the Universal Ecobee Suite App) for setpoint and schedule changes might still be cloud-based, but that seems to work more quickly. A bit of a cobbled together system, but I would rather do it this way than replace my ecobee.
