Ecobee 3 outside temp vs inside temp

[toy4rick]

Hello,

Is is possible to get the outside temp from Ecobee 3?

My goal is to create a rule to send a notification when the outside temp drops below the inside temp so we know to turn off the AC and open the house.

I don't see it in the stock Ecobee integration but could be overlooking it

Thanks in advance
Rick

[napalmcsr]

Not quite the answer you want, but I use the built in open weather driver...

[toy4rick]

TY, got it all setup, now to get a rule going.

Anyone care to share how they use outside temp vs. inside temp with notifications?

Rick

[ronv42]

I am using the Ecobee Suite by Sandood, he esposes most of the internal variables weatherTemperature is the outside temp:

SANdood/Ecobee-Suite

[HAL9000]

@toy4rick

get the outside temp from Ecobee 3

Of course, the Ecobee's value for outside temperature isn't being measured outside of your house. It is from weather data for your local area. Therefore, there's nothing really to be gained from getting your outside temperature from the thermostat over using a weather API as suggested.

[toy4rick]

Thanks HAL9000

Yes I am now using the weather API

Looking for a Rule to properly use it against inside temp.

A basic rule I created last night based on temp on a trigger of the API > Ecobee house temp -2 kept triggering each time the API temp changed which is not what I want.

Ideally, I am looking to get a notification when the outside temp drops below inside temp

Thanks in advance
Rick

[napalmcsr]

create local var as boolean: latch

trigger:
house temp changed
outside weather changed

action
    if outside<house then
    if latch then exit rule
    send notification
    latch = true
    else
latch = false
end if

[toy4rick]

Looks about right to me, is this what you had in mind?

Rick

[napalmcsr]

Put a end if after exit rule.
That way you exit if latch is true, you need to set latch to true after the notify as well so you are only notified once

[toy4rick]

TY

Rick