Hubitat, Sinope Thermostats, and Google Assistant; i'm lost

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@jrfarrar

1. on your devices page click on your thermostat. You should details and be able to adjust settings from there. If you adjust the settings do they change on thermostat?

2. In that google app have you scrolled down and added your thermostat to the list of device to expose to Google?

Finally after #2 say "Hey Google sync my devices" and that will resync google to your Hubitat. Then go into your google home app and see if the thermostat has showed up.

1. yes, they change on the thermostat but the "current states" at the upper right of the hubitat web page doesn't change. the "heating setpoint" in particular.

2. yes, i click on apps/google home/which devices. i have to click on the "which devices: area in order to bring up a list of devices with check boxes. the thermostat check box is unchecked so i check it and then click on update. when i go to any other section of the controls and then go back to google home, the device is not on the list anymore. it always disappears.

i don't know what i did but i managed to get controller on the google home interface on my phone. i could move a dot on a large circle apparently to change the heating set point but it didn't do anything on the physical thermostat.

another thing i'm wondering about is why are there so many superfluous controls for a thermostat that turn electricity on and off to a heating element? there are no fans, no cooling, etc. and what on earth is emergency heating?

thanks for your help