Currently it is only possible to temperature control a room with one physical thermostat.
My current scenario, I have one or more vents in each room along with a temp sensor. I want to be able to allow controlling each room using the central thermostat.
When a room needs HVAC but the central thermostat is not running, reduce/increase current setpoint on the physical thermostat to service the demand.
i am waiting for the user to respond so i can tag this with their id if they on HE. didnt realize connected vents were popular.
i have an idea on how to make vents work better when using a central cooling/heating systems. here is what i am thinking:
allow specifying another option to manage temperature lets call it "manage vents only". with this option the app will require a temperature sensor, both heat and cool temperature and vents. then open and close vents proportionately based on the current room temperature and specified heating and cooling temperature.
the other part of the setup is ... in one room set it up with the thermostat and temperature sensor from all of the rooms that are heated and cooled. then set the heat and cool temperature to the highest and lowest value respectively throughout the house.
this way the room with the thermostat will average all the rooms temperature to set the cooling and heating mode and each room will open and close vents according to their own temperature rule.
* Version: 0.65.0
*
* DONE: 8/13/2018
* 1) fixed temperature colors on DTH for ST
* 2) added option to select which room motion sensors trigger occupancy from VACABT state.
* 3) added option to trigger busy check with repeated motion to the existing checks for state change trigger.
* 4) added option to override OCCUPIED state trigger devices when in ENGAGED state.
* 5) on HE added support for deleting rules.
* 6) added option to override OCCUPIED and ENGAGED state trigger devices when in ASLEEP state.
* 7) added option to override OCCUPIED, ENGAGED and ASLEEP state trigger devices when in LOCKED state.
* 8) fixed a bug on power time type selection when limiting power trigger during certain hours.
* 9) started work on save and restore settings. currently only allows viewing settings to save.
* 10) fixed bug for only on state change where mode and lux change would still trigger rules evaluation.
* 11) added github update notification via sms.
other than @doug anyone else want to use multiple buttons (either with same or different button devices) to trigger rooms occupancy state changes?
as an example ā¦ you could use 2 button devices one each on either side of bed and 1 wall mounted main room button device ā¦ this would allow setting up 1 button from each device to trigger asleep state.
Could someone explain the difference between setting up a rule to only trigger when in certain modes (when creating the rule) and setting certain modes to pause automation in the modes setting page. Iām just trying to figure out the best way to set things up. Seems as though both settings essentially do the same thing in slightly different ways.
I'm so needy, eh @bangali
I've got everything I need to do, handled with button controllers at this time. Since no one else is into this idea, I'd say file it away for maybe another day. Thanks!
@murray.sean.d
I think the key here is that the pause setting in the general settings section applies globally to all rules in the room.
Where as the individual rules can be restricted to trigger only in certain modes from within the edit rule view.
IOW, one applies to all the rules and one has to be setup on each individual rule.
thats what you think
already found an user on the ST forum that thinks its an excellent idea. code is done for the room button. will release that then add it for other buttons.
adding to what @doug said ā¦ I often setup rules using time of day, lux and AL. no mode and no state. then in the mode settings page put in away mode for away and party mode to pause all automation.
I find that a convenient way of doing things for me.
I found this while looking for a replacement for the circadian webcore piston I had. I am using a Sengled Color Bulb that I'm turning on and off using setLevel 0%-100%. Can Rooms Manager send periodic colorTemperature updates without listening for an on/off state from the bulb?
aHa - It's a hallway. Lots of traffic. Using setLevel because these bulbs do a nice dimming with that. (on/off is instant) There are 3 motion detectors. Two are used to fade the light up, and the third is used to keep them on. When they all go inactive the light should fade off with setlevel. Ideally it will be sent "pre-stage" color temperature.
no dont select that one. that says change room to occupied when that switch turns on but it wont automatically turn on the switch. i should change that text.
just add that switch in the rule as the switch on.
easiest way to share settings is to scroll down and click on view all settings. there you can both filter out empty settings and also anonymize it.
also note you can only see the rules if easy settings is off.
