Thermostat Template (with Venstar Thermostat)

[jonathanb]

Just add this to the list of things you find out the hard way

Here's a good discussion on it for anyone who comes across this post in the future...

supportedThermostatModes isn't supposed to be JSON_OBJECT?

There is a problem with this that we are aware of, and intend to fix in the next release. What is supposed to be returned should be a JSON Object. But what is being returned is an improperly constructed String that sort of looks like a JSON Object, but isn't. The fix for this is for us to correct every thermostat driver. That in turn means that every app that uses this attribute (and supportedThermostatFanModes) has to be updated to deal with the fix. Right now, all of these apps are manua…