Info about talking or application accessible thermostats

2019-01-08 Thread Likidefs
Hi list, I would like some info about talking thermostats for a gas boiler. Autonomous talking or fully accessible via application. The gas boiler I own is Buderus. Thanks in advance Steve -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have a

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2018-01-31 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Yeah. My choice is rapidly narrowing to the Nest over the simple fact of IPv6 support. At this point I'm mainly waiting for my utility to once again offer incentives. Janina Eric Caron writes: > Hi folks, > > I’m late to this thread. I wanted to add that in some areas, my state of > Vermont,

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2018-01-27 Thread Eric Caron
Hi folks, I’m late to this thread. I wanted to add that in some areas, my state of Vermont, and some other states there are consumer agencies that promote saving energy that will help with the cost of some of these devices. In my case I was able to purchase to eligible devices for about $400.

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2018-01-24 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Very interesting. They publish an API. That's very promissing ... https://www.ecobee.com/developers/ Daniel Miller writes: > Hi. The ecobee the only thermostat that gives you sensors to spread around > your house. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 22, 2018, at 9:04 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via

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2018-01-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Janina, I don't know HVAC. But in our current home, we have a new furnace installed last summer. And it does seem to me that Nest doesn't interact with it as accurately as it did with our older furnace. For instance, it seems to take two hours to heat up our house, despite the fact that w

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2018-01-22 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Well, I can find no reference to IPv6 in any Google search I've tried. Worst of all, it looks like the web location yourhome.honneywell.com is important to these devices, and it shows no IPv6 support. So, Honeywell is now off my list. Even worse, it seems they've outsourced this web location, whi

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2018-01-22 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi. The ecobee the only thermostat that gives you sensors to spread around your house. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2018, at 9:04 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Mika: > > Does your Nest give you multiple sensors to spread around your dwelling? > Or does it gage temp

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2018-01-22 Thread Jeff Berwick
Must admit, I do not know, but the app is completely accessible and I set it up myself—after my HVAC guy installed it on my wall. Jeff > On Jan 22, 2018, at 9:05 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Is the Lyric IPv6? > > Jeff Berwick writes: >> I just got the Lyric T5 and I a

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2018-01-22 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Is the Lyric IPv6? Jeff Berwick writes: > I just got the Lyric T5 and I am very happy with it. It works with Homekit > and with my Google Home speakers. > > Jeff > > > > On Jan 19, 2018, at 8:29 PM, N2KPV wrote: > > > > I am looking for a thermostat that works well with the iPhone and /or m

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2018-01-22 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Mika: Does your Nest give you multiple sensors to spread around your dwelling? Or does it gage temperature only from the main unit? I'd like to have a couple additional sensors spread around. So, I'm wondering. Janina Mika Pyyhkala writes: > Hi, > I have been using the Nest thermostat for a whi

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2018-01-22 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Donna: Will do. I'll update after making my decision and installing. As I said, though, I might go with Nest after all. I don't need temerature changes as I work from home, and am rarely out. I should probably add I didn't understand my hvac guy myself. But, what I did understand from him is

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2018-01-20 Thread Ben Constantini
Thanks for the info . Ben > On Jan 20, 2018, at 1:37 PM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: > > Hi, > I have been using the Nest thermostat for a while, and I like it, > other than the setting to review and modify the schedule is not > accessible. > > So I use many of the features outside of the schedule.

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2018-01-20 Thread Mika Pyyhkala
Hi, I have been using the Nest thermostat for a while, and I like it, other than the setting to review and modify the schedule is not accessible. So I use many of the features outside of the schedule. Also the schedule is typically built just by the thermostat watching your nromal patterns of how

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2018-01-20 Thread Ben Constantini
Okay ,I will let you know . > On Jan 20, 2018, at 8:49 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Janina, > > I agree about the scheduled temperature changes. It doesn't work as well as > it might. Post back and let us know what you decide to get. I've been > overall happy with the Nest, but it's not wit

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2018-01-20 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I am using the Lyric Honeywell thermostat and I don't have any issues with it. Kawal. > On 20 Jan 2018, at 15:28, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > I just got the Lyric T5 and I am very happy with it. It works with Homekit > and with my Google Home speakers. > > Jeff > > >> On Jan 19, 2018, at 8:29

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2018-01-20 Thread Jeff Berwick
I just got the Lyric T5 and I am very happy with it. It works with Homekit and with my Google Home speakers. Jeff > On Jan 19, 2018, at 8:29 PM, N2KPV wrote: > > I am looking for a thermostat that works well with the iPhone and /or mac. I > am wondering what members on the group are using .

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2018-01-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Janina, I agree about the scheduled temperature changes. It doesn't work as well as it might. Post back and let us know what you decide to get. I've been overall happy with the Nest, but it's not without its flaws. And we will be moving again within the next couple of years, so I am paying

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2018-01-20 Thread Ben Constantini
That is good to know . > On Jan 20, 2018, at 6:53 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > My buildings hvac contractor was in my condo the other week over an > unrelated issue. Because I'm considering a wifi enabled thermostat, I > asked him about Nest. He was frustrated by them not

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2018-01-20 Thread Ben Constantini
Thanks I will check it out . > On Jan 19, 2018, at 9:01 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > > > Hi Ben, > > We use the nest thermostat. I like it very well, the iPhone app is quite > accessible. Setting up the schedule can be a bit of a trick, but otherwise it > works well.Cheers, > Donna Sent fro

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2018-01-20 Thread Ben Constantini
Thanks for the info . Ben > On Jan 19, 2018, at 11:19 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi > We just got the Ecobee 4. The thermostat works with HomeKit, and allows the > use of room sensors, unlike the nest. The app isn’t the greatest, but once > you have it set up with HomeKit, you don’t reall

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2018-01-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
My buildings hvac contractor was in my condo the other week over an unrelated issue. Because I'm considering a wifi enabled thermostat, I asked him about Nest. He was frustrated by them not understanding how some of their algorithms do not, according to him, work correctly with newer hvac systems.

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2018-01-19 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi We just got the Ecobee 4. The thermostat works with HomeKit, and allows the use of room sensors, unlike the nest. The app isn’t the greatest, but once you have it set up with HomeKit, you don’t really need the app for that much. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2018, at 8:29 PM, N2KPV wro

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2018-01-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Ben, We use the nest thermostat. I like it very well, the iPhone app is quite accessible. Setting up the schedule can be a bit of a trick, but otherwise it works well.Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2018, at 7:29 PM, N2KPV wrote: > > I am looking for a thermostat that work

Accessible Thermostats

2018-01-19 Thread N2KPV
I am looking for a thermostat that works well with the iPhone and /or mac. I am wondering what members on the group are using . I just moved into a new home and the thermostat is not very blind friendly . Thanks , Ben -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visi