#I will likely add a time thing to it so

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sharp minnow
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@indigo citrus maybe this is better to not clog that channel up, I would love to pick your brain if you have time

indigo citrus
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sure

sharp minnow
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I just don't want to screw myself out of the good things a smart thermostat can do by trying to brute force my own "smart" automations

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I would love if the indoor temp would just be 69-70f all year long

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but the swapping between heat and cool is what is rough because the built in auto feature ...the range is too far and I don't want the cool/heat changing constantly

indigo citrus
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that's fair-- in my case it was easier to have all of the actual "smart" come from home assistant as it was easier to track what was actually triggering the temp changes. And you don't lose the ability to manually override from either system.

indigo citrus
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the full auto from ecobee was wonky at best

sharp minnow
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Yeah I tried auto for a day and had to change it, I'm in Michigan so the mornings and nights are cold AF but then the days were getting into the upper 60's. So the heat would turn off above 67 and then the indoor temp would get up to like 73 which is too hot

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So what is your breakdown then? Do you have a single automation doing everything or is it broken into like 5 different parts to accomplish everything

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I'm very new to automations so forgive me if I'm asking stupid questions

indigo citrus
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Multiple automations tied to the overall action that's happening-- you could easily have a single automation for this though.

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Mine are based around "Leaving" or "Bedtime" because I have a bunch of other stuff bucketed into those things happening

sharp minnow
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is my idea a smart way to go about it, setting a "between" range for a certain temperature and heat setting, then another for cool, maybe an even colder between for a higher heat target temp

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or is there a much simpler way to do it

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my wife being home 4 days a week for work means I can't really use occupancy or a geo fence for temp

indigo citrus
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Why can't you use occupancy? mmWave sensor in her office maybe? Is she always working in the same "spot" of the house when home?

Could you:
-Build an automation to set your nightime temp (while home) triggered either by time of day or a routine you kickoff.
-Build an automation to set your daytime temp (while home) triggered by time of day.
-Build an automation to set your away temp based on something like (garage door has opened before 10am AND smart outlet power (at wife's desk) metering hasn't hit a threshold)

Then you could have additional automations to "boost" in fringe cases (110* outside = colder inside, <0* outside = hotter inside)

sharp minnow
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I wish I could just base it off sensor reading lol, “make it always 70” but that would 100% make the heat/ac cycle constantly

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And yes she is in her office 99% of the day so the occupancy in the hallway outside the room will go to empty

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I did just order 2 more sensors. I could move the hallway one to her office and then set up the 2 new ones in each of the kids room then trigger the temp based only on her sensor during the day..I think during winter or summer it would work fine but these weird spring/fall temps it might switch between cool and heat

indigo citrus
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If the Ecobee is in heat mode (not auto), the mode just sets a target temp

sharp minnow
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Maybe I’m just overthinking it then

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And I can base the target temp off the upstairs sensor specifically instead of an average between downstairs and up?

indigo citrus
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That I don't know-- I only use the head unit to measure the temp inside currently.

sharp minnow
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It looks like the sensor has its own entity so that should work. Ok I’ll play around with this.

I think I’ll just try and set the target temp and see if that works

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Thanks @indigo citrus