Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-16 Thread Chuck Hast
I used the RadioThermostat and a piece of software done by a fellow up in Canada. I just replaced the whole HVAC system with two compressor evaporator multi-zone mini-split systems so the Radio Thermostat is no longer of use to me. If you want it holler, the API is open as I understand it. The

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread TomasK
On Fri, 2022-07-15 at 18:07 -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM Tomas Kuchta > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 17:04 Russell Senior > > wrote: > > > > > I have used a bunch of these: > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T0K8NXC/ > > > and > > >

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Russell Senior
I just checked. My zero offset's run from -0.7 to +0.5 °C, based on an hour-long fully-settled ice-bath zero-point calibration, over a sample of about 20 sensors. On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 6:07 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM Tomas Kuchta > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Russell Senior
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 17:04 Russell Senior > wrote: > > > I have used a bunch of these: > > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T0K8NXC/ > > and > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G7BE9WK/ > > > > with

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Jason Barnett
The things you listed sound a lot like a full home automation, even if it is just controlling the thermostat. All the sensors needed to detect presence, time, temperature, etc. can be done "simply" using something like Home Assistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/) and no cloud or even internet

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Tomas Kuchta
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 17:04 Russell Senior wrote: > I have used a bunch of these: > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T0K8NXC/ > and > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G7BE9WK/ > > with https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 and an rtlsdr (like this: >

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Russell Senior
I have used a bunch of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T0K8NXC/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G7BE9WK/ with https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 and an rtlsdr (like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VZ1AWQA/) to decode. For improved accuracy, I calibrated the

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-15 Thread Larry Brigman
On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:53 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > I have seeded house + exterior with bunch of 433MHz wireless temperature + > humidity sensors - which I read with cheap SDR. > I control this with simple raspberry PI + relay board + simple program. Which sensors did you used?

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-14 Thread Larry Brigman
There are plenty of projects out there for thermostats. Here is one that I found using "DIY Nest thermostat" https://www.stuff.tv/features/how-build-homemade-nest-thermostat/ On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:22 PM Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2022, Frank Filz wrote: > > > Program a single

Re: [PLUG] Does an Open Source Thermostat exist?

2022-07-14 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 14 Jul 2022, Frank Filz wrote: Program a single preferred temperature (the thermostat won't let us set heat to and cool to temperatures closer than 3 degrees - I understand that is necessary to keep the system from over heating so it has to turn on air conditioning only to over cool,