So I am trying to get something together to explain house modes to customers. I assumed this was a fairly straightforward thing to comprehend, but after getting my father in law setup with a very basic setup, he didn't quite understand it.
I used an example of how a thermostat has different modes (off, heat, cool, auto, program) and he seemed to grasp that after we went through it a couple of times. My thought was that since it related somewhat to something he was controlling, that it would be the best analogy, but I'm not sure it would be the best thing for non mechanical people. Does anyone have any thoughts about how to try to explain this better to people aside from giving them simple examples of what my own house modes do in my house?