New Plugin - Flair Smart Vents

[FlyingDiver]

OK, thanks. Do you run your system in automatic or manual mode?

[SSteve]

Right now it's in manual mode. I had it in automatic mode in the summer so we could keep the house from getting too hot in the afternoon when we weren't around. If it's helpful, I can set up a heating schedule and go back to automatic mode.

[FlyingDiver]

Right now it's in manual mode. I had it in automatic mode in the summer so we could keep the house from getting too hot in the afternoon when we weren't around. If it's helpful, I can set up a heating schedule and go back to automatic mode.

The available API commands are different for each mode. So the real question is - which do you want to use? If it's manual, I think it's going to be all direct Indigo actions to a generic device. If it's automatic, I think I can make it work with an Indigo Thermostat device. This is going to take a lot of experimentation, because the API is so different than a normal thermostat.

[bdubnm]

Hey Joe. Thanks for the heads up on moving from the Nest plugin to your Ecobee plugin. Everything has been working great.

Next step in my climate control adventures, I just purchased about 15 Flair Smart Vents and 2 pucks for my home. I have a 3,000 sqft home and I have a mix of rooms that are too hot or too cold and am going to attempt to integrate the smart vents with Ecobee at first to see if that gives me some room temperature balance.

However, I will likely want to tinker and set some custom triggers along the way. If you are still developing this plugin, I would be happy to be one of your guinea pigs / beta users.

[FlyingDiver]

I'm not using the Flair I got, it didn't work for the application I had in mind. Need another one?

But I think the plugin should work for you, let me know if you have any issues.

[bdubnm]

Will do. I will start with what I just ordered and see how well it integrates with Ecobee. Theoretically, Ecobee and Flair should do what I want it to do natively. At least they claim to do in their marketing materials. Fingers crossed.

What size are your vents you are looking to get rid of? Might need a 3rd puck as another gateway, but wont know until I see the signal strength of the two I ordered.

[FlyingDiver]

I have one 12x6 vent and one puck.

[bdubnm]

Hey Joe. I have 14 flair vents installed. Got them integrated with Ecobee as well. Still too early to tell how well it balances out the temperatures in my house. Will let you know.

Question: For the flair plugin, do you have a "compiled" plugin anywhere. I took a look at your github and see the directory, but dont see the xxxx.plugin.zip available for download anywhere.

[FlyingDiver]

I never did an official release. Just download the code zip file and the plugin will be in there.

[bdubnm]

Welp...looks like Flair changed something with authentication in last 2 years. No biggie. No clue what I would do with this plugin anyway, was just curious.

Thanks for everything, enjoy your other plugins. Keep up the awesome work.

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Jul 9, 2021 at 6:33:25 PM
   Flair Debug                     validateDeviceConfigUi, devId = 587815172, typeId = FlairAccount, valuesDict = UiValuesDict : (dict)
     RefreshToken :  (string)
     SupportsStatusRequest : true (bool)
     password : xxxxxxxxxx (string)
     username : [email protected] (string)
   Flair Error                     Error in plugin execution UiValidate:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "plugin.py", line 119, in validateDeviceConfigUi
KeyError: key flair_account not found in dict

   Flair Debug                     closedDeviceConfigUi, userCancelled = True, devId = 587815172, typeId = FlairAccount, valuesDict = UiValuesDict : (dict)

[FlyingDiver]

I'll take a look this weekend.

[bdubnm]

I'll take a look this weekend.

No worries. If you do, that would be awesome. Don't go out of your way for just me. I don't even know what I would do with it if it was working.

If I find a use case that I need due to the Flair / Ecobee integration not working the way it is supposed to, I would be willing to donate for your time.

[FlyingDiver]

Give this version a try: https://github.com/FlyingDiver/Indigo-F ... /tag/0.0.4

I ended up not using the Flair system in my house, which is why this never got released. I did plug in the puck and put batteries in the vent, so I know it's working to some extent.

[bdubnm]

I installed the plugin this morning and configured all my vents. Now getting vent status 0% = Closed and 100% = Open on regular updates. More information for me to figure out how to use. Likely going to setup some variables to track how many times the vents open/close each day to try and determine energy efficiencies with a combo of the flair vent and ecobee heating/cooling runtime stats. Should allow me to fine tune Ecobee to get the biggest efficiencies while keeping the temp to our liking.

Thank you sir.

Question: I have 2 pucks in mirror / bridge mode (IE...don't alter/override Ecobee set points) to act as a communication bridge to the vents. Even in mirror mode, the pucks report their temperature in the flair app. I use the puck temps instead of putting an Ecobee temp sensor in those rooms. Is there anyway to add the pucks to Indigo so I have the room temps being reported by the pucks? I only get a a green dot / yes for Flair Account. And nothing to configure if I try to configure a mini-split. I didn't see a config option for adding the pucks directly. I can always add 2 more Ecobee sensors if necessary, but overkill since the Pucks are basically temp sensors themselves.

[FlyingDiver]

I'll look into it.