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    #1

    Wireless Thermostat

    Hi,

    i just purchased a wireless thermostat to monitor humidity and temperature. Can anyone let me know if this is possible with out a wired thermostat?

    i would like the humidity and temp to be displayed on the ios app and control an on/off plug to switch on humidity fire on.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Jean
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    #2
    Yes, you can use the wireless thermostat independently. I use one to control only the bedroom fireplace. Caveat: do not link it to a wired thermostat or you lose independence.
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      #3
      i don't have a wired one in fact. the problem is that i added it to the ios app but i am not getting and temp or humidity readings. Are there and settings that i need to do ? i read that it has to be master or something ?

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        #4
        Battery powered devices do not update their status unless something changes. To do otherwise would require using battery power 24/7.
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          #5
          can you explain further as i didn't understand your last mesg.

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            #6
            A battery power devices will update its status whenever there is a change. Then it will remain idle-effectively not reporting anything until the next time it changes. Which Hub are you using-there are three different Hubs.
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              #7
              I have the normal insteon hub v2. So with the wireless thermostat i can't check the temp and humidity from mobile app? I am not getting any readings.

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                #8
                Do you mean that the fields with the temperature and humidity are blank or that you're not able to communicate with the thermostat (i.e., 3 spinners).
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                  #9
                  why does this need an extrnal power when it should suppose to be a wireless temp and humidity reader. don't know if i have explained myself well. I just want this device to monitor the temp and humidity. i also want to be able to check this from my mobile app. further more, if the humidity is high, i would like to trigger the humidity fire to start up (this will be plugged to an on/off insteon plug)

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                    #10
                    The wireless thermostat will go to sleep if it is only running off of a battery and not respond to status queries from the hub (if you use the external 5v power as mentioned above the device will remain in a state that the hub can query it.)

                    The temperature is the only thing that can currently control devices. (This may not be the case. I just found that you have to manually link the device since the app doesn't allow the links but humidity is a group that can be linked, but I haven't tried it.)

                    The Humidity will only be displayed on the app if the thermostat is set to a heat/cool mode. No idea why that is the case.

                    The external sensor (if you hook one up) will only be displayed on the screen of the thermostat and is not displayed on the Insteon hub apps. Seems like this temperature might be included in the information that is obtained from the thermostat but it is not available on the apps associated with the 2245-222 hub.
                    Last edited by Thaun; 11-09-2015, 03:46 PM.

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                      #11
                      The external temperature is not passed on by the module. The same thing is observed using an ISY994i controller.
                      A user on the ISY forums modified one to use the external sensor to take the temperature of a pond. By rewiring the external one to where the internal sensor was soldered to the PCB.

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                        #12
                        Hi All,

                        sorry for my late reply, but didn't have the time to try out the suggested methods. I tried connecting the wireless thermostat with a 5v dc power supply, but on the iphone app i still don't get the temperature and humidity.

                        May i remind you that i only have a wireless thermostat and not a wired one. Is this possible or not?

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                          #13
                          What does the display show?
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                            #14
                            On the thermostat it shows the temperature and humidity but on the iphone app these are not showed.

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                              #15
                              I've added a wireless thermostat to my iOS app and when I tap on the thermostat I can see the mode, temperature, humidity and setpoint.
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