Originally posted by paulockenden
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What would you like to see in evohome? (have your say)
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(To @hengus) If, as some of us suspect, the Evohome controller is built on this platform, Honeywell is probably wise not to play around with it too much. I don't know what version of Windows CE it uses, but I suspect it's getting quite long in the tooth.
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Originally posted by Edinburgh2000 View PostMany thanks for that helpful reply DBM. You are absolutely correct in interpreting my home network setup. At the risk of dragging this thread wildly off-topic, I should explain that, for historic reasons, I have a different SSID for every access point (and for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands). I do recognise the problem you describe of my phone clinging onto a ground floor access point SSID when I go up to the top floor and I have to prod the phone to connect to a second floor SSID. So, now that my children are grown up and I have no excuse for trying to be smart about access to the network (or monitoring it), I shall take your advice and reconfigure all APs to the same SSID. If you have a good URL link that you could share to help me with setting the channels to avoid conflicts that would be much appreciated. **End of off-topic chat!** Back to Evohome.....
I've got different SSID around the house because I found that devices were not always smart about finding the strongest signal from the nearest AP. Devices would occasionally connect to AP that were some distance away meaning they'd get poor connectivity and dropouts. I've now got different SSIDs on every floor plus another SSID that every AP broadcasts on - for roaming devices such as phones. It's was a pain to configure but all connectivity problems now solved.
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Originally posted by paulockenden View Post(To @hengus) If, as some of us suspect, the Evohome controller is built on this platform, Honeywell is probably wise not to play around with it too much. I don't know what version of Windows CE it uses, but I suspect it's getting quite long in the tooth.
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Originally posted by Edinburgh2000 View PostSo, now that my children are grown up and I have no excuse for trying to be smart about access to the network (or monitoring it), I shall take your advice and reconfigure all APs to the same SSID. If you have a good URL link that you could share to help me with setting the channels to avoid conflicts that would be much appreciated. **End of off-topic chat!** Back to Evohome.....
Other members might have other views but InSSIDer is free and quite informative if neighbours are using datacomm kit with conflicting channels to your own.
PS. There may be an app equivalent for Apple/Android mobiles but I have not checked.
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Originally posted by paulockenden View PostYou can do that with Economy Mode. Turns everything down 3 degrees (although loads of us wish that was configurable) for a specified number of hours.
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Originally posted by killa47 View PostIf you need to see what channels are operating within your access point/router range - I use InSSIDer on Windows [XP/7/8/10 etc]. Tells you which channels in use for your house and others surrounding you.
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We haven't had an entry on the wishlist for some time, so I thought I'd pipe up!
I'd like to see Smart Actions able to be applied on a per-zone basis. i.e. to be able to set my Bedroom to Economy Mode, while leaving the rest of the house as-is. Or even better, rather than quick actions, apply a temperature offset on a per zone basis.
Why? Well, as I start to connect Evohome with other devices via the API and integrations, I'd like to be able to do things like "If bedroom window is open then lower the bedroom setpoint by 5 degrees". Open Window mode in the HR92s is pretty useless in my experience, and although I can write scripts to lower a setpoint by 5 degrees (that's easy) it gets overwritten at the next scheduled temperature change.
I think the main use for this would be in automation, so I don't even think it would need to be exposed on the controller GUI (probably the main stumbling point with requests like this). Only in the API.
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Yes a good idea and reflects what a modern /inform user wants to do.
I'm in my 8-month of Evohome installation and usage and with the holiday season coming I've been trying to turn off the heating, easy I'll switch it off from the quick functions but to my surprise DHW continues to operate, so unless I'm missing the obvious I'd like a means of turning off everything HTG and DHW. I'll need to turn off the boiler when we go away unless there is a command to do this.
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Away quick action does this. (with frost protection)getconnected.honeywell.com | I work for Honeywell. Any posts I make are purely to help if I can. Any personal views expressed are my own
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Ah yes but to me Heating off is not the same as DHW off as nearly every system has separate controls for HTG and DHW. I'll try 'away' ironically the only one I have not tried as it says temperatures are turned down to 15C but no mention of DHW but it transpires it does, therefore there are gaps in the User Guide and I think Honeywell should augment the user guide accordingly.
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Originally posted by g6ejd View PostAh yes but to me Heating off is not the same as DHW off as nearly every system has separate controls for HTG and DHW. I'll try 'away' ironically the only one I have not tried as it says temperatures are turned down to 15C but no mention of DHW but it transpires it does, therefore there are gaps in the User Guide and I think Honeywell should augment the user guide accordingly.
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