Indigo handles Thermostat’s pretty well, but this Add-On for Indigo v5 enhances the information you can get from Indigo.

What does it add?

• New States
  • Maximum Temperature  – The plugin will notify the owner when this temperature is reached
  • Minimum Temperature – The plugin will notify the owner when this temperature is reached
  • acDailyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last day
  • acWeeklyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last Week
  • acMonthlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the Month
  • acYearlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last year (Jan 1 to Dec 31)
  • acLastOn – The Time/Date when the AC / Cooling was last turned On
  • acLastOff – The Time/Date when the AC / Cooling was last turned Off
  • acLastRunTime – The number of Minutes, that the AC was last run for
  • fanLastOn – The Time/Date when the Fan was last turned On
  • fanLastOff – The Time/Date when the Fan was last turned Off
  • fanLastRunTime – The number of Minutes, that the Fan was last run for
  • fanDailyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last day
  • fanWeeklyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last Week
  • fanMonthlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the Month
  • fanYearlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last year (Jan 1 to Dec 31)
  • heatingLastOn – The Time/Date when the Heat was last turned On
  • heatingLastOff – The Time/Date when the Heat was last turned Off
  • heatingLastRunTime – The number of Minutes, that the Heat was last run for
  • heatingDailyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last day
  • heatingWeeklyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last Week
  • heatingMonthlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the Month
  • heatingYearlyRunTime – The number of minutes that this has run for the last year (Jan 1 to Dec 31)
  • CurrentTemperature – The current Thermostat temperature (courtesy state, so that you don’t have to look at another device)
  • CurrentHeatSetpoint – The current Heat SetPoint, another courtesy state
  • CurrentCoolingSetpoint – The current Cooling Setpoint, another courtesy state
  • MaximumTempExceeded – boolean, is set to true if max temperature has been exceeded
  • BelowMinimiumTemp – is set to true if the temperature has gone below the  min temperature
  • LastUpdated – The Time/date stamp when the add-on states was last updated.

When installed, the changes are most noticeable in the Log file…

Sep 18, 2011 8:28:39 AM
Sent INSTEON “Furnace Link” turn cool on
Received INSTEON “Furnace Link” off (button 2)
Thermostat Add-On The Heating System ran for 7 minutes (Hours: 0.0)

Install Instructions:

1. Download the Thermostat Add-On
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Double click on the Thermostat.indigoplugin file.  Indigo should prompt to install or upgrade the plugin.
4. Create a New Indigo Device
5.    Type is Plugin
6.    Plugin is Thermostat Enhancement Add-On
7.    Model is Thermostat Monitor

Downloads:

• Version 1.05,    Released 6/13/2012      Download from Here

• Adds Better Error Checking with the Thermostat Adapter States
• Adds Enforced Temperature Ranges with Heating & Cooling

• First Public Release