Ecobee hvac_mode attribute

gmarlow · December 10, 2019, 1:35am

I’m trying to create an automation that has a condition that the ecobee must be in “cool” mode. I can’t find the appropriate climate.thermostat attribute. I’ve tried both “mode” and “hvac mode” as attributes and neither work nor are they listed as attributes under the Developer States page.

I see that hvac_action indicates what the system IS CURRENTLY doing (see heating below), but that’s no help when the system is idle.

The attributes I see are:

Any help would be appreciated.

Tediore · December 10, 2019, 2:25am

The state of the climate entity is the mode it’s set to (heat, cool, off, etc.)

pcwii · December 10, 2019, 2:26am

Pretty sure all you need is the entity state of the climate.ecobee entity. Shown here in the off and heat state.

gmarlow · December 12, 2019, 7:24pm

Thanks! I don’t know how I missed it!

waffles42 · June 24, 2024, 8:36pm

I came across this old post… I have a similar issue with capturing the state of my ecobee. When the TSTAT is off (i.e. not heat, cool, or auto), then the circulation fan should be set to 0 min/hr. The latter part works fine, but the trigger does not.
What am I missing here? TIA!