I have an Ecobee4 setup to control nothing, it’s only connected to power and not directly connected to any Heating or AC device. It does everything you’d expect an Ecobee to do, it just doesn’t actually have anything wired to it to react. So what I want it to do is act like it does, or more specifically, setup an automation to do that. Right now I’m just looking to have it deal with a specific LG WiFi connected AC, the Ecobee is connected to both the Ecobee cloud integration as well as the HomeKit controller integration. The AC is connected to the LG ThinQ integration and I can read and change either through Home Assistant.
What I want to do is create an automation to tie the two together. If the Ecobee is in “cooling” mode the AC is on, if not it’s off. Whatever the Ecobees temperature is set to the AC temperature gets set to. I’d also like to vary the mode based on conditions, like the AC has an “eco” mode, which works OK when demand is low, but quickly gets way off it’s mark if it’s not. I mean Ideally I’d like the AC to always be in eco mode when the temps agree within a degree or two AND the Ecobee is in cooling mode, and switch the AC to regular cooling mode if the current temperature rises by more than a couple degrees on the Ecobee above the set temp.
I’ve just started playing around with Home Assistant after all my Webcore routines took a dump last month on Smartthings, so I’m kinda starting all over again. I had a ton of Webcore pistons going so I’m kind of a newbie with lots of baggage. I have very little experience with any sort of automations in Home Assistant but already have hundreds and hundreds of devices paired. I’d actually had quite a few Ecobee automations in Webcore based on current weather and such, and was populating variables from one device to control another, which I’m quite certain can be done in Home Assistant, I’m just not sure how I do that.