After numerous struggles with the Nest Learning Thermostat going offline, after some research I bit the bullet and purchased the
Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced. I have alot of logic including full control of opening and closing vents and turning fans on/off throughout the facility that change depending upon individual room temperatures, room human presence as well as vent pressure (so the move over to the new thermostat took about 1 1/2 hours of updating code(!)). This thermostat is fantastic as I am now able to control it locally (via the HomeKit integration) rather than the goofy cloud-based Google related overly complex slow and inconsistent Google Nest integration. It now responds instantly to any changes we make. In one area however, I have lost functionality. I used to have the Nest Learning Thermostat programmed hour by hour to adjust the temperature according to a schedule within the Nest app, which can be overriden whenever the temperature is changed (and then reverts back at the top of the hour to the schedule). The Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced is much weaker in this area.
So I am considering creating a flexible HVAC scheduling dashboard which allows me to “reset” - esentially specifying the temperature which is set on the thermostat at repeated specific times - and name the schedule so I can easily flip from one schedule to another. Before I go down this rabbit hole, does anyone have any ideas about any templates or other sample yaml code or sample dashboards from which I can “steal” to speed up the creation of this monster?