Trying to create a vacation profile for my Ecobee thermostat and fan mode isn't setting

Configuration
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So I’ve been testing the ability to create a vacation schedule for my Ecobee thermostat. Using the official docs for ECOBEE.CREATE_VACATION, it mentions fan_min_on_time. No matter what I set that to, the setting never shows up on the thermostat - but all other settings work perfectly. What could be going on here?

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Is it acceptable to bump this I hope?

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So maybe I haven’t included enough details? Here’s what I’m trying from Developer Tools.

Service: ecobee.create_vacation

YAML:

entity_id: climate.thermostat
vacation_name: NotHome
cool_temp: 80
heat_temp: 65
fan_min_on_time: 20

The vacation mode sets everything except fan_min_on_time. No matter what I put, it shows 0 minutes. What could I possibly be doing wrong?

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Could it be that your thermostat is not a fan?

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I’m not sure I follow. Ecobee has a setting to make sure the HVAC fan runs for XX minutes per hour.

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Sorry, I thought with thermostat you meant that thing that you screw on the heater not the thing you set the temperature on.

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I don’t know Ecobee, but do you have to start the vacation after you created it? Or do you do that anyway?

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May be a bug and you should open a github issue. Just as a question, is your fan set to 0 during normal operation? It would only reflect that there’s a change when the vacation is actually active.

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create_vacation immediately activates that mode. And no, the fan is not normally set to 0. I will open a GitHub issue. Thanks!

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No it doesn’t, it creates it but it only becomes “active” if it’s during the period you specify (though default iirc is immediately). Since your fan period isn’t defaulting to 0 then I do think there’s a bug/issue.

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Correct. The default is immediately, which is reflected in my settings above.