Got it all working late saturday night(started it pretty late) was impressed were able to respond to my email on a saturday night.
my big complaint is the only programming and remote control is via their web page. if they ever go out of business, or stop the service the unit will be useless except as a dumb thermostat. it also communicates via https (SSL) so its not easy to snoop on it and write my own. Contacting support, they told me that there is not enough interest in local control and they fear it will add to confusion getting it setup. they did say if they ever make a more hackable unit in the future they would keep me in mind, which is nice but useless to me.
Sadly their website does not support may of the thing I would want, (so I may have to learn web scraping or other tricks) what i want is the ability to graph my inside temp (especially when its set back, so i can see where the sweet spot is, where i use the least energy reheating the home but dont waste a bunch during the day.
Also i would like to be able to from my local network kick it into away mode. or im at hoem mode base upon my alarm status. (which i can read form my local network)
If they offer some expanded website options and or local network reading/polling/changing, I think this would be a fantastic product for me.
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This wifi thermostat is everything that one could want in a programmable device. The CyberStat is easy to set up, with just a challenge or two with the wifi setup. See tip at the end of this review. The CyberStat is small, nice looking, and the directions are actually in English with no Chinese mistranslations. It took me all of 5 minutes to install it, thanks to the fantastic tech support by email. More later. I am only using it for heat on a new furnace so the connections with just a two wire system were simple. A power brick is needed for two-wire systems to supply the power... virtually any brick will do. A tip on wifi setup: take down all the info on the inside cover since it will be needed during registration of the device. As to tech support by email and by phone, simply put, there is NONE better. If all companies ran this way, we consumers would have no complaints. Emails are answered within hours, not within days or ignored completely. Phone calls are actually answered and tech support is clear and precise. I love this thermostat and the company making it.Best Deals on CyberStat CY1101 - Wireless Internet Connected Programmable
I see no reason to need a fancy touchscreen display on a thermostat, like the other models. What does one need in the hallway other than basic controls and a readout? Programming a schedule is a breeze over the WiFi from my recliner! The WiFi interface works on any phone with a browser and web access. I control it from my Nexus 7, iPod Touch and PC as well. It's nice to be able to turn the heat up on my way home rather than programming a guessed ETA into the thermostat every time I leave.Honest reviews on CyberStat CY1101 - Wireless Internet Connected Programmable
I did the instalation in a Vacation house and now I can turn On my A/C before the arrival date from any place in the world and find the house at the desired temperature.It's a great and affrodable Item that can make you save a lot of $ in energy billing.
I'm very happy with this Thermostat and almost 50% less price than others.
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By far this is the best low cost solution I can get to the problem of accessing my thermostat from my mobile phone when I am away home. If you don't need that feature you can find other low costs thermostats that don't have the CyberStat drawbacks. When I go away from home longer then normal, I can set the CyberStat to low temperature and to manual mode so it will stay there. And I can return the CyberStat to program mode and a higher temp before I travel home. I save while I am away and the house is warm when I arrive. That is why I have this unit and it does that perfectly. There are pluses and minuses which I address below, but from my research, the next price point of any product that will do the above is about 4 times the price of the CyberStat, and I do this to save $$$$$.Installation: The CyberStat would do well to market a battery powered model. I had to done some work to add a ground back to the heater transformer (they call it a ground but in my understanding of electricity I would call this a common). The install instructions assume you have swallowed the pink pill and have an Iphone I and Motison support couldn't get this going with my Blackberry (only a problem for installing). But this was the good part, they modified a CyberStat unit to bypass the router search and connect to my open router. They sent it to me without waiting to receive the first one back. That is great support.
Cons: Bright light. -there is no way to turn down the display. My thermostat is in my bedroom and I had to cover it with blue painter's tape. I can still see the display through the tape and can get some sleep in the same room.
Needs to connect to their server through the internet. If their server goes down or your internet fails, you will have an electronic version of the old dial type manual thermostat. This is one of the things that lets keeps the price down.
If you have an old house with a two wire thermostat, you will have some wiring to do.
Pros: Very low price
Outrageously good support.
Web interface is simple and functional
Works just fine.
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ReplyDeleteI removed my first attempts at a comment, because one had some extraneous text, which was included by a mistake. It was essentially the same as the one comment below, just removed the extraneous text. 2 other version removed for typing errors, not seen until published.
ReplyDeleteI have several of these cygerstats 1201 for over a year, Most work OK most of the time. But, I am having recurrent problems with one unit. I must report, that NO SUPPORT AVAILABLE from the net when it acts weird. I think is is getting some spurious commands from the wiFi but I am not sure,
ReplyDeleteOccasionally error codes present for a short time, but that is not of any use to me. As it SEEMS THAT THERE IS A NOT LIST OF ERRORS CODES AAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY THE NET, or in the product manual. THAT IS CRAP, We should be able to understand the error codes, so we would have some idea of the problems occurring.
If anybody at support reads this, send me a list of the error coeds, with the likely cause and best way to fix. Or better yet, PUT THAT INFO ON YOUR WEB SITES. ALL OF THE WEBB SITES For White Rodgers and Motison, should have some info to trouble shoot and fix this products. All of the web sites are just promotional crape, NO HELP at all.
I have not called their telephone support, as that is usually a waste of time, because most support sites force you must talk to an intake person who cannot understand or speak enough English so that the problem can be properly described. Which is the intent, offer support, but make it so difficult and so unusable, that customers don't call. Works every time, I don[' call, because it is almost always a waste time. Which is why I am so annoyed that this company does not provide any trouble shooting data, not even a list of error codes, with meanings and how to fix.
PS: Because of a temporary medical condition, I am having very blurred vision right now, which is limiting my ability to find errors on the screen, so please ignore any errors I missed. (Also this was the main reason I had to delete some prior comments, just to eliminate errors I missed before publishing. MS word missed them also.)