Thermostat Fan Mode Not Working

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#1

There seems to be a problem with SQ to VERA communication over the Thermostat Fan status.

I am using devices which use the urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 Service ID

This is the log I get when SQ remote attempts to send a FAN mode command to VERA:

JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest can't find (null) <0x3018e680> 02 09/27/12 19:19:23.742 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::RunAction device 37 action (null)/SetMode failed with 401/Invalid Service <0x3018e680> 08 09/27/12 19:19:23.876 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 37 service: (null) action: SetMode <0x3018e680> 08 09/27/12 19:19:23.877 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=37 <0x3018e680> 08 09/27/12 19:19:23.877 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=(null) <0x3018e680> 08 09/27/12 19:19:23.877 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=SetMode <0x3018e680> 08 09/27/12 19:19:23.877 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument NewMode=ContinuousOn <0x3018e680>

On the VERA UI and iVERA all is okay and this is what the log should look like:

Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 40 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 variable: Mode was: Auto now: ContinuousOn #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 v:0xaaf4e0/NONE duplicate:0 <0x2ba2d000> 04 09/27/12 19:22:08.646 <0x2ba2d000> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.637 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 40 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 action: SetMode <0x3098e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.637 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=40 <0x3098e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.638 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 <0x3098e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.638 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=SetMode <0x3098e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.638 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument NewMode=Auto <0x3098e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:16.638 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument rand=0.5926724078599364 <0x3098e680> 06 09/27/12 19:22:16.642 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 40 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 variable: Mode was: ContinuousOn now: Auto #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 v:0xaaf4e0/NONE duplicate:0 <0x2ba2d000> 04 09/27/12 19:22:16.643 <0x2ba2d000> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.493 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 40 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 action: SetMode <0x3058e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.494 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=40 <0x3058e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.494 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 <0x3058e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.494 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=SetMode <0x3058e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.495 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument NewMode=ContinuousOn <0x3058e680> 08 09/27/12 19:22:17.495 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument rand=0.8988540358841419 <0x3058e680> 06 09/27/12 19:22:17.496 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 40 service: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HVAC_FanOperatingMode1 variable: Mode was: Auto now: ContinuousOn #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 v:0xaaf4e0/NONE duplicate:0 <0x2ba2d000> 04 09/27/12 19:22:17.497 <0x2ba2d000>

Any ideas or help fixing this? I am wrong to think that this is a bug in SQ?

#2

From your trace it looks like the serviceId is missing (null). It’s coming into Vera that way, see dump snippet below.

[font=courier] 0x0030: 0000 4745 5420 2f64 6174 615f …GET./data_
0x0040: 7265 7175 6573 743f 6964 3d6c 755f 6163 request?id=lu_ac
0x0050: 7469 6f6e 266f 7574 7075 745f 666f 726d tion&output_form
0x0060: 6174 3d6a 736f 6e26 4465 7669 6365 4e75 at=json&DeviceNu
0x0070: 6d3d 3636 2673 6572 7669 6365 4964 3d28 m=66&serviceId=(
0x0080: 6e75 6c6c 2926 6163 7469 6f6e 3d53 6574 null)&action=Set
0x0090: 4d6f 6465 264e 6577 4d6f 6465 3d43 6f6e Mode&NewMode=Con
0x00a0: 7469 6e75 6f75 734f 6e20 tinuousOn.[/font]

#3

You are right. But is this a problem from SQ Remote? I just tried SQ remote with a Trane Thermostat and FAN Mode works fine. So maybe the problem is somewhere in the definition of the device itself.

The thermostat plugin is actually derived from the virtual thermostat plugin posted on the forums. I attached it to this reply for reference.

#4

Interesting; that’s what I did: included a Trane thermostat into Vera Lite’s network, created a control for it in SQRemote HD and tried changing the fan mode.

#5

I seem to be having the same issue hadiesper but with the Trane thermostat (Model# TZEMT400BB32MAA). I can switch the fan mode to Auto, On or Cycler from the Vera UI, but not from the SQRemoteHD. Was there a fix found to this issue?