Thanks for the response, oTi. Do you mean “energy saver mode” is for the thermostat behavior (i.e. some sort of program to use less heating and cooling), or for the Z-Wave radio (e.g. battery power with beaming)?
I’m using a vera 3 (with UI5, firmware 1.5.254). Looking at the thermostat device icon in the UI, there’s an Energy and Normal button. It is continuously highlighting Energy. If I press Normal, vera indicates it’s transmitting, but the button remains on Energy (Status is unchanged). If I go to Advanced and modify the Status variable (1 ==> 0), nothing changes again – thermostat displays Energy hightlighed, and no discernable change in behavior.
My 2GIG CT30 is getting power from the furnace (i.e. C-wire power), and has been responding as a normal Z-Wave peer.
The 2GIG CT30 docs mention that the Energy Saving button is disabled when linked to Z-Wave.
Anyone also experiment with setting Status to 0 with this thermostat model, to see a difference in behavior?
Thanks - Joel
PS: I just got my vera 3 and thermostat a few days ago – sorry for any obvious questions
Interesting. Others (including myself) have observed it appears stuck at Normal. Regardless, it does not seem to switch with the actual state of the thermostat (that support energy saving mode while on Z-Wave, like the Trane). There is a bug filed against that, and there are some others related to thermostat support.
Yes, after a reset, mine has been on Normal for a week or so; however I somehow got it stuck on Energy previously – sorry I don’t have a repro.
I’m also disappointed that there are only 2 significant digits for the current temperature. Can we at least get the extra half degree F accuracy shown on the thermostat device on a luup request?