Hey Blade or anybody who might be able to answer 
I'm a shift worker which means that none of the programmable thermostats actually meet my needs since I work every hour every day at some point. I have a Z-Wave thermostat and I'm thinking this plugin might solve my problems as I could use my work schedule in Outlook (setup easily with recurring appointments) to control my thermostat.
I can enter my work schedule in Outlook in a variety of different ways... all they way from creating an "all day event" and labeling it "night shift" to making an appointment called "night shift" and actually putting the times I work in there. I've done it both ways and both work for me to look at my Outlook calendar and know what I'm working.
What I'm wondering is if I could somehow use that information to change my thermostat using this plugin? For example, if I have an all day even called "night shift" on a certain day (and maybe even give it the "night shift" category if needed) could this plugin set my thermostat at a certain value for a certain period of time? Or, if it can't do that, can I have an appointment named "night shift" that runs from 6:00pm one night to 6:30am the next morning and each time that appointment name is seen/active set back my thermostat x degrees or change it to x degrees?
Basically, I couldn't tell by the description of the plugin if it only speaks and displays info or if you could use that info as a trigger to do something else in HS.
Thanks!
I'm a shift worker which means that none of the programmable thermostats actually meet my needs since I work every hour every day at some point. I have a Z-Wave thermostat and I'm thinking this plugin might solve my problems as I could use my work schedule in Outlook (setup easily with recurring appointments) to control my thermostat.
I can enter my work schedule in Outlook in a variety of different ways... all they way from creating an "all day event" and labeling it "night shift" to making an appointment called "night shift" and actually putting the times I work in there. I've done it both ways and both work for me to look at my Outlook calendar and know what I'm working.
What I'm wondering is if I could somehow use that information to change my thermostat using this plugin? For example, if I have an all day even called "night shift" on a certain day (and maybe even give it the "night shift" category if needed) could this plugin set my thermostat at a certain value for a certain period of time? Or, if it can't do that, can I have an appointment named "night shift" that runs from 6:00pm one night to 6:30am the next morning and each time that appointment name is seen/active set back my thermostat x degrees or change it to x degrees?
Basically, I couldn't tell by the description of the plugin if it only speaks and displays info or if you could use that info as a trigger to do something else in HS.
Thanks!
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