If there’s a way to get a Nest thermostat to my own server instead of Google’s, I’d love to hear it. I’ve had a good experience so far, but it would be nice to have a backup ready in case Google ever pulls the plug on the service.
cloud based thermostat is a wide term. You need to be a little more specific.
Like Zigbee, Z-wave or Wifi? All of those can be cloud. I don’t have any thermostats yet, but I am considering getting some Zigbee ones, because those can connect locally to my Home Assistant instance.
Yes, I chose a wide term on purpose. I’m curious to see what all people use.
I’m currently using an ecobee, but want to a selfhosted server rather than third party for HVAC.
I use a zwave version with homeseer
I use a Honeywell Z-Wave thermostat with Home Assistant. All local and I not only do I have schedules based on time of day, but it also adjusts the temperature based on if people are home or not.
I just started to build something here! My setup so far: Raspberry Pi 4 running Home Assistant OS.
On the GPIO-Pins I have a Module sitting that goes with the name RPI-RF-MOD. Now the Home Assistant-Pi works as a CCU3 base station for all my homematic IP gadgets.
On Home assistant I use the add on Raspberrymatic to connect to different Gadgets (Power Plugs, Thermostats, Window-Sensors) which then again are introduced to home assistant with the help of HACS Homematic(IP) Local.
Now it’s working! I plan to automate my thermostats with the HACS Better Thermostat.
It was a lot of reading for a beginner like me. But with small steps and a lot of time everything is actually quite comfortable to reach. And most important: the devices can’t phone home, nothing is able to connect to the internet directly.
