Welcome to the future! I'm pretty excited to share this mockup of what I'd like to bring in beestat 1.3. Here's a quick rundown of the features:
It's long overdue, but I finally got automatic syncing enabled. This was a promised feature for just after the 1.2 release but I ran into some issues with performance and bugs and just wasn't happy with how it worked.
After re-writing things a few times I now have a fairly robust sync in place. The core logic has always worked well but it would only run when you connected to beestat. It would ta...
2018-11-29 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The past couple weeks have been busy for me with the release and support of beestat 1.2. I've fixed a number of bugs and have a few reported issues that I still need to look at.
While that's been going on, I migrated beestat to a new server which has given things a very nice performance boost. Now that the server migration is complete I've been spending some time getting the automatic syncing wo...
2018-11-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
Thanks again for your support; it means the world to me that you thought this project was worth backing financially. A couple quick updates:
I don't have much to say except: finally! This version has been in development for 3 months (two of them active) with a bug-crushing, feature-crazy two week sprint to the finish.
Report issues on /r/beestat or GitHub.
I hop...
2018-11-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Back when I first built beestat I decided I needed something that made it unique. After all, ecobee provided all of the same data I did. The only thing I was doing was making it a bit more convenient to view that data. So, on a whim, I threw together the Temperature Profile card. It took me a couple hours to knock out the algorithm and the same to build the GUI.
This card almost got the boot for...
2018-10-30 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This graph is starting to feel a little excessive, but I'm rolling with it. Newly added is the Event series which shows you the current state of your system. This is basically taking the data from ecobee's Follow Me graph and putting it here. I have to adjust to support a few additional values, but the hard work is done. The last thing to add to this graph is acce...
2018-10-25 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Much of what I've been working on the past week has been getting the Recent Activity and Aggregate Runtime graphs up to snuff. There's been a lot of behind the scenes work involved with loading the data, but the look & feel has improved a lot as well. The colors are better, the themes are more consistent, and the overall feel is cleaner. I have some additional data to add to the Recent Activit...
2018-10-16 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi! It's been a month since my last update and I have nothing to show for it. I took some much-needed time off to relax and handle some other things. I'm excited to get back to beestat!
Enjoy this short gif demonstrating where things are at right now. There are a lot of improvements behind the scenes, so it's not quite as simple as just tossing in the last items and calling it done, but we're no...
2018-10-10 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the less exciting but also very useful features coming to the next version of beestat is deferred loading. Ever notice when you connect it spins for a while, especially if it's been some time since you last visited?
That's because beestat is connecting to ecobee and downloading all of the data since you last connected. This isn't the end of the world, but it's annoying and first-time user...
2018-09-11 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPart of running a Patreon means actively raising support for the project by telling people about it and encouraging them to become a supporter. Here's what I've come up with.
Every user gets this green banner up towards the top of their dashboard. To remove it, you can do one of two things:
I have so much left I want to get into this release. October is the big month for thermostats which gives me plenty of time to get things wrapped up.
2018-08-28 01:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a quick look at the system card in the next version. You will now have access to the following additional information:
As I began to address some of the tasks for 1.2 I found myself a little bit stuck. The design I had was incredibly limiting for two reasons:
Here's a bit of a raw brainstorm on many of the different configuration settings ecobee offers. One of the first things I need to do before I can present recommendations is determine what type of system you have. Unfortunately, figuring that out is more difficult than you would think; there's no one box that says something like "Heat: Gas, Cool: Heat Pump".
For example, I have a two stage heat p...
2018-08-09 00:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe dust has settled after the release of version 1.1 and I'm beginning to form some very high level pictures in my mind of what beestat will look like in version 1.2 and beyond. My top priority will always be to create a useful service that can help people analyze their HVAC usage to save money. To that end, there's only so much I can offer with simple graphs and trends. I have to do intelligent ...
2018-08-07 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs part of the beestat 1.1 release I launched a survey to see what features people most wanted to see next, and how they felt about supporting the project financially. I'm glad I did!
Here are the results:
I originally thought people would want notifications more than anything else. After all, tha...
2018-08-03 18:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post