[kwlug-disc] Ecobee thermostat with Home Assistant

[Colin Mackay]

I have an Ecobee and signed up for the account online and use
the 'developer' API to interface with it via the 'cloud'.

I have never used the HomeKit controller integration, but now I'm looking
into it.  I do very much prefer to have everything local!

On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 1:58 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> I finally got to view the presentation on Zigbee MQTT with Home Assistant.
> Thanks a lot to the presenter.
>
> It seems there are at least two other people who use an Ecobee with Home
> Assistant
> on this mailing list.
>
> I also have the Ecobee, but I never signed up for an account with them,
> and use the
> HomeKit Controller integration to interface with the thermostat.
>
> So: it works, without needing an online connection to "the cloud", which
> is how I run
> everything under Home Assistant.
>
> The thermostat still has access to the internet, so it probably updates
> its firmware
> automatically behind my back. I have not put it in a DMZ or blocked it
> from accessing
> the internet, since I did not get around to investigating how it is done,
> and what possible
> drawbacks there would be.
>
> Happy to answer any questions on that ...
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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