What is this?

Taking previous integrations further, I am using this script to heat my office and kids' room.

To solve this, I am getting my temperature from the ecobee API, checking to see if it is too hot/cold, then taking appropriate action with my VeSync outlets.

My Equipment

I have an Ecobee 3 lite with two Smart Sensors. I am also using Etekcity Voltson Smart WiFi Outlets.

That's the "smart" bit. To heat the room, I am just using your run-of-the-mill floor heater I got at Home Depot or something...

Getting Started

To start, you need to create an app and authenticate with Ecobee.

VeSync is a bit easier to authenticate. Download the app and create a login. You'll use that login for the script.

Server

This time around, I am using the google could instead of AWS. Either I messed up my AWS account or they did... either way, it says I need to pay before I can create a new instance, but there is no outstanding charges. The path of least resistance for me was to go to another cloud provide. I think it will be like $5 a month to run a small instance in the google cloud. Whatever.

Server Requirements

You don't have to install much on the server - just R, the python pip installer, and open ssl.

sudo apt-get install r-base
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install sendmail mailutils sendmail-bin

R Requirements

You'll just need a few packages installed to run the R bit:

1. lubridate
2. httr
3. jsonlite
4. dplyr

You can run this line of code in sudo R (as root):

install.packages(c("lubridate", "httr", "jsonlite", "dplyr"))

Python Requirements

There are 4 packages called, but 2 should be installed with your system already.

1. datetime
2. sys

The other 2, you'll need to install:

1. pandas
2. pyvesync

You can do that with this code:

sudo pip3 install pandas
sudo pip3 install pyvesync

Mail Relay Requirements (for notifications)

Go here and follow the steps.