Scheduling

A well-thought-out Flair schedule is a very important part of a successful Flair setup. As you create your Flair schedule you will create two types of events: Active events and Inactive events.

Active events tell Flair the specific temperature you want for a specific room at a specific time.

Inactive events tell Flair that the room(s) being set to Inactive are not a priority during the specific times the event is scheduled.

As a very general example let's say you have a three-story home with a Kitchen, Dining Room, and Living Room downstairs and three bedrooms upstairs. Between 10 pm and 6 am the entire family is upstairs sleeping and would like the house to be about 68°F. The best way to achieve this is to schedule the three downstairs rooms to be inactive during this time and schedule 68°F set points for the three upstairs bedrooms. This allows Flair, when controlling your thermostat, to ensure the thermostat runs until those three upstairs rooms reach their set point. It prevents the cooler temperatures downstairs from prematurely ending the cooling cycle that is working to make your bedrooms comfortable.

You can create multiple Flair schedules, but only one schedule will be active at any given time.

• Create a Schedule
• Edit a Schedule
• Activate a Schedule
• Default Schedule Behavior
• Using Inactive Rooms
• Default to Inactive: keep rooms off unless a schedule turns them on
• Scheduling and Smart Thermostats
• Scheduling and Occupancy
• Schedule a Mini Split to Turn Off
• Scheduling and Holds

Note: the "Schedule" button is only visible in the Control Bar when the Flair System is in "Auto". When set to Manual scheduled events do not run.

Create a Schedule

1. In the Flair app, tap Schedule in the control bar, and then select "Create New Schedule"
2. Under Schedule Name, enter a name for the schedule
3. Tap the "ADD EVENT" button to add a new schedule event
4. For an Active event, use the slider to set the set point - or, to create an Inactive event, tap the mode control (it shows "Active") and then select "Inactive"
5. Set the "Start" time for the schedule event. The Start field is a segmented time field that defaults to 09:00 AM. Tap the hour segment, then type the hour (for example, 06). Tap the minute segment and type the minutes only if they need changing from the default 00, and tap the AM/PM segment only if it needs changing from the default AM.
6. Check the days of the week that this schedule will apply to. Each day is its own checkbox in the day-of-week row and must be tapped individually - for example, tap M, Tu, W, Th and F to apply the schedule on weekdays.
7. Check the rooms that this schedule will apply to
8. Tap "CREATE" to add the event. The saved event appears in the schedule as a coloured bar labelled with its set point (for example "73") rather than a text confirmation.

Edit a Schedule

1. In the Flair app, tap Schedule in the control bar, and then tap the gear icon next to the schedule you want to edit
2. To delete a schedule, tap the three dots on the top right, tap "Delete Schedule", and then confirm by tapping "DELETE SCHEDULE" - or tap a schedule event to edit
3. If you deleted the schedule in the previous step, the app returns to the home screen and the procedure is finished. Otherwise, in the "Edit Schedule Event" screen, make the necessary change - or tap Delete to remove the schedule event
4. Tap Done

Activate a Schedule

In the Flair app, tap Schedule in the control bar, and select the name of the schedule to activate (not the gear, just the schedule name). To have no schedule active, select "No Schedule".

Unscheduled Time Behavior

In the absence of a scheduled event, a room will follow the Home Set Point or occupancy data (if enabled).

This schedule sets the Guest Bedroom to 70F at night, but during the day, there are no scheduled events, so the room follows the Home Set Point during that time.

Using Inactive Rooms

Flair uses the Active/Inactive status of rooms when determining which rooms to prioritize and when making its comfort calculations.

We recommend scheduling Flair rooms to be INACTIVE during the times they are typically not being used. This is generally bedrooms during the day, and common areas like the kitchen, living room, and dining room at night. Thoughtful scheduling can save energy, save you money, and make your home more comfortable. For more information see Using Active/Inactive Rooms Effectively.

When creating an Inactive schedule event, select "Inactive" from the Schedule Event Mode field and set the start and end times for the period of inactivity.

The energy-saving schedule below sets the Bedroom Inactive during the day and Active at night while setting the Living Room Inactive at night and Active during the day. Notice that this schedule has no gaps and no overlapping events.

Default to Inactive: keep rooms off unless a schedule turns them on

If you want Flair to heat and cool only the rooms you have explicitly scheduled, turn on Default to Inactive for that schedule. With it on, every room in your home is treated as Inactive unless something makes it Active — a schedule event, or setting the room Active yourself in the app.

1. In the Flair app, tap Schedule in the control bar.
2. Tap the gear icon next to the schedule you want to change.
3. Turn on "Default to Inactive".

For more on what Active and Inactive mean for a room, see Using Active/Inactive Rooms Effectively and Set Rooms Active or Inactive.

Scheduling and Smart Thermostats

To avoid scheduling and set point conflicts between Flair and a smart thermostat, use the following guideline for scheduling based on Flair's Set Point Controller setting:

• If using Set Point Controller = Flair App, disable scheduling in your smart thermostat and create a schedule in Flair.
• If using Set Point Controller = Thermostat, you should create a schedule on your smart thermostat that controls the heating and cooling decisions made by your thermostat. You should also create a Flair schedule that thoughtfully advises your Smart Vents when to open and close. Let's say you like to sleep 2°F colder than your kids do - if the system is typically cooling at night you can set slightly higher set points in the kids rooms so their Smart Vents close sooner and direct the cooled air down to your bedroom.
  Note: Schedule events in Flair will take priority over a set point read from a smart thermostat, whether it comes from a schedule on the smart thermostat or a manual adjustment to a smart thermostat.

Scheduling and Remote Sensor Occupancy

A scheduled event will take priority over occupancy events. If you want a room to follow occupancy events from remote sensors, don't schedule any events for those rooms during the specific days and times you want occupancy to be used.

In this schedule, the Bedroom is scheduled to be Active at night and Inactive during the day. But the Living Room has remote sensors, and will use occupancy data all day to determine when the room is being used (Active) or not being used (Inactive), so no schedule events are created for this room.

FAQs

1. Can I schedule a minisplit/IR device to be turned Off:  Yes.  Setting a room to Inactive will generally result in a minisplit/IR device being turned off.  There are a few exceptions, for instance, if you have smart away enabled or auto dry mode enabled, an Inactive room may be turned on to bring the rooms temperature below the smart away max, above the smart away min, or below the humidity limits.
2. Can I schedule a Smart Vent open or closed: Generally, Inactive rooms will close their vents however Back Pressure Protection, whether the 1/3rd rule or Static Pressure measurements may result in Smart Vents in Inactive rooms being opened.
3. How does an inactive room impact Smart Thermostat control in a Smart Vent system:  Flair's smart thermostat management will emphasize Active rooms and deemphasize Inactive rooms when deciding to call for more or less heat/cool through an Integrated Smart Thermostat.