complex setup: Carrier Infinity, Flair, and Ecobee/remote sensors

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Mike

For the last couple years, I've had my HVAC system running using an Ecobee thermostat, multiple ecobee remote sensors, and a handful of flair smart vents.

Recently we had our HVAC system replaced with a Carrier Infinity system, and the installer strongly urged us to use the included Carrier communicating thermostat instead of the ecobee. It seems it's the best way to get the most out of the multi-stage cooling and variable speed blower.

My dilemma: how do I get the most out of what I have today? Right now I've got the Carrier thermostat wired in and just have the ecobee connected to a 24VAC transformer so it's powered on and the flair vents still operate. But since there's no connection to the actual HVAC system, rooms that are too hot or too cold don't turn the heating or cooling on - only the room where the Carrier thermostat is can do that.

Unfortunately, Carrier doesn't support multiple wireless temperature sensors with this system.

I saw that there's an integration to Carrier Infinity. Can I enable that in addition to the ecobee integration and actually run all of them as a single system? How would that work? 

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    James C.

    Hi Mike,

    We do have an integration with the Carrier Infinity line of thermostats.  I see that you have it integrated into the Flair app.

    I just looked at your current configuration, and though this is not something we have ever tested, it looks like it might work well for you with a minor tweak.

    I see that you have all rooms with a Flair Smart Vent assigned to the Carrier Infinity thermostat zone, which is good.  Those rooms are getting their readings from the ecobee remote sensors, and that is good.  In order for Flair to write set points to your Carrier thermostat, you will need to switch the Set Point Controller setting from "Thermostat" to "Flair app".

    Once you do this, Flair will consider the temperature readings from your Carrier thermosat as well as all of your ecobee remote sensors, and will be able to direct the Carrier to heat and cool as the temperatures in the zone dictate.

    If you have any issues, please write to our support team -- support@flair.co

    Regards,

    The Flair Team

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    Mike

    Thanks for the suggestion, James! Good to know that I'm on the right track.

    If I switch to Flair being the setpoint controller, does that mean that anyone in our house that wants to adjust the temperature needs to do it through the app or the website? Right now they can just adjust the temperature at the thermostat, which is obviously easier on everyone.

     

    Mike

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