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Kenneth Supersano

My issue: I have a single bedroom upstairs that is too hot in the winter and too cold in the summer. For example if the Nest is set for Heat 66, that bedroom's temp is like 72.

I want Flair to keep that room at a temperature I set using the Flair app/puck by opening or closing the vents regardless of what the thermostat is set for the entire floor.

Is this possible? I cannot figure out how to do this or if this is even a use case for Flair.

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    Jose Paredes

    You should be able to set the vent/puck pair to a temperature like 70 in the room. In the summers set the mode to "cool" and in the winters set the mode to "heat". That should do it.

    Regards,

    Jose

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    Kenneth Supersano

    My setup is:

    1 vent, 1 Puck. 

    System:auto

    Thermostat:Nest

    Set point controller: Thermostat

    So assuming that is the right config, I should be able to set a temp on either the puck or the app and if the temp in the room gents too hot, it will close the vents?

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    Jose Paredes

    I also set the mode to "heat" or "cool".

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    Alex Hirsch

    I'm still researching my purchase, so I'm sorry if this is an inaccurate or dumb response.  It seems to me that you want the bedroom puck and vent to be completely independent of the Nest thermostat and house system.  Can you set it up without any awareness of the Nest, as a standalone system in your bedroom?

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    Matt

    Alex - Completely independent, stand alone with no awareness of a smart thermostat is a valid configuration.  I was using that combination for a year and only integrated with an Ecobee recently to make use of Enhanced Circulation feature.  You just add an "Unsupported Thermostat" to the Flair setup.

    In fact, there can be some advantages to using Flair in that configuration.  Even if you have a smart thermostat with it's own remote sensors and it's driving the setpoints and managing when to run or not run.  Completely stand alone Flair can still restrict rooms that are overshooting.  If that's the problem being solved and not one where rooms need to request temperate, then the independent stand alone if a very valid configuration.

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