New Ecobee and Flair system -- pucks and sensor interaction

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Gareth Morris
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Hi, I'm looking at switching out our current Honeywell thermostat for Ecobee, and would like to also switch the vents in each of 3 bedrooms for Flair.

I understand I need at least one Gateway Puck for the Flairs to work.

Current thinking is to set up room #1 with a Gateway Puck, and rooms #2 and #3 with Ecobee sensors -- plus an Ecobee smart thermostat in the hallway.

In this case, how does the Puck interact with the Ecobee Thermostat? If I am in bedroom #1 and set the Puck to a lower temperature than the Ecobee thermostat is set to, will it talk to the Ecobee thermostat to turn on the AC and Flair will shut off vents in the other rooms?

I'm trying to understand if the Ecobee has to already be powering on the system on independently and then Flair only directs air, or if Flair in-room readings can also be used to drive the Ecobee system too.

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    James C.

    Hi Gareth Morris,

    Thanks for writing to Flair!

    Flair Gateway Puck(s) is the hub of your Flair system.  They will communicate with the Flair Cloud via WiFi and will talk to all the Sensor Pucks and Smart Vents via RF.  Depending on the layout and construction of your home more than one Flair Gateway Puck may be needed.  If you write to support@flair.co we can discuss some more specifics and ensure you get the right products for your situation.

    With Flair you can run your system in one of two basic modes:

    • SPC Thermostat where Flair will simply control your Smart Vents to redirect airflow in your home
    • SPC Flair App where Flair will write set points to your thermostat based on the temperature inputs it gets from your Flair Pucks, ecobee thermostat, Honeywell thermostat, and their sensors in order to encourage heating or cooling cycles.  This is where the power of Flair is truly unlocked.

    Flair does not directly control the HVAC equipment connected to your thermostat, rather it writes set points to your thermostat to encourage the heating or cooling cycles and accomplish your comfort and energy-saving goals.

    Thanks for your interest in Flair,

    James

    Flair Technical Support

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