How do manual thermostat changes affect thermostat schedules?
If a thermostat is on a schedule and is changed manually either locally using the thermostat or remotely using the Alarm.com customer website or app, it overrides the thermostat schedule until the next scheduled setpoint change.
Note: A thermostat set to Off mode locally or remotely will not follow the schedule until it is turned on and the next scheduled setpoint change occurs.
An example flow of when manual target temperature changes occur
In the following example, there is a scheduled interval for weekdays from 8:00 AM until 11:00 PM for cooling. If the target temperature is manually changed to 70 degrees at 10:00 AM on a Monday, the target temperature stays 70 degrees until 11:00 PM since that is the next scheduled interval. At 11:00 PM, the schedule resumes and changes the thermostat target temperature to the Closed target temperature of 78 degrees for cooling.
Adjacent intervals with the same temperature
If two adjacent intervals of the thermostat schedule are set to the same temperature, no setpoint change occurs between the identical intervals. For example in the preceding image, if the thermostat is manually changed to 70 degrees on the weekend at 4:00 PM, the target temperature stays at 70 degrees until 1:30 AM since that is the next scheduled interval that has a different temperature. The thermostat does not resume the schedule at 11:00 PM to change the target temperature to 75 degrees since the target temperature is identical with the preceding adjacent interval (i.e., both intervals are set for Open at 75 degrees).
If the user wants each interval to trigger the schedule when manual changes occur, verify that adjacent intervals are set to different target temperatures.
Note: If using Celsius, temperatures can be set in 0.5 degree increments. Verify adjacent intervals are at least one degree different if the user wants the temperature to change according to that scheduled interval.