tedpearson / ecobeemetrics

Write ecobee thermostat and sensor information regularly to VictoriaMetrics or influxdb for graphing with Grafana.

ecobeemetrics

This project queries the ecobee api using the lovely github.com/rspier/go-ecobee package, inserting into VictoriaMetrics or InfluxDB.

I use it to power a grafana dashboard monitoring my home.

Setup

1. Become a developer, if you have not already.

2. Create an Ecobee API Application ID (API key) by going to the consumer portal, clicking the "Developer" option in the menu, and clicking the "Create New" button. Use the ecobee PIN authorization method.

3. Get the example application and location configs:

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tedpearson/ecobeemetrics/master/ecobeemetrics.example.yaml > ecobeemetrics.yaml

4. Modify the configs with your own values for:

   • influxdb/victoriametrics connection
   • measurement names for metrics from the sensors and the thermostat
   • your thermostat id (serial number)
     • You can find it on the About page of the Ecobee portal.
   • your app id (api key)
     • You can find it on the Developer page of the Ecobee portal after having created your application.
   • a location to keep your auth information
   • a cron schedule for how often to poll ecobee's api

5. Run ecobeemetrics --getpin --config ecobeemetrics.yaml. Assuming your config is correct, you will get this output:

   Ecobee PIN: XXXX-XXXX Ecobee code: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

6. Go to the Ecobee portal > My Apps and click "Add Application". Enter the PIN from the previous step and click Validate.

7. Run ecobeemetrics --savetoken ecobee_code_here --config ecobeemetrics.yaml with the Ecobee code from above.

8. You are all set and can now run Ecobeemetrics via ecobeemetrics --config ecobeemetrics.yaml.

Exported Metrics

• thermostat (measurement name):
  • name (label)
  • cooling_setpoint
  • heating_setpoint
  • program (string field, doesn't work in victoriametrics)
  • equpiment_status (string field, doesn't work in victoriametrics)
  • heat_1
  • heat_2
  • heat_3
  • cool_1
  • cool_2
  • aux_heat_1
  • aux_heat_2
  • aux_heat_3
  • fan
  • idle
• sensor (measurement name) (includes sensor data from thermostat as well as remote sensors):
  • name (label)
  • temperature
  • occupancy
  • humidity

Dashboard

My personal dashboard includes the ecobee metrics intermixed with data from my Ambient Weather station. I'm including the config and some screenshots (below) to give an idea of what's possible.

Note that this dashboard uses a VictoriaMetrics data source.

Feel free to check out my other projects that help populate this dashboard:

• ambientweatherexporter, for exporting weather from Ambient Weather stations to influx/Victoriametrics
• electric-usage-downloader, for downloading electric usage from my local utility, NOVEC, and exporting to influx/VictoriaMetrics.

Panels on the below dashboard that are populated by Ecobeemetrics:

• Singlestats:
  • Inside Temperature
  • Inside Humidity
• Motion & Status
• Temperature (also has ambient weather station data)
• Runtime panels (also has ambient weather station data)
• Humidity (also has ambient weather station data)
• Setpoints