The Connection tab contains all the necessary settings for the default connection for Venstar thermostats.
Default Username
Default username used for each local thermostat connection. A blank user will ignore any credentials for the connection.
Note: not all Venstar thermostats support this feature.
Default Password
Default password for each local thermostat connection.
Default Screen Lock PIN
If all of your thermostats use the screen lock feature, you can send the same pin code to each thermostat.
Note: not all Venstar thermostats support this feature.
Commands
When a command fails to execute (thermostat offline, etc.), these settings will retry the command after a delay.
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Field Name |
Description |
Range |
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Retries |
Number of attempts to retry any failed commands |
Default = 1 |
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Retry Delay |
Number of milliseconds to delay before each retry. |
Default = 3000 ms |
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HTTP Timeout |
Number of milliseconds after a request is made before it fails |
Default = 10000 ms |
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Send POST using Socket |
If commands to the thermostat fail with a timeout, this option will send a RAW post using a window Socket instead of the normal HTTP client. Some thermostat firmware can’t handle fragmented requests so this is an option to prevent fragmentation. |
Default = unchecked |
Log API Requests
Check this option to generate DEBUG log entries for each request from Events2HVAC to the Venstar system. This is primarily used temporarily for troubleshooting. The logger must be logging DEBUG events for this data to show up in the log files.
Log API Responses
Check this option to generate DEBUG log entries for each response from the Venstar system. This is primarily used temporarily for troubleshooting. The logger must be logging DEBUG events for this data to show up in the log files.
Note: Make sure you turn this feature off after troubleshooting so that the response files don’t fill up your hard drive.