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Rixington43 · 03-11-2024

I have had a 3rd Gen Learning Stat running on a heat only boiler (S-Plan setup) for a few years now and Home Away Assist always turned off my hot water schedule after 48hrs of being away from home.I have now upgraded to an OpenTherm controlled system...

Rixington43 · 04-19-2025

All 3 of the aforementioned systems have suddenly started recognising phone location and operating home away assist again without us changing anything. Not working yesterday but working again today. As if by magic 樂.

Rixington43 · 04-15-2025

P.s If you do get it running ok on OpenTherm then I'd recommend you enable eco mode for hot water as the preheat can mess things up.Also, changing the hot water temperature from the nest app doesn't seem to override so I had to set it on the boiler (...

Rixington43 · 04-15-2025

I have a Vitodens 100w system running OpenTherm and my partner runs a Vitodens 50 combi in OpenTherm, both on nest 3rd gen.I may be wrong but I would suggest the boiler has been commissioned for 230v control rather than OpenTherm control. Were the bo...

Rixington43 · 04-15-2025

There appears to be an ongoing issue with home away assist and phone location tracking. Several users have reported this (3 in my family alone).I've spoken with support who are aware of the issue so I would imagine there will be an app update soon wi...

Rixington43 · 04-15-2025

Follow up. Spoke to nest support who confirmed they are aware of an issue with home away assist and phone location tracking. It is with their engineering team but no resolution has been issued as yet. I should be informed once it's resolved but I'd i...

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