I have the NEST thermostat - here's what you need to know
I have a NEST thermostat in my home here. It works nice as it provides both temperature and humidity and and allows me to remotely turn the AC on (if I want to). In order to use the NEST without any problems, you want to make sure that you have both the 24VAC common and hot lines going to it so that it is actually receiving 24V power. Older homes used to have just the 24VAC hot wire only and the NEST (along with the Honeywell) had to parasitically get power by pulsing the lines; you don't want that as it can't get enough power to reliably keep it's battery charged up for consistent internet access. The thermostats down here (at least on the 2 homes I've had) are wired that way. Also, set your router up so that the NEST has a static IP address on your network versus dynamic.
I can view my NEST either via my PC or iphone.
Hope that helps..
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