AttributeError: 'Thermostat' object has no attribute 'hvac_mode'

[danbri]

Running this against a freshly setup Nest Thermostat, I get some useful info (address, temp, etc.) and then this:

Country : GB
num_thermostats : 1
Device: Hallway
Where: Hallway
Mode : heat
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "nesttest.py", line 39, in
print (' HVAC Mode: %s' % device.hvac_mode)
AttributeError: 'Thermostat' object has no attribute 'hvac_mode'

[troyfontaine]

Hi @danbri
There isn't an hvac_mode attribute. There is mode and hvac_state attributes-it looks like a mistake crept into the readme. I've fixed that. hvac_state will tell you if the nest is currently heating or cooling. Mode will tell you if it is set to heat, cool, etc.

[danbri]

Thanks! Also "AttributeError: 'Thermostat' object has no attribute 'fan_timer'". Don't know my way around the Nest APIs yet to fix quickly; I tried some terms from https://developers.nest.com/documentation/cloud/thermostat-guide unsuccessfully.

[troyfontaine]

@danbri that is actually a new attribute in the code currently sitting on master awaiting a new release-fan_timer is not in the currently available package.

[troyfontaine]

fan_timer has now been added to the released version 3.4.0 :). Please give it a try again!