Enlarge / The primary Ecobee Thermostat, might it relaxation in peace. (credit score: Ecobee)
Ecobee is killing off a few of its oldest thermostats. The “Ecobee Sensible Thermostat” (Mannequin # : EB-STAT-02) and the Ecobee Power Administration System (EMS) enterprise thermostat (Mannequin #: EB-EMS-02) are shedding net entry on July 31, 2024. Each Ecobee gadget has almost the identical title, however these are older gadgets. Ecobee says these will nonetheless perform as native thermostats after the shutdown, however “any options requiring connectivity to the Ecobee servers, comparable to management from the Ecobee Net Portal, climate info, integrations and many others, will now not perform.”
The EB-STAT-02 was “the world’s first Wi-Fi enabled thermostat” when it launched in 2008, and gross sales resulted in 2013. Not like the present Ecobees, this can be a white rectangle that related to a large “gear interface module” field you wanted to cover in your HVAC system someplace. The wall-mounted controller used an old-even-in-2009 resistive touchscreen, was an inch thick, and had a colourful interface that appeared rather a lot like early variations of iOS. A lot of the fundamentals had been right here although, with an app that mimicked the wall controller interface, over-the-Web management, an internet portal, and entry to numerous information. The EB-EMS-02 launched two years later as a business model of the Stat 02 and wanted a subscription charge to work.
As you’d anticipate from an previous Web-connected gadget, the Wi-Fi assist of the Stat 02 is fairly dangerous these days. In keeping with Ecobee’s assist web page, it solely supported 802.11b/g for Wi-Fi (that might be “Wi-Fi 3” below the present naming scheme). Encryption went as much as WPA2, and even with firmware updates, it’s a must to begin questioning the safety of a 16-year-old Web-connected gadget. Not counting on the cloud could be good, however in some unspecified time in the future, you simply should throw these items out.
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