What Status Icons Mean on an ecobee Smart Thermostat
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Introduction
- What the icons for your Smart Thermostat mean.
- Have your smartphone or tablet with the Ecobee app installed, in case you desire more detailed information.
1 Icons and What They Mean
What Comfort Setting Icons Mean

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Awake.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home automatically.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Away.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Away automatically.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Asleep.

Select this to create your own custom Comfort Setting.
What Alert Icons Mean

Lets you know if your heating and cooling equipment isn’t performing as it should.

Register your ecobee.

Your ecobee can help you save money.

Sets the percentage of relative humidity at which your ecobee will generate a Low/High Humidity Alert.

Possible network issues.

Settings may need to be adjusted.

Select this to create a temperature alert.

Scheduling alert.

Adjust to set alerts for your sensors.

Demand Response (or demand management) is a way for energy companies to discourage energy use by rewarding homeowners with bill credits for reduction in energy use.

A potential issues has been found.
What Home Screen Icons Mean

The icon for your Main Menu.

You have a notification.

Various weather icons telling you the weather outside.

Quickly change settings.
What Wi-Fi Icons Mean

The network you're trying to connect to is strong.

The network you're trying to connect to is okay.

The network you're trying to connect to is weak.

The network you're trying to connect to has no signal.

You can't connect to this network.

You're connected and the signal is strong.

You're connected and the signal is okay.

You're connected and the signal is weak.

You're connected but there's no signal.

You've lost connection.

Connecting to this network requires a password.

This network is unsecured and does not require a password.
What System Icons Mean

What level the humidity is at.

Heating mode is on.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home automatically.

The ecobee selects whether to heat or cool according to your settings.

Custom settings you created for heat.

Auxillary heating has been turned on.

Water heater settings.

The auxilary threshold has been reached and is running for your water heater.

Custom cooling settings that you have set on your thermostat.

The humidifier is on or can be turned on.

The dehumidifier is on or can be turned on.

Either the fan is running or you can set the fan to run.

If you have an economizer or a ventilator present, you can cool your home for free, without running an air conditioner.

If you have an economizer or a ventilator present, you can cool your home for free, without running an air conditioner.
What Menu Icons Mean

If this shows up with a number you still have steps to complete on your registration.

Settings menu dealing with your HVAC system.

Your ecobee is trying to tell you something.

The schedule you set.

The vacation settings you decide.

Your ecobee's settings.

Select this to create or adjust Comfort Settings.

Information about your ecobee and firmware.

Settings for your Room Sensors.

Important information for your ecobee.

Select this to log out of your ecobee.

Select this to add a new thermostat.
What Weather Icons Mean

The sun is out.

There's sun and clouds.

There's clouds.

There's cloud and sun.

It's raining.

It's snowing.

Thunder and lightning.

It's foggy or misty outside.

High winds.

Take cover as there is a tornado nearby.

Either there is no connection to a weather station or there is an issue with your ecobee.

The night is clear. Events happening at night will include a mood.
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- What the icons for your Smart Thermostat mean.
- Have your smartphone or tablet with the Ecobee app installed, in case you desire more detailed information.
What Comfort Setting Icons Mean

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Awake.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home automatically.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Away.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Away automatically.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Asleep.

Select this to create your own custom Comfort Setting.
What Alert Icons Mean

Lets you know if your heating and cooling equipment isn’t performing as it should.

Register your ecobee.

Your ecobee can help you save money.

Sets the percentage of relative humidity at which your ecobee will generate a Low/High Humidity Alert.

Possible network issues.

Settings may need to be adjusted.

Select this to create a temperature alert.

Scheduling alert.

Adjust to set alerts for your sensors.

Demand Response (or demand management) is a way for energy companies to discourage energy use by rewarding homeowners with bill credits for reduction in energy use.

A potential issues has been found.
What Home Screen Icons Mean

The icon for your Main Menu.

You have a notification.

Various weather icons telling you the weather outside.

Quickly change settings.
What Wi-Fi Icons Mean

The network you're trying to connect to is strong.

The network you're trying to connect to is okay.

The network you're trying to connect to is weak.

The network you're trying to connect to has no signal.

You can't connect to this network.

You're connected and the signal is strong.

You're connected and the signal is okay.

You're connected and the signal is weak.

You're connected but there's no signal.

You've lost connection.

Connecting to this network requires a password.

This network is unsecured and does not require a password.
What System Icons Mean

What level the humidity is at.

Heating mode is on.

Select this to label your Comfort Setting Home automatically.

The ecobee selects whether to heat or cool according to your settings.

Custom settings you created for heat.

Auxillary heating has been turned on.

Water heater settings.

The auxilary threshold has been reached and is running for your water heater.

Custom cooling settings that you have set on your thermostat.

The humidifier is on or can be turned on.

The dehumidifier is on or can be turned on.

Either the fan is running or you can set the fan to run.

If you have an economizer or a ventilator present, you can cool your home for free, without running an air conditioner.

If you have an economizer or a ventilator present, you can cool your home for free, without running an air conditioner.
What Menu Icons Mean

If this shows up with a number you still have steps to complete on your registration.

Settings menu dealing with your HVAC system.

Your ecobee is trying to tell you something.

The schedule you set.

The vacation settings you decide.

Your ecobee's settings.

Select this to create or adjust Comfort Settings.

Information about your ecobee and firmware.

Settings for your Room Sensors.

Important information for your ecobee.

Select this to log out of your ecobee.

Select this to add a new thermostat.
What Weather Icons Mean

The sun is out.

There's sun and clouds.

There's clouds.

There's cloud and sun.

It's raining.

It's snowing.

Thunder and lightning.

It's foggy or misty outside.

High winds.

Take cover as there is a tornado nearby.

Either there is no connection to a weather station or there is an issue with your ecobee.

The night is clear. Events happening at night will include a mood.