runt888

MacPro said:

I have a question on HomeKit to l you experts here.  I ditched the Nest and installed an ecobee 3 with satellite sensors  and couldn't be happier.  It has, I knew at purchase, HomeKit capabilities and not knowing the first thing about this or how to use it only last week tried it out.  I was asked to hold my iPhone's camera in front of the main ecobee unit and they did their thing.  Now I can say 'good morning' to 'good night' to Siri on that phone and viola my comfort settings for those two time settings kick in and over ride the schedule.  Very neat and idiot proof for me to use.  I also read there are a ton of other things I can say but haven't really delved yet.  It won't open the garage door I did try that . Oh by the way, Siri always answers those 'Good nights' in a totally new intonation I've never heard before with various comments added like sleep tight.  Really cute.

Here's the thing though, I was at Tampa airpots a few days ago and out of boredom waiting for an arrival tried to see if I could talk to my Ecobee  from there.  I was told I couldn't by Siri.  I could access via the app.  So is the Siri HomeKit connection only available when on the LAN or have I yet to set something up here?  Remember I'm a Mac guy and iOS is a mystery to me.