Proliphix imt350 series

[Akatar]

I had the great idea to buy myself a imt350 ip thermostat. the item arrives but..... no api/plugin.. nothing... so there is no way to control it?

the only way to control it is with the webserver,
i already mailed them:
Unfortunately, at this time, an API is not available for the IMT350c/w or IMT550c/w thermostat products. When it does become available for our customers, we will require that a license agreement be completed and approved before our customers can use the API.

Without a signed license agreement and authorization from Proliphix, it is unlawful to use any software to remotely monitor and control the IMT Series Network Thermostats through the IMT API


any ideas or thoughts?
as for now it's a expensive toy on the shelf...

[Bwired]

I have the same experience, I want the new Proliphix IMT350 also but still no News about the API?
And this going on for a long time now, looks like they have big problems or there is no API coming at all.
I mailed Proliphix but they are not ansewering also?
Lets hope it will be there soon....... I still like my Proliphiv very much, but only integrtated in my HA system, so with API!

[Akatar]

i have one... and looks great.... but useless

[Bwired]

The former API is a HTTP API, so you could try to reverse engineer the Http calls?

[Akatar]

hmm no idea how to do this
let's hope for a api

[Akatar]

just to be sure:
Basically, what it is saying is there is no API available today and if/when one does ever become available anyone who wants to use it will be required to complete a license agreement in order to use it. This is whether it’s just you alone (one person) or a company like homeseer.

[Digit]

I would love to get my hands on one of those and try to get it running
You could use Fiddler or Wireshark to see how the web interface is working. Maybe that will tell you some things; I know that I found some undocumented API calls while playing with my NT20e. Has anyone done something like that already?

[Kennetht]

Somebody did it I believe
http://imt350.pdxt.com/

[Bwired]

Its from PDX technlogies so it looks like, thats probabbly a company who got the API.
Looks like Proliphix is taking a different business approach and not giving the API away anaymore.
We will do it to I guess, Digit is taking a look soon.
The protocol cant be much different I guess like the older NT20, lets see.

[Herbus]

I had the great idea to buy myself a imt350 ip thermostat. the item arrives but.....

@Akatar
Where did you buy the thermostat? I've mailed Proliphix but they don't ship to Europe.

[Akatar]

just create an account at proliphix, order and pay with paypal
no problem

[Digit]

Hehe, I've got my hand on one right now

[Digit]

A short update of what I've seen so far.

The main change is that the web-interface (=how to get information out of/into the thermostat from your app (Homeseer, whatever)) has changed from Basic authentication to Digest. This means calculating MD5 hashes for sending username & password back to the thermostat.

However I did find remainders of the "older" API that's used in the NT20e (the one I have). I've checked only a few things, but from what I've seen it looks like the API has only become larger, but the already existing part has been left untouched. For example, changing the setback seems to work as it does on my NT20e. That's good News

Now that I've added Digest auth to my system, I can start firing HTTP calls at it and see what it returns!
More info later!

[Kennetht]

Digit (Robert), I see your also from the Netherlands.
How did you order it?
I've sent an email to Proliphix but have yet to receive an answer.

I'm looking for a thermostat to control room temperature through my android phone.
I've ordered a Valliant 30-34 heater. (By advice of my installer) but nobody can advice on these advanced thermostats.
I called Valliant customer support today and had the most amateur customer support I've ever heard in my life. They couldn't even explain the differences between modulating and switched thermostats.
I really need some unbiased advice here.

[Herbus]

That's great News Digit! Keep up the good work
Looking forward for the results.