New Thermostat paring issue

[JamesJud]

Morning!

We've got a new thermostat as the old one broke.

Existing was a Flomasta thermostat and receiver 868Mhz.

Replacement is a Salus thermostat. Can I keep the existing Flomasta reciever? I've tried to sync and am failing. Can't seem to get the receiver to enter sync mode.

Any ideas appreciated.

[Someone-Else]

Any ideas appreciated. Can I keep the existing Flomasta reciever?

Probably not. Although they use the same frequency, it does not mean they "speak the same language" Or to put it another way, A Swedish man asking a Chinese man a question. They are both human, they both speak, but that's about it.

[ericmark]

To make it that easy would be dangerous, be it a bulb, light switch, thermostat or anything else, I press buttons in the order told on the instructions and hope it works, add a new thermostat, and it says new device found, I add it, without checking it is my thermostat not next doors.

So the fewer chances there are that I can select the wrong one, the better.

In the old days, when thermostats simply turned on/off, it was easy enough to see an error, today the thermostat turns the boiler up/down, and also we have weather compensation, the difference between a good and bad installation was likely 70% for worst and 90% for best, but today looking at 190% to 490% with heat pumps, and so the whole industry is playing catch up, where 50% of heating guys are over 50, and the attitude it was good enough in 1980 so it is good enough today is no good.

So likely there is a lot more in the new thermostat, which was not even thought about when the old one was made.