Navien and hive

[smitch6]

Hi just moved in to a property and it has a new navien boiler, with a smart plus thermostat.
However I use hive,
Did anyone know how to wire up there hive receiver please,
Tried to Google it but couldn't find anything
Thanks

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Navien have made more than one boiler, can you elaborate on the system if you want some help? Eg, is it a Combi boiler, system boiler, heat only, do you have multiple zones?

 

[smitch6]

Sorry it's a normal combi

 

[muggles]

Fitting Hive in place of the Smart Plus will make your boiler use more gas. There is an app available for the Smart Plus

 

[Deleted member 267285]

@muggles makes a valid point. However, if this doesn’t bother you, then piggyback the L N E and bring down the switching wires to 1 and 3. Decommission the smart thermostat.

 

[smitch6]

Can the nexian need used with Google and Alexa

 

[ianmcd]

as @muggles says , you would be ill advised to swap out the existing for a Hive

 

[smitch6]

Thanks I'll just use the smart thermostat and the app,
Tried to set the app up and for Love nor money it won't pick my wifi up, it's a Google WiFi I use so has 2.4ghz
It connects to the smart plus in Internet fine, but when it comes to searching for wifi it just won't pick anything up, the WiFi is quite near the receiver so that isn't an issue
Any ideas pls
And can the navien app work with Google and Alexa?

 

[RandomGrinch]

Any ideas pls

Have you set different SSIDs for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands?
If both bands share the same SSID, some devices can have issues connecting.

 

[smitch6]

No, no idea how to do that with Google WiFi

 

[smitch6]

Turns out Google WiFi can't separate 2.4 & 5 as the apps etc should just be able to connect to there correct ghz as required

 

[RandomGrinch]

Turns out Google WiFi can't separate 2.4 & 5 as the apps etc should just be able to connect to there correct ghz as required

Ok, and do you know which WPA version it is set to?

 

[smitch6]

Wpa2 as standard

 

[RandomGrinch]

Wpa2 as standard

This may be something to try:

How to separate 2.4GHz and 5GHz on google nest wifi router

I have setup google nest wifi with ease, works fine with mobiles, tablets, pcs and laptops. I have a solar inverter which supports only 2.4GHz, all my existing mobiles and laptops default to 5GHz frequency because of mesh setup single SSID. When I try to setup my inverter with app with same...

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But, it may take some playing about with and there is no guarantee that it will work.

It's considered good practice by some, to keep all the IoT devices sandboxed within their own SSID; keeping any vulnerabilities away from the home network.
I guess Google doesn't see it that way!

 

[smitch6]

Spoke to tech at navien today, the chap who rang back was amazing,
He said just turn off your mobile data,
So turned it off and hey presto even on 5ghz it picked up loads of wifi and connected straight away