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Originally Posted by toyoman
We all suffered with the same issue at a meeting a couple of years ago at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago. The "VIP override" procedure I was able to get out of the maintenance personnel is as follows. I recall it was for an Inncom thermostat, it did work.
- While holding down "display"
- Press "off", then
- Press "Up" arrow
- Release "display" button
This enters the VIP mode which turns off the motion sensor, and allows a lower range of the thermostat so you can get the room really cold.
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Jan 8, 2012, 7:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
A fan on the ground means more work for housekeeping, which means bigger tip. No way. 
In most cases a ceiling fan does a god job. But sometimes you do want a blast of air, directed straight at you, when ceiling fan is handy.
Point, aim.. and turn on
Originally Posted by Westcoaster
I have asked for this in many hotels and surprisingly few have fans available for guests to use. They tell me that guests steal them. I offer to put a deposit down if that helps but if they don't have any fans then a deposit won't make one magically appear. On one occasion I called Housekeeping to see if they had any fans and the nice guy said that they weren't supposed to loan out the one they had but he'd bring it up anyway. Naturally he got a very nice tip. (And yes I believed what he told me as the front desk had already told me very abruptly that they didn't have any fans for guest use. I called Housekeeping hoping to hear a different answer.)
If we're on a driving trip we stick a floor fan in the trunk and haul it in to the hotel if needed. Really makes a difference.
Returning to the topic of this thread, the instructions for entering VIP mode made all the difference in the world when we stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Every morning before we left I'd turn the temperature up so we wouldn't get found out. At night I'd get the room nice and cool. Same thing at an Atlanta Hilton Garden Inn. There maintenance had to come in the room on short notice and the guy knew right away what we had done. He just smiled and said "You must stay in Hiltons a lot." Nice man.
Sorry.. I missed this one.. you turn up the thermostat at Hilton Hawaiian Village and its cool in the evening? Or how does that work?
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Jan 8, 2012, 8:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
...Sorry.. I missed this one.. you turn up the thermostat at Hilton Hawaiian Village and its cool in the evening? Or how does that work?
Sorry I wasn't more clear. If you look at post 36 above in this thread (see link below) you'll see instructions that work with at least some of the thermostats at Hilton Hawaiian Village. Once you have the thermostat in VIP mode you can turn the temperature lower and cool the room down. I only turned the temperature back up during the day to save energy and so it wouldn't be obvious what we'd done. Some hotels might object I suppose.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/9876619-post36.html
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Jan 8, 2012, 8:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Westcoaster
Sorry I wasn't more clear. If you look at post 36 above in this thread (see link below) you'll see instructions that work with at least some of the thermostats at Hilton Hawaiian Village. Once you have the thermostat in VIP mode you can turn the temperature lower and cool the room down. I only turned the temperature back up during the day to save energy and so it wouldn't be obvious what we'd done. Some hotels might object I suppose.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/9876619-post36.html
I was considering booking a room at Hawaiian Village.. outside chance of it this year.. so thanks for the clarification.
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Mar 25, 2012, 6:38 pm
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EcoInsight Thermostat
Anyone know how to override one of these?
http://www.telkonet.com/brochuresdat...EcoInsight.pdf
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Apr 14, 2012, 10:01 pm
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Originally Posted by TTT
Anyone know how to override one of these?
http://www.telkonet.com/brochuresdat...EcoInsight.pdf
That one looks like a challenge... can't find any manuals...
maybe this will work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp4LFuFCon0
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Apr 15, 2012, 7:06 am
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Originally Posted by ad8bc
That one looks like a challenge... can't find any manuals...
maybe this will work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp4LFuFCon0
^ haha! What a great movie!
It turns out this one is tricky as its temperature min/max is set by a central computer in the hotel. I don't think it can be overridden at the keypad. Fortunately I won't have to go back there for a while.
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Apr 15, 2012, 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by TMOliver
That's almost as offensive as the European hotels with their "key slots" on the wall, in which, unless you insert your room's keycard, there's no 'lectrifizzle, lights, fans, and maybe not telephone.
you know, you can just keep any plastic card in there and it will work, it doesn't have to be the room card...
Perfect use for expired loyalty cards!
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Apr 16, 2012, 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by Gameco*ck
Perfect use for expired loyalty cards!
...or those fake credit cards that come with new offers.
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Apr 18, 2012, 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by toyoman
We all suffered with the same issue at a meeting a couple of years ago at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago. The "VIP override" procedure I was able to get out of the maintenance personnel is as follows. If recall it was for an Inncom thermostat and it did work.
- While holding down "display"
- Press "off", then
- Press "Up" arrow
- Release "display" button
This enters the VIP mode which turns off the motion sensor, and allows a lower range of the thermostat so you can get the room really cold.
Love it. I am in the Lake Buena Vista Hilton and the Tstat would not go lower than 70. I googled to find an override and it took me here, YEAH and the override worked!
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Apr 19, 2012, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by SirJman
They have a similar card system in Asian hotels. A piece of cardboard or a spare credit card sized plastic card does the trick though. (I find that room service only removes it 1/2 the time.)
A use for that expired Status card!
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May 20, 2012, 10:11 pm
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SensorStat-DDC
Originally Posted by etsmyers
Love it. I am in the Lake Buena Vista Hilton and the Tstat would not go lower than 70. I googled to find an override and it took me here, YEAH and the override worked!
SensorStat-DDC (latest is "2-F) responds to what DDC Terms a "Soft Bypass" for VIP guests (quote from the DDC SensotStat 2-F manual):
"At times it may be necessary to bypass the energy management
features of the SensorStat. Typically this is done when a guest
complains that the room temperature is not kept at the set point
when not in the room. To bypass the unit, press the Power and
Cooler buttons at the same time. The display will show BP
which means bypass. The SensorStat will act as a thermostat
only for 48 hours. To cancel Soft Bypass mode, press the Power
and Fan buttons at the same time. The display will show CA.
The SensorStat will automatically cancel soft bypass mode after
48 hours."
Note: as of 21Mat2012 this 50 page manual was available from:
http://www.epllc.biz/UserFiles/DDC2F_Product_Manual.pdf
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Jul 4, 2012, 12:08 am
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The mylar balloon trick worked !
I stayed at a pricey resort in Jamaica for a week that had the air conditioning and all the electricity in the room hooked up to motion sensors. The name was Robot RC 6615 Room Control-SiSNet. Many of the hotel reviews complained about the rooms being so hot and humid and the drinks being warm in the refrigerator when you returned to the room. I hung a mylar balloon (shiny silver helium balloon) that I got at a dollar store from the blade of the ceiling fan. I ran the ceiling fan on low because the balloon was getting caught up if it was run faster. I didn't bother to inflate the balloon. The trick worked. The electricity (fan kept running) and air conditioning stayed on in both of our connecting rooms. But a few tips: during the day the curtains needed to be wide open for this to work, in the evening all 4 of the lights in the room had to be on if you were leaving to watch a show. This system needed to have enough light reflecting off the balloon to work so it wasn't strictly motion. The cleaning lady looked at it one day. I told her it was my daughter's disco ball. She laughed and never took it down so we were comfortable the whole week.
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Jul 4, 2012, 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by toyoman
We all suffered with the same issue at a meeting a couple of years ago at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago. The "VIP override" procedure I was able to get out of the maintenance personnel is as follows. I recall it was for an Inncom thermostat, it did work.
- While holding down "display"
- Press "off", then
- Press "Up" arrow
- Release "display" button
This enters the VIP mode which turns off the motion sensor, and allows a lower range of the thermostat so you can get the room really cold.
Thanks for posting this. Worked wonders on an Inncom thermostat at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. I was able to change the thermostat from 65 to 60 and let it cool down while we were out watching the fireworks show tonight. A/C is mildly underpowered, so the room still isn't as cool and dry as I'd like, but it's better than it otherwise would be.
Thanks!
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Dec 17, 2012, 6:10 pm
#179
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Anyone know how to bypass these? Staying at the Andaz in Amsterdam and they seem to have misconfigured their system... Unoccupied rooms are at a nice 18.5C, as soon as they check you on it gradually warms to 22C and won't go below it (even with 18C set).
Inncom GS-528H
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Jan 23, 2013, 8:24 pm
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Amana window units
I ran into an Amana window unit that wouldn't go lower than 60 degrees (and the room wouldn't go below about 70 degrees). Also, the fan would shutoff when the thermostat fell below 60 degrees - even though it was set on high. The unit looked like this:
I removed the cover and found the thermostat lead (the black cable), and placed it in a pot of water on the coffee pot. I turned the coffee pot on and it heated the water well above 60 degrees, and the A/C ran all night.
Last edited by adambrock; Jan 23, 2013 at 8:28 pmReason: I a word
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