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Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi

Honeywell RTH9580WF Wi-Fi thermostat, displaying a Notification screen, showing that a registration is needed, with the -Wi-Fi Setup- button highlighted.

You might need to reconnect your Honeywell RTH9580WF smart thermostat (t-stat) to the internet, by changing a new network. Perhaps you moved the t-stat, and the WiFi it worked with before went out of range. So in this post, we cover Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi function, and offer how-to, step-by-step instructions to get your thermostat working on the internet again.

Perhaps you have changed the name of your home WiFi. Or perhaps you changed your router and didn’t set your new router’s WiFi security settings exactly the same as were the ones on the old router set. Or, you may want to connect the t-stat to a new access point in your home. For all of these situations, you can reconnect the thermostat to WiFi by following the instructions below.

Honeywell RTH9580WF smart t-stat, front view, after initial setup.

Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi: How To Instructions

For sure, Honeywell really improved the WiFi setup routine for this smart t-stat. Indeed, you no longer must reconnect to it via a tablet or phone to update the WiFi settings. But instead, you can now set up the entire WiFi configuration via the RTH9580WF touchscreen menu system. Here’s how to do it.

1. Enter Wireless Setup mode

First of all, switch from normal to Wifi setup as follows. Press the Menu button at the top right of the Home screen, as shown above.

Then, scroll with the arrow keys at right, through the main menu. Stop scrolling when you see the Wi-Fi Setup button, as shown next.

The t-stat menu, with the -Wi-Fi Setup- button circled.

Next, press the Wi-Fi Setup button, circled in red in the above pic. The WiFi setup screen then displays, as shown next. Note that we have blanked the t-stat MAC address and CRC values, to preserve its anonymity. Also note that normally, this screen shows the status of the connected network. However here, the OurHouse1 WiFi is not in range (no signal). So we’re going to discard the OurHouse1 information, and replace it with an in-range WiFi in the following steps.

The -Wi-Fi Setup- screen.

2. Disconnect the T-stat from its Current WiFi

Then press the Disconnect from Network button. The WiFi Disconnect Confirmation screen appears, as follows.

The -WiFi Disconnect Confirmation- prompt screen.

Press the green Yes button. After a pause, the system lets you know that it disconnected from the old WiFi.

The -Network Disconnected- screen.

Then, press the green OK button in the lower right corner of the screen. After the press, this takes you back to the main menu, as shown next.

3. Find the WiFi Setup Button

From there then, use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll through the menu to the Wi-Fi Setup button.

The -Wi-Fi Setup- button circled on the -Menu- page.

4. Tap the Wi-Fi Setup Button to Continue With Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi

Then, press the red-circled Wi-Fi Setup button. When no WiFi information resides in the t-stat, pressing Wi-Fi Setup initiates a scan for in-range WiFi networks. Then, a brief message displays, indicating that the scan is in progress. Then, the RTH9580WF lists the in-range WiFi access points it found, on its Select Wi-Fi screen.

The -Select Wi-Fi Network- screen.

5. Find your Desired WiFi Entry

Then, tap the item in the list to which you wish to connect the smart t-stat. So in our case, we’re connecting to 937T681J4059H_2G. The WiFi Password Entry screen then appears, as follows.

Honeywell RTH9580WF smart t-stat , showing the WiFi Network Password Entry screen.

6. Enter WiFi Password if Asked For

Next, use the displayed virtual keyboard to enter your password. Then, to enter numbers and punctuation characters, press the ?123 key. Why? Because this switches the keyboard to number entry mode.

The password characters appear as you type them. So do this when no non-trusted folks are looking.

7. Connect to the WiFi you Picked to Continue with Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi

When you’ve finished entering the password characters, press the green Done button. This WiFi t-stat then tries to connect to the selected WiFi. While reconnecting, it displays the following screen while it does so.

The -Connecting to WiFi Network- screen.

Then, if no errors happen, the system reconnects to the chosen WiFi. Then it displays the following screen. It shows the name of the network that the t-stat now connects with.

The -Connection Successful- screen.

8. Register your Thermostat Online for Remote Access

Next, press the green OK button. Then, the Register Online for Remote Access screen then displays, as shown next. Now perhaps you already registered your WiFi t-stat. If so, then you need not register it again, so long as you have not unregistered it. Note that reconnecting to a new WiFi network does not unregister the t-stat.

The -Register Online for Remote Access- screen.

Then, press the green Done button. The system then returns to the Wi-Fi Setup screen. But this time, the connected net information appears, as shown in the next shot.

The thermostat displaying the -Wi-Fi Setup- screen, showing that the network connected successfully.

Next, press the green Done button. Then, the t-stat takes you back to the main menu, as shown below.

The t-stat -Menu- page, showing the -Wi-Fi Setup- button circled.

Then from there, press the Home button at the top left corner of the Main Menu screen, to return to the Home screen, as shown next.

Honeywell RTH9580WF smart t-stat, front view after initial setup.

9. Done with Reconnecting Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi !

Finally, your Honeywell smart thermostat now links to your new WiFi. You’ll see that when the outdoor temperature and humidity settings update soon thereafter. So, you’ve successfully reconnected your Honeywell RTH9580WF wireless thermostat to your new or updated network.