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[paddy0174 (Patrick)]

Then you will likely have a lot of fun trying out ESPHome! This will be fun for you!

ESPHome — ESPHome

Don’t get overwhelmed!

And for your Somfy, I would take a close look to this project:

ESP Somfy RTS Integration

I have created a Somfy RTS integration that uses an ESP32 and a CC1101 transceiver that is readily available. The radio range is excellent, it supports up to 32 covers per device, and it links your existing Somfy remotes to keep the shade positions and tilt in sync, and it supports the My positions set from your remotes. The configuration is simple, it requires no coding, and you can update the device OTA so stuff it somewhere and get control of your shades, drapes, and blinds. [image] The c…

ESPHome is perfectly integrated via an official Add-on (to run the ESPHome software) and a nice integration into HA (the ESPHome integration, so the Add-on can talk with HA and vice versa). You will find a lot of information on the ESPHome page, but in short, don’t bother with writing “complicated” Arduino code, you can just do it easy in ESPHome.

That’s what I was meaning in my post above. If not covered by HA with its over 1000 integrations, there is mostly a custom component available, like the one above.

And as you can see, it has a lot of advantages, to not run these things on a Pi, for most cases an ESP device has a much smaller foot print. Lower energy consumption, smaller size, easier placement and so on.

My advice still stands , install HA-OS on that Pi and take your first swim in the big home automation pool. You might get addicted, if os, see you soon in this very forum!