True, “Ignore_shading_after_manual” is active. And you are also right, that I moved the blind manually today. It was very warm and sinceI experienced in the last days that it stopped working, I moved it manually today.
But I didn’t manually moved one specific blind to check (sorry, unfortunately forgot that when posting )
Last thursday, when sun shading worked, this blind was triggered at 14:01. Today there is a trace at 14:00 but that didn’t end in a movement. https://pastebin.com/hC4T5upB
Edit: What just came to my mind when I woke up this morning: the blinds are opened in the morning by a knx timer. So not really manually by hand but manually in the sense of cca. I think since ignoring of manual actions works, this case prevents the Sun shading from triggering, isn’t it?
Will test now one blind with deactivated setting and another with a reset time after being opened by knx.
Next Edit: It does work again with unchecked “Ignore_shading_after_manual” or a reset at a certain time after blinds were opened by the KNX Timer.
Thanks for your explanation. Then I’ll have to come up with something else for the sun shading.
But then I have another question. What values are triggers in the sun shading range? If I am in the azimuth range, brightness and the two temperature sensors are triggers, right?
And if I were to use force shading, do I simply have to move the roller shutter to the open or closed position via a separate automation system so that CCA recognizes everything again?
First off all, this blueprint is really amazing. It has an incredible number of features, and the automations have been working well for me.
However, a few weeks ago, I noticed that after an update (of the blueprint), the trigger “t_shading_end_1” no longer works. I recreated the trigger in the developer tools, and it worked fine there. I also recreated the automation, but the issue still persists. I thought about a breaking change, but I could not find anything.
Does anyone have any idea what might cause this?
I have found the error, but I don’t think this behavior is intended @Herr.Vorragend
I find the weather forecast to be too inaccurate (because the condition is always to late or wrong), but I like the daily forecast temperature. This results in the trigger “t_shading_end_1” always being true and therefore never trigger.
The cause of this is the following code:
shading_forecast_sensor != [] and (shading_weather_conditions == [] or states(shading_forecast_sensor) not in shading_weather_conditions
Maybe this condition should be separated and be connected with the other conditions with an and condition.
Really really. Is that really the case? I should have noticed that at home by now. That surprises me and would be totally unfortunate.
Normally, the roller blinds are not opened for a second day if the ‘prevent_opening_multiple_times’ option is active. This is probably also the reason why I don’t notice this in my case.
Feel free to show me your traces and I’ll take a look.
Hello thank you very much for this great blueprint, the truth is that it is magnificent.
The only doubt, sorry if it has already been asked before, but I did not find it with the search.
How would you set the elevation in the “Sun Shading” mode for covers with West orientation?
I had no problem with the blinds facing East, but with the West ones the elevation is reversed, the sun heats that part of the house at sunset.
For example:
The activation elevation would be: 60º.
The end elevation would be: 15º.
How should you set it in the blueprint in the fields “Sun Shading Elevation Minimum Value” and “Sun Shading Elevation Maximum Value”?
I have tried several things but have not been able to find the key.
Thank you very much
I think you should try to understand exactly what azimuth and elevation are and how they change over the course of the day.
You need to define values for azimuth start and end and also elevation minimum and maximum. Elevation Maximum should (or must be) above minumum.
I also have configured blinds facing to west for sun shading and set azimuth start = 185°; azimuth end = 302°; elevation minimum = 6° and elevation maximum = 90° (default value). you could try these values and adapt them to your needs.
Lowering azimuth start (start shading) results in earlier shading start, increasing means later.
Lowering azimuth end (ends shading) opens the blinds earlier, increasing opens later.
Lowering elevation minimum sun shading starts earlier and lasts longer, increasing does the opposite
To be honest, I can’t answer that at the moment. You probably live in the other hemisphere, don’t you?
All comparisons in the bllueprint work the other way around. I’m having a little trouble imagining this right now.
Hello.
Thank you very much for your help, I will try today with those values to see how it works.
The Azimuth and Elevation I understand more or less how it affects, I had configured the blinds with another automation, so I know more or less in what values I need to act.
My doubt came because in the blueprint it says
Sun Shading Elevation Minimum Value Starting from which elevation of the sun should the window be shaded?..
At least in my location (Spain) the west facing shades only receive radiation when the sun starts to set, so the starting elevation will be higher than the final elevation. Just the opposite of east-facing blinds
That’s why my question is how to correctly parameterize this situation. With Azimuth there is no doubt.
I don’t know if I have explained it well.
Thank you very much for your time.
Hello.
I live in the north hemisphere, in Spain.
I attach an image of a shadow simulation program, maybe this way it will be clearer to understand it.
As you can see the windows oriented to the West, only receive sun from noon to sunset when the sun elevation begins to decrease.
That’s why my doubt that how to indicate in the blueprint the maximum and minimum value of elevation because the direction of the sun is the opposite that from sunrise to noon.
Thank you very much for your help.
Set minimum to 15° and maximum to 90°. Sun below 15° will stop shading. Sun above 15° will shade. In combination with the azimuth, it should work as expected.
Can someone help me and tell me why the awning is not shaded.
Should not shade this and reopen at the end of the shading. Since it is an awning, it is slightly different from roller shutters.
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