ESPSomfy RTS

ESPHome
1

I trying to control two new somfy rts roller blinds using ESPSomfy RTS and home assistant. The hardware is a ESP WROOM-32 with a CC1101 transceiver and firmware espsomfy rts 2.4.6.

I’ve managed to set up all parts of the espsomfy rts application, System,Network,Somfy and Radio. Each shade is paired and the remote linked.

In home assistant, espsomfy rts is installed and controls are there for the two blinds.

The problems are:

  1. The espsomfy rts virtual remote doesn’t control the blinds unless the remote buttons are clicked many times or if the remote control (somfy situo 5rts pure II) has just been used to move the blinds then the virtual remote remote buttons operate with a single click.
  2. In home assistant I’ve set up two automations, one to open one of the blinds on the hour and the other to close this blind on the half hour. Sometimes the blind state changes but mainly nothing happens to the blinds.

I’ve tried restarting home assistant many times, set the blinds back to factory settings, re-install the ESP32. Nothing helped

The esp32 device is positioned close to the blinds and the wifi hub.

2

Add a couple of repeats to the definitions in ESPSomfy RTS. Some motors do not hear the first frame when waking up. When you press a button on your remote it will commonly send a few frames.