Getting PowerView blinds to close simultaneously

Lisa_0 · October 9, 2023, 7:53am

I’ve got Hunter Douglas Powerview blinds (Venetian, Tilt Anywhere). Before I got my Home Assistant, they were controlled by my Google Home routine. Then, they would more or less open and close simultaneously.

However, I since created an automation with covers my morning routine in HA and deleted the Google routine. When this routine activates, the blinds seem to close after each other. Or at least, it seems like the commands aren’t sent at the same time, causing the blinds to have quite a delay between each other.

Things I’ve tried:

Putting the blinds in a group and calling on them with ‘call service’ (cover.close_cover)
Putting the blinds in a parallel action and calling on them with ‘call service’ (cover.close_cover)
Putting the blinds in a parallel action and calling on them with a device action (close command)
Giving the close command in the helper tab on the group itself (so not within the automation itself)

These all give the same result. It also seems that there’s quite a delay when I give them a command through devices or helpers -it doesn’t always respond immediately. Maybe this has something to do with my issue.

What should I do to have them close and open simultaneously? It doesn’t need to be perfect, but if they at least started closing in about the same moment that would be great. Now the difference is too big.

tom_l · October 9, 2023, 8:44am

Looks like this has been a known issue since 2020:

github.com/home-assistant/core

Delay between blinds using Hunter Douglas integration.

opened 09:46AM - 24 Aug 20 UTC

closed 05:27PM - 01 Dec 20 UTC

tom-drake

integration: hunterdouglas_powerview stale

## The problem  I'm running the Hunter Douglas PowerView integration and have set up a group of covers in my configuration.yaml. The issue I find is that the blinds activate with a delay between each blind whereas in the PowerView app they open at the same time. ## Environment  - Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 0.114.2 - Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): - Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): ``` arch: armv7l docker: true docker_version: 19.03.8 hassio: true host_os: HassOS 4.11 installation_type: Home Assistant OS os_name: Linux os_version: 4.19.127-v7 python_version: 3.8.3 supervisor: 235 version: 0.114.2 virtualenv: false ``` - Integration causing this issue: hunterdouglas_powerview - Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/hunterdouglas_powerview/ ## Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml`  ```yaml cover: - platform: group name: Office Blinds entities: - cover.office_1 - cover.office_2 - cover.office_3 ``` ## Traceback/Error logs  ```txt ``` ## Additional information

Unfortunately that issue went stale and nothing was done. You could open a new issue and reference that one.

Lisa_0 · October 9, 2023, 9:13am

Thanks! That’s unfortunate. I’ll look into opening a new issue, maybe something has changed in the past 2,5 years.

pdwonline · February 6, 2024, 2:24pm

I have configured a scene in the powerview app. Scenes come available in HA. When I call the scene, the blinds will act simultaniously

melson · August 13, 2024, 4:30am

I’m running into the same issue, specifically when trying to stop 4 blinds in the same room. For open/close/etc I’ve just activated scenes defined in the PowerView app like pdwonline also discovered.

I’m using Lutron pico remotes to control the blinds. When releasing the raise/lower buttons I have it stop each shade. However this results in a stair step effect due to the delay.