HomeKit Bridge help - how to add my window blinds?

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I have two sets of window blinds that I’ve been controlling with Apple HomeKit for a while. I want to move them over to Home Assistant, but still control them with HomeKit.

I just removed the blinds from HomeKit and added them to Home Assistant. It controls them perfectly. I can go up, down, or stop partway.

I have HomeKit Bridge installed, but it’s not automatically creating entries in HomeKit to control the blinds. When I try to add them in Settings > Integrations > HomeKit Bridge > Add Entry, there’s a dropdown menu that doesn’t list window blinds as an option.

What’s my next step? Is there a different way to add blinds? Can I add an item that’s not on the dropdown menu?

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When you first hit on HomeKit Bridge configuration, does your “DOMAINS TO INCLUDE” dialog include COVER?

I don’t have smart blinds or anything using the Cover domain, so I could be wrong. But I believe the COVER domain relates to blinds.

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Thanks!

When I came back to HA to do this, I found that the blinds had already appeared in my Home app to be set up… maybe I just needed to give it some time?

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