Integrating Axis Curtain control

Hardware
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Hi!

I’ve been looking for a solution to control my vertical blinds via Home Assistant.
I’ve come across this product: https://www.helloaxis.com which I personally find pleasing to look at and have a great WAF.

However I cannot find the product on the components page, so my question is how much work would it be to these babies up-and-running in HA?

I’m a total newbie to HA, but I’ve been lurking for some time and now that I have finally bought my first home, I’ve decided that automation should be the heart of my home.

Any feedback on the above would be awesome! Thanks!

Kind regards
Nicolai Oksen

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What zigbee hub do you use, or want to use? According to the AXIS docs you can integrate them in SmartThings and SmartThings can be integrated in HA.

FYI the brunt blind engine can be integrated directly in HA

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I haven’t made decision yet, I was considering getting a Zigbee USB stick for my RPi. Would rather stay away from ST, since it is dependent on a internet connection and Samsungs cloud running.
Got any recommendations for getting Zigbee running well?

Currently my home is made up of a selection of Philips Hue light bulbs + hub, IKEA Trådfri Bulbs + Hub and a Verisure Alarm system.
My hope is to make all elements play nicely together.

Read some reviews that the Brunt Blind Engine have some trouble pulling larger curtains, but haven’t looked that much into it. Might consider getting that instead.

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Looks interesting. Thanks!

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I use the conbee zigbee stick with deconz, but the AXIS isn’t supported yet. That way you don’t need the hue hub or the ikea hub. But zigbee2mqtt does the same and does support the axis. I haven’t tried zigbee2mqtt though.
I also use the Brunt blind engine and have no problems with my 3m wide blinds.

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@kiucheng have you worked with Zigbee2mqtt?
If so, how difficult is it to setup and manage?
How reliable is it compared to the Conbee stick?

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Works well for me. Just need to flash the USB stick yourself. The rest are quite straightforward with the Hassio add-on
I got 6 Ikea bulbs, 1 Hue bulb, 12 various Xiaomi/Aqara sensor

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Thank you for the answers, I think I’ll go with Zigbee2mqtt and manage everything through that.

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@NicolaiOksen

Hey how did this solution work out for you?
What hardware did you end up with and would you recommend it to others?

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I actually ended up going with the IKEA FYRTUR and then use ZHA to control them.

For me it works very good :slight_smile:
Currently running 30+ IKEA Tradfri bulb, 7 FYRTUR blinds and 20+ IKEA dimmer switch.

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Thanks for the reply, I am trying to retrofit existing roller shades.
I’ve decided to order one of these to try

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Has anyone managed to get these to work with ZHA? I too have vertical blinds, so the Tradfri one is not an option.