I’ve tried the pin-out from your wiki and a few others I found online, such as this, but I keep getting this in the device logs:
[11:26:22]Applying radio settings Setting Data Pins RX:12 TX:13
Setting SPI Pins SCK:18 MISO:19 MOSI:23 CSN:5
Radio Pins Configured!
[11:26:22]Error setting up the radio
[11:26:22]Initializing RX Queue
Enable Radio is checked in the web interface, but running the scan while pressing the telus 4 rts remote doesn’t give any results.
I guess something is still wrong with my pin-out, but I’ve checked it an redone it so many times, maybe I’m just misunderstanding one of the mappings.
@jl1984 That is not a CC1101 transceiver. While it looks similar it is an NRF24L01 that operates at 2.4Ghz not 433Mhz. ESPSomfy RTS will not be able to talk to that transceiver.
I’m ordering rolling shutters from a local company in the Bay Area. I’d like to confirm they will work with the integration @rstrouse created.
The salesperson has told me “they have Somfy” but aren’t really able to articulate much more. What type of Somfy controller should I ask for for these shutters to make sure they’re controllable?
Hi, today I came across an article that somfy stopped working without a cloud connection due to some updates OR errors/bugs.
So maybe, just be aware and do your reading before laying down your money.
This is exactly what I am looking for but I have no time to build this. Is anyone in the San Diego area or can ship me one that they built? Also, is there a version of this that works on ethernet (not WiFi)?
Not in the neighbourhood
Yes RTS Somfy supports Lilygo board ethernet PoE. In the proces of building it. need to do some soldering which I am very rusty at (and hard to see these days).
When I have it working I will post my findings.
I’m preparing to add HA control for my Somfy shades and I came across this thread. I was at this point about a year ago and from my research it seemed the Bond Bridge approach was the popular choice for HA Somfy control, but readying this thread it seems there is recent excitement for the ESPSomfy-RTS-HA project.
I checked the project Github page and it seems there isn’t any activity in 7+ months, which could be fine, maybe it’s complete and doesn’t need anything. Or it could mean it’s abandoned or heading that direction, I don’t know.
I wanted to ask here if the ESPSomfy-RTS-HA project is the preferred/superior solution now? Or is this a case of DIY (i.e., ESPSomfy-RTS-HA) versus a more OTS solution with Bond Bridge?
I would value anyone’s insights or opinion in this regard. Would you suggest I go the ESPSomfy-RTS-HA route or Bond Bridge and why?
My priorities are:
Reliability
Usability in automations (open shades at sunset, only lower shades if the forecast is sunny, etc.)
For those who are looking for similar device but for the IO version of Somfy. We are working on a working integration based on LORA hardware. Drop me a line if your are interested in some (Beta) testing. It is already quite functional.
@rstrouse , Its a great integration.
I have just one suggestion, is it possible for you to create a test script that can check if Olimex ESP32-PoE/EVB (or any ESP 32 board that you mention) and the E07-M1101D/ CC1101 are wired correctly. As this would save time when one is trying to pair blinds where some connection is not working. This will also help if for some reason there is hardware issue (lose or broken connection) then one can use that test script to get all ok before investigating other problems.
Oh man, thank you so very much for this! I am new HA user, there is not much I set in HA, but I started with my Blinds and found your HW and SW tutorials, followed them and managed to make it running! Fantastic, I really appreciate it. Since I never built anything like this, I have been struggling a bit, but not too long because your tutorials are pretty straightforward. The only 2 little issues I had - 3D printed boxes; I ordered printing of the tiny black box and my HW didn’t fit into it, so I asked the printing company to increase the size by 100%, it is not so nice inside, but I don’t care TBH. And second thing is that the tilt of my Z-Blinds is not accurate, the percentage doesn’t reflects the reality but +/- is OK and I don’t care too much anyway. MY button works fine, so I am happy. Now integrated to HA through MQTT (I thought it will be autoloaded among Discovered devices, but it wasn’t)
@rstrouse This looks like a great addition to Hass. You mentioned above that this solution will always know the position of the shade. Can you please explain how that works? I was under the impression that the RTS protocol was one-way only. How will Hass know the position of the shade after it has been moved, either by ESP-Somfy, or especially if the Somfy remote is used?
