The Z-wave one behaves the same, you set the percentage and reports that as position, but a second later reports the actual position, so I had to set up an automation to after a minute fetch the correct value. It should report it when stopped, but it doesn’t do that for some reason.
I played with them quite a lot, they set me on the home automation path. First I had just a remote with them only for a few roller blinds, but then I wanted to control them. I’ve managed to get a SmartThings V2 Hub which had Z-wave (because you couldn’t already buy the Mobilus Z-wave Gateway), but I had to write the Device Handler for it. I learned a lot about them. As I was working on that I contacted Mobilus for some further documentation an the Z-wave parameters how to calibrate them, because the manual was not including those. I have even purchased the rest of the modules which I needed for some blinds which were not automated at that time yet. They sent me a Mobilus cup with the order. They were really helpful. But when I tried to contact the two people there recently, who I changed some emails before, they have not answered it. One of them works for some other company already, the other might have changed positions, who knows.
My choice nowadays would be either a Zigbee module for blinds, which wasn’t an option at that time, or a Fibaro or Qubino Z-Wave roller shutter module. (The Zigbee ones are definitely cheaper.)
I think that whole COSMO ecosystem is a bit of a dead end, but with your integration it makes more sense now.
And I think Fakro took over the Mobilus/MOB.IQ Z-wave line, just compare the remote and module images. (They just look like the COSMO ones )
Interesting. When I was looking for an information about COSMO I found Z-Wave on their website. My first thoguht was that the problem is finally solved, because Z-Wave is open protocol. But it looks like not quite as you described.
I agree, I would choose zigbee too, just add it as a part as manual switch on the wall. It would probably be even more reliable than radio protocol provided by manufacturer. But the shutter state will be lost, so this would be a downside.
Anyway it is what it is. The Cosmo GTW is at least the easiest option (for COSMO 2WAY) that does not require any electrical work .
Z-Wave is listed on the website, but if you look at the motors or modules or anywhere else, they don’t have it anymore. The latest one is the Apple HomeKit for modules and the Tuya support for some motors. I believe it is all Bluetooth:
Hey,
really great job, you don’t even know how you made me happy
finally I have blinds in HA
Cosmo 2WAY reports the status. Additionally, having a Mobilus HCT remote control you can receive notifications on it about an errors, e.g. jammed cover, obstacle detected etc.
On the website dom.mobilus.pl you can also see a status report, e.g. height reached (top right corner):
I have upgraded the component so now it recognizes the shutter state. There are some also more improvements regading stability and the code confronts more with home assistant line.
The state polling is set to be every 10 minutes and on each manual shutter action (open, close, etc). This could be adjusted and / or probably moved to the configuration if necessary.
Also I needed to change the component domain, so unfortunately the old shutters needs to be manually removed from home assistant. Please check it and let me know if you found some issues.
Hi,
sure, you are right. I changed the language to English.
After testing for a few days, I noticed that the integration does not work with the Mobilus C-MR modules.
This is a Mobilus module that can be added to electric roller shutters to control them via remote control or app. This module reports the open/closed status, it does not report the opening height.
I have this module in 4 roller shutters, as these windows were too narrow (approx. 40cm) to include a motor with smart control. In this case Mobilus arms the roller shutter with a normal drive and adds this module to the kit, for mounting in the electrical box, under the switch.
In addition, I purchased 3 such modules for the roof window roller shutters (without smart), in order to have them all controlled from one app.
So I have 7 of them. In summary, at the moment the integration does not work with them.
Great, I’m starting with tests
Of course I will let you know what my observations are.
Currently, as I wrote earlier, the C-MR modules are not working.
Thanks for the report! Just to clarify: by “the C-MR modules are not working” you mean that it cannot be controlled (example stop or start) or it does not report the proper status (is shutter opened or closed) ?
surely, they work with app, remote, webpage interface, etc. I wouldn’t writing if it didn’t
Here is an example printscreen showing normal shutters and shutters with C-MR. As you can see, you can only send to C-MR commands like open, close and stop. You cannot choose percentage position.
A big thank you for integrating the Mobilus shutters into Home Assistant.
When I first tried to link the Mobilus remote control with ESP32 (the solution above), I couldn’t get any further with the integration in HA.
Thanks to your solution, it finally works for me. The only thing I had to do beforehand was to update to the latest HA version (which was long overdue anyway). Now all shutters are recognised and can be controlled. Very good work!
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