Yes since yesterday you are able to purchase them at smartblinds.
Fully agree, there is still some work to be done on the thread side. Mostly on the networking part. But they’ve promised this year significant changes will me made to get these hurdles out of world.
I have lots of questions. I’ll limit myself to a few.
Not only am I using the blinds as intended. They are dope. I have many. But I also use the motors for my projector movie screen. Nothing on the marked compares to the functionality it gives me.
However. Is there a way I could get the blinds to not be thought of as a blind “natively”. “close all blinds” will include my projector screen in homekit for example.
I have a workarounds - especially in homeassistant, but a fool-proof solution for guests would be nice.
It might be fine I could change what they think is closed vs. open? (I need to “OPEN” the movie screen, to tuck it away). If I went into the eve settings, and changed the “direction” the blinds think they are placed, would that invert the open vs closed direction?
Finally. HOW… do i get my hands on info (STL’s) on the tubemounting for the motors, so I can adapt them to a larger tube for a better projectorscreen. (I’m using an actual blind). The blackout material is actually okay, but I want to make something with tension tabs.
Spook has an inverse function for an entity.
Do these products work with a generic 433 controller like the rfxtrx ones?
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Hi @jerry_bboy,
I’m looking into motion blinds and for me it is still a bit unclear what is and what is not fully supported.
Could you help by maybe ordering the below integration types by what you’d say is best supported? Am I missing some?
- Eve blinds {matter over thread} Thread Border router {matter over wifi} Home Assistant
- Standard blinds {433mhz} CM-55 {matter over wifi} Home Assistant
- Standard blinds {433mhz} CMD-20 {local api} Home Assistant
- Standard blinds {433mhz} CMD-01 {local api} Home Assistant
- Standard blinds {bluetooth} Home Assistant
I know that points 1 and 2 are mentioned in the article above, but what would you say about the other variants from experience?
Thank you in advance!!
Bluetooth integration is nice because you don’t need a bridge. But it’s not the best solution. Because if someone changes the position you won’t get an update unless you poll more often but this will result in higher battery drainage.
Using a Bluetooth motor combined with a cmd-01 or cm-20 is a really stable solution and based on price with the cmd-01 combined with for instance a cmd-02 you won’t find a lot of products for this price range ,esthetics and functions. For instance hornbach sells them. Don’t know where you live of course.
All Bluetooth motors have Bluetooth and 433mhz.
All eve motors have Bluetooth(for commissioning) thread and 433mhz.
If you need anything else let me know.
Ok, thank you for the elaborate answer!
I’m also based in the Netherlands, so I’ll definitely check out the Hornbach items.
Last question; on the Tweakers forum there are some comments about ‘delayed actions’ after sending a command. I believe this is with the bluetooth integration. What is your experience with this?
Bluetooth is a bit slower, so my recommendation will always be to add the bridge. And with the price that Hornbach sells them it’s not that bad. I understand the ‘hate’ against bridges but it works locally and is way quicker and gives you more features. And if you have Bluetooth motors you can change the speed with that. That feature is missing when you are using the bridge. So you can have a ‘quite’ motor in the morning(but slower) and have normal speed during the day.
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