Motorized window shades

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Has anyone been able to link motorized shades to home assistant?
Will the simplicity NEO Hub connect to Home Assistant?

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All my blinds at home are motorized. Bali branded (Motor made by Somfy) using ZWave protocol.
Rock solid for the last 7 years. Here are the ones for our main bedroom:

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I’m about to place an order for bali blinds. Thanks for sharing your experience. Looks like you can set the blinds to a granular position from home assistant. That’s exactly what i want. And no need for a separate cloud – all local control. Did you need to use the bali app when setting them up or can you just pair them directly to your home assistant hub via z-wave?

How’s battery life been for you on the bali blinds? Or did you hard wire them?

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That’s Great News!

We are only able to use Simplicity or Bliss motors, as we need cellular shades with “top down” / “bottom up” control.

Any thoughts??

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I never used the Bali app. Just direct ZWave pairing.
I originally started with batteries only but the most used shades were not friendly on the wallet.
The two eight-pack of lithium AAs last about a year with minor daily use. I ended up hard-wiring one of my windows in the main bedroom that is used several times a day.
For the door roller shades I got rid of the eight-packs and used this instead:
Amazon.com: TalentCell Rechargeable 6000mAh Lithium ion Battery Pack for LED Strip and CCTV Camera,12V DC Portable Li-ion Batteries with AC/DC 12.6V 1A Charger, Black : Electronics
Battery lasts FOREVER and it can be fully recharged in about 4 hours. I used strong velcro to hide it behind top of roller shade. Thinking about retrofitting a few more shades as well.

BTW, I purchased the Balis via Costco for a nice discount.

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I’m trying to configure my Bali Z-wave plus remote using AEOTEC Z-stick, I’m not sure how to put the remote in inclusion mode, I tried checking the user guide, but they do not have clear instructions on putting the remote inclusion mode. Appreciate the help

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I don’t believe you can pair that remote with a controller.
You need to pair the shades with the AEOTEC Z-stick, not the remote.

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Yes you can pair the remote, but all it really gives you in battery life of the remote. you can find instructions at the link below starting on page 22 of the PDF or page 40 of the numbering at the bottom of the pages. It sometimes takes a few tries to get them to pair so if it fails the first few times just keep at it and it will eventually pair.

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Here are the instructions on how to add the blinds and the remote to HA, then adding the blinds to the remote as well. I followed these instructions and everything works perfectly.

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Does anyone know how to set the upper and lower limits of the Bali (somfy) shades without a remote? There is a z-wave command for this, but it isn’t part of the zwavejs configuration.

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Thanks. Over a year later your post is still helping people.

Just got my Bali blinds into HA and was able to create my first automation so that they close when I turn on my projector TV

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can you share the resources you used to come up with your dashboard to control your bali shades as you’ve shown in your screenshot? i’m able to get a dashboard card set up that looks like your “Door Shade” card, but i can’t figure out how you did the ones that have the “RUN” button.

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The entries with RUN are scripts.

Here is an example:

open_main_bedroom_shades_position_43:
  alias: Open Main Bedroom Shades 43%
  sequence:
  - action: cover.set_cover_position
    data:
      entity_id: cover.main_bedroom_shade_middle, cover.main_bedroom_shade_right
      position: 43
  - action: input_number.set_value
    data:
      entity_id: input_number.main_bedroom_shades_position
      value: 43
  - action: cover.set_cover_position
    data:
      entity_id: cover.main_bedroom_shade_left
      position: 36
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Thank you, that’s very helpful. I’m new to HA and still trying to figure everything out. Can you tell me where this script goes?

edit: I was able to figure it out, I went to the Scripts page and I went through the UI and drop down menus to set up a script, then I added it to the dashboard that does exactly what I wanted it to do, which was go to a preset position.

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Thanks for posting this Are these still working well? Did you just buy some sort of barrel to micro USB cable to plug into the Bali shades? I lost my battery pack in a stupid mishap yesterday…