RF Blindes Automation

Configuration
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hi

im trying to automate my rf controlled blindes with no feedback.

i would like to be able to control it with a up/down switch and also be able to stop it while it moves.
since i also have another rf remote i don’t want to block the controlls with time to much so i still can use both.

any ideas?

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Hi,

here is how I did it for RF433 (no-rolling code) blinds:

platform: mqtt
name: "RF433"
state_topic: "sonoffrf433/tele/RESULT"
json_attributes_topic: "sonoffrf433/tele/RESULT"
value_template: >-
    {% if value_json.RfRaw.Data| regex_search('28181819081800000000000909090819090819081818181909\s55') %}
    blinds_open
    {% elif value_json.RfRaw.Data| regex_search('28190908181909090909081900000000000819081819090818\s55') %}
    blinds_close
    {% elif value_json.RfRaw.Data| regex_search('281909081819090909090819111111100000819081819090818\s55') %}
    blinds_stop
    {% endif %}
  • create input booleans for blinds_open and blinds_remote
  • do automations for blinds_open, blinds_close (when controling from HA):
alias: "RF433 reluxa close"
initial_state: "on"
trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.rf433
  to: "blinds_close"
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_on
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_remote
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open

and blinds_remote:

alias: "Blinds remote post action"
initial_state: "on"
trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_remote
    state: 'on'
action:
  - delay: 00:00:04
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_remote

and rf433_blinds_close and rf433_blinds_open for the case when using the RF remote:

alias: "RF433 blinds close"
initial_state: "on"
trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.rf433
  to: "blinds_close"
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_on
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_remote
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open
  • define a cover entity:
  blinds:
    friendly_name: "Bedroom blinds"
    value_template: >-
      {% if states('input_boolean.blinds_open') == "on" %}
        open
      {% else %}
        closed
      {% endif %}
    open_cover:
      service: script.blinds_open_script
    close_cover:
      service: script.blinds_close_script
    stop_cover:
      service: script.blinds_stop
    icon_template: >-
      {%- if is_state('input_boolean.blinds_open', 'on') -%}
      mdi:window-shutter-open
      {%- else -%}
      mdi:window-shutter
      {% endif %}
  • define the scripts to control the blinds:
blinds_open_script:
  alias: 'Open blinds script'
  sequence:
    service: input_boolean.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open
blinds_close_script:
  alias: 'Close blinds script'
  sequence:
    service: input_boolean.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open
blinds_open:
  alias: 'Open blinds'
  sequence:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw AAB035050812C005E602D001682000000002A3B2B2B2B2A3A3B2A3B2B2A3A3B2A3B2A3B2B2B2A3B2B2B2B2B2A3B2B2B2A3B2B2B2A55"
    - delay:
        seconds: 1
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw 177"

blinds_close:
  alias: 'Close blinds'
  sequence:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw AAB035050812C005F002BC017C2774481A000000000000000A3B2A3B2B2A3A3B2A3B2A3B2B2B2A3B2B2B2B2B2A3B2B2A3A3B2B2A3A55"
    - delay:
        seconds: 1
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw 177"

blinds_stop:
  alias: 'Stop blinds'
  sequence:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw AAB035050812AC05F002B201722788481A3B2A3A000000000000002A3B2B2A3A3B2A3B2A3B2B2B2A3B2B2B2B2B2A3B2A3B2A3B2A3B2A55"
    - delay:
        seconds: 1
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: sonoffrf433/cmnd/Backlog
        retain: false
        payload: "RfRaw 177"

blinds_toggle:
  alias: 'Toggle blinds'
  sequence:
    - service: "script.blinds_{% if is_state('cover.blinds', 'closed')%}open{% else %}close{% endif %}"

blinds_toggle_script:
  alias: 'Toggle blinds script'
  sequence:
    service: input_boolean.toggle
    data:
      entity_id: input_boolean.blinds_open

This will ensure that the state of the input_boolean.blinds_open is consistant regardless of using HA or the RF remote to control the blinds.

The rest is UI magic.

I hope I did not miss anything.

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3

Hello thanks for your post.
I cant get it to work, can you please specify where you enter the code you posted aka which files each code piece belong to.

Thanks in advance

Tom

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The first one (platform: mqtt) goes into sensors; the 2nd-4th ones go into automations, the fifth one (cover) goes into cover and the sixth section (blinds_open_script, blinds_close_script, blinds_open, etc) goes into script.
The above structuring presumes the following configuration.yaml

automation: !include_dir_list automations
cover: !include covers.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
sensor: !include_dir_list sensors

namely each automation and sensor is a file in the automations and the sensors directory respectively, while covers.yaml contains all definitions for all covers, like:

platform: template
covers:
  blinds:
    friendly_name:...

and scripts.yaml lists all scripts.

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5

Hey @amaximus :slight_smile:

This is exactly what I’m after but I’m having trouble getting it working
Do you have your current config for this hosted anywhere that I can look at?

Thanks :slight_smile: