RFLink Cover / Somfy RTS with elero motor

Configuration
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Hi, I bought a Nodo RFLink Gateway RFLink hub to control my blinds. These are about 16 years old and work with a Somfy RTS Remote control (Telis 4 433,42 MHz ) and Elero JAR motors. I have two blinds, you can control a single one or both together by using another button on the remote control.

I configured the RFLink Hub and HomeAssistant can move the blind up and down. So fine.
The problem is that they move only for 4 seconds and than they stop. After stopping the status of the cover changes (open/closed).
If I use the remote control with a single press of the down-bottom, the blind goes completely down and if I again press the up-button, it goes completely up and stops automatically at the end. So Remote control works fine.

So how can I do the same with the HomeAssistant without stopping after 4 seconds??

The configuration:

config.yaml:

rflink:
  port: /dev/ttyACM0
  wait_for_ack: false

cover:
  - platform: rflink
    devices:
      RTS_1F1F1F_1:
        name: Store rechts
        aliases: 
            - rts_76b439_01
            - rts_72b439_01
        fire_event: true

logger:
  default: error
  logs:
    rflink: debug
    homeassistant.components.rflink: debug

The logs of Telis and than for comparison commands sent out by HomeAssistant using " RFLink Cover".

1. Remote Control Somfy Telis4:
**************Begin of Log
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] received data: 20;28;Debug;RTS P1;a12a272472b439;
20;29;RTS;ID=72b439;SWITCH=01;CMD=UP;
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] got packet: 20;28;Debug;RTS P1;a12a272472b439;
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] decoded packet: {‘node’: ‘gateway’, ‘protocol’: ‘debug’, ‘rts_p1’: ‘a12a272472b439’}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] got event: {‘id’: ‘raw’, ‘value’: None, ‘tm’: None, ‘pulses’: None}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] event of type unknown: {‘id’: ‘raw’, ‘value’: None, ‘tm’: None, ‘pulses’: None}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] unhandled event of type: unknown
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] got packet: 20;29;RTS;ID=72b439;SWITCH=01;CMD=UP;
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] decoded packet: {‘node’: ‘gateway’, ‘protocol’: ‘rts’, ‘id’: ‘72b439’, ‘switch’: ‘01’, ‘command’: ‘up’}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] got event: {‘id’: ‘rts_72b439_01’, ‘command’: ‘up’}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] event of type command: {‘id’: ‘rts_72b439_01’, ‘command’: ‘up’}
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] entity_ids: [‘cover.store_rechts’]
2021-03-11 08:14:05 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] passing event to cover.store_rechts

2. Home Assistant: (only moving 4 seconds)

2021-03-11 06:55:00 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rflink] Sending command: UP to Rflink device: RTS_1F1F1F_1
2021-03-11 06:55:00 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] sending command: {‘protocol’: ‘RTS’, ‘id’: ‘1F1F1F’, ‘switch’: ‘1’, ‘command’: ‘UP’}
2021-03-11 06:55:00 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] writing data: ‘10;RTS;1F1F1F;1;UP;\r\n’
2021-03-11 06:55:00 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] waiting for acknowledgement
2021-03-11 06:55:03 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] received data: 20;21;OK;
2021-03-11 06:55:03 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] got packet: 20;21;OK;
2021-03-11 06:55:03 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] decoded packet: {‘node’: ‘gateway’, ‘protocol’: ‘unknown’, ‘ok’: True}
2021-03-11 06:55:03 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] command response: {‘node’: ‘gateway’, ‘protocol’: ‘unknown’, ‘ok’: True}
2021-03-11 06:55:03 DEBUG (MainThread) [rflink.protocol] packet acknowledged
*********end of Log

I red this here but I think the setting US/EU is only used with Somfy motors.
rflink-somfy-cover-moves-only-a-bit

So in case anybody has ideas I would appreciate it so much? Thanx

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If the EU/US cover mode doesn’t work with your blind, I don’t know what else could be done.
I think there is a long/short pulse issue in RFLink, and the authors are aware:

Perhaps in future versions of RFLink (if it ever comes out) it can be addressed, but nowdays I think that is not possible.

3

Thanks for the hint. I would appreciate it so much, if future versions of RFLink could handle it.