Window Roller with Hassio

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I have motored window shutters and managed by remote control (no switch). I want to make them smart installing a Relay. I am little bit confused if it is better to use WiFi, Zwave or Zigbee. I have all of them in my Pi.
I was thinking about Shelly for WiFi or TKB home TZ75 from ZWave.
Any one have any good suggestion to do so?

Thank you

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what frequency does the remote control work on? You could simply try the Broadlink Integration. It is a little fiddly to get the rf commands, but it is probably your path of least resistance as long as the Frequency of the remote is supported by Broadlink…

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Yeh it is good solution, but I can just open and close, not set for example open 50% or something like that which can be done for example by shelly

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You can do that with automation. For example… a switch which triggers an automation which firstly opens the blinds and then after 3 seconds the automation executes the stop… and voila… your blinds are not 100% open or close… also you would probably create a template cover and the cover entities have their own specific commands built in around tilt etc… but I dont use that feature… mine are either open or close…

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ok Great. I oredered one, lets see. Thank you very much

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cool, here is an example of one of my template covers:

- platform: template
  covers:
    finn:
      friendly_name: "Finn Blinds"
      value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.finn_blind_sensor')|regex_replace('on','open')|regex_replace('off','closed') }}"
      open_cover:
        service: remote.send_command
        data:
          entity_id: remote.broadlink_remote
          command: b64:sgBVATYKDBUMFQwUDBUWCgwVFwkXCgwVFgoMFBcKDBUXCRcKDBUMFBcKDBQMFQwVDBQXChYKFwoMFQwUDBUMFAwVDBQNFAwVDBQXCgwVDBQMFQwUDBUWo1E3CQwVDBUMFAwVFgoMFRcJFwoMFBgJDRQWCgwVFwoWCgwVDBQXCgwUDBUMFQwUFwoXCRcKDBUMFA0UDBQMFQwVDBQMFQwUFwoMFQwUDBUMFAwVFqNRNwkMFQwVDBQMFRcKDBQXChYKDBUXCgwUFwoMFBcKFgoMFQwVFgoMFQwUDBUMFRYKFgoYCQwVDBQMFQwVDBQMFQwVDBQMFRYKDBUMFAwVDBUMFBeiUTcKDBQMFQwUDBUWCwwUFwoWCg0UFwoMFBcKDBQXChcJDBUMFRcJDRQMFAwVDBUWChcKFgoMFQwUDBUMFQwUDBUMFQwUDBUWCg0UDBUMFAwVDBQXAAXcAAAA
      close_cover:
        service: remote.send_command
        data:
          entity_id: remote.broadlink_remote
          command: b64: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
      stop_cover:
        service: remote.send_command
        data:
          entity_id: remote.broadlink_remote
          command: b64:sgCmAoRRNwkMFA0UDBUMFBcKDBQXChcKDBQXCgwUFwoMFRYKFwoMFA0UFwoMFAwVFwkNFBcKDBQXCgwUDBUMFAwVDBUMFAwVDBUMFBcJDRQXChcJFwoMFBejUDcKDBUMFAwVDBQXCgwVFwkXCgwUFwoMFBcKDBUXCRcKDBQNFBcKDBQMFRcJDRQXCQ0UFwkNFAwVDBQNFAwVDBQNFAwUDBUXCQ0UFwoWChcKDBS7UDcJDBUMFQwUDBQXCgwVFwkXCgwVFgoMFBgJDRQXCRcKDBQNFBcJDRQNFBcKDBQXCgwUFwoMFA0UDBUMFAwVDBQNFAwUDRQXCQ0UFwoXCRcKDBS6UTcJDRQMFAwVDBQXCg0UFwkXCgwVFgoMFRcJDBUXCRcKDBUMFBcKDBQNFBYKDRQXCgwUFwoMFA0UDBUMFA0UDBQNFAwVDBQXCgwUFwoXCRcKDBS6UDgJDRQMFQwUDBUWCgwVFwkXCg0UFgoNFBcJDRQXCRcKDBQNFBcKDBQNFBcKDBQXCgwUFwoMFA0UDBUMFA0UDBQNFAwVDBQXCgwUGAkXCRcKDRS5UTYKDBUMFQwUDBUXCQ0UFwkYCQwVFwkMFRcKDBQXCRcKDBQNFBcKDBUMFBcKDBQXCgwUFwoMFQwUDBUMFA0UDBQNFA0UDBQXCgwUFwoXChYKDRS5UTcJDBUMFQwUDRQWCg0UFwoXCQwVFwkNFBcJDRQXChcJDRQMFBcKDBUMFBcKDBQXCgwVFgoMFQwUDRQMFA0UDRQMFA0UDBUWCgwVFgoXChcJDRQXo1A3CQ0UDRMNFA0UFwkNFBcKFgoMFBgKDBQXCQ0UFwoXCQ0UDBQXCg0UDBQXCgwUFwoMFRYKDBUMFA0UDRMNFA0UDBQNFAwVFgoMFRcJFwoXCQ0UFwAF3AAA
      icon_template: >-
        {% if is_state('binary_sensor.finn_blind_sensor', 'on') %}
          mdi:blinds-open
        {% else %}
          mdi:blinds
        {% endif %}

the long codes starting with b64: is what you will need to sniff out with one of the methods described in these forums… I initially went thr route of iPhone backup and then trawled the sqllite db for the codes, but I think there are easier ways now…

Ultimately the key considerations are budget versus reliability… I have to admit, that this solution does have it’s quirks, however I am happy to live with these as a trade of for what I paid for 5 smart blinds (around £150 all in with the Zemismart blinds ) I could have spent close on 4 figures where the reliability would have probably been alot better, but I would have been alot poorer!

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I will try