WTH is there no simple way to configure a cover using 2 switches?

Month of "What the heck?!"
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Many homes have existing covers/blinds which you can open, close and tilt with just 2 switches (up/down).
It would be nice to have an easy way to configure this in the Home Assistant UI.

  • entity for moving it up
  • entity for moving it down
  • opening duration
  • closing duration
  • tilting duration

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there is a custom component:

unfortunately it’s missing tilt support.
also, persistance handling would need to be checked.
e.g., what happens if Home Assistant is restarted while the cover is moving?

Would be great to have support for this integrated in Home Assistant.

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My house blinds remote works the same (although they have three buttons up, down and stop) and it’s frustrating not being able to use an actual cover card to control them. (fun fact, I actually hacked the remote using an esp8266 to short the buttons using esphome - it would be great to be able to make the system recognise this as a “real” cover.