Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Home Technology Hub 381Feb 13, 2017 11:37 pm Wisdom Homes Manhattan 39 Blog - https://edmondson-park.blogspot.com.au H1 Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88210 Re: Home Technology Hub 394Apr 04, 2017 11:06 pm Hi, has anyone got somfy motors for your blinds/curtains? If so, have you found a way to operate the blinds without using the somfy remote or mylink app? Thanks, Re: Home Technology Hub 395Apr 05, 2017 6:46 am RegVic Hi, has anyone got somfy motors for your blinds/curtains? If so, have you found a way to operate the blinds without using the somfy remote or mylink app? Thanks, I looked into this ages ago. Somfy does other wired solutions (admittedly I only found them on US websites) which you can wire into a normal light switch. You just need three mechs up, down and stop. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Home Technology Hub 397Apr 05, 2017 10:25 am Decided to go with Somfy thinking they are well known brand and will be easy to incorporate into the home automation eco system but I guess I am wrong... Somfy uses more proprietary stuff and not as easy to integrate as I thought... research continues.... Re: Home Technology Hub 399Apr 05, 2017 5:02 pm RegVic Decided to go with Somfy thinking they are well known brand and will be easy to incorporate into the home automation eco system but I guess I am wrong... Somfy uses more proprietary stuff and not as easy to integrate as I thought... research continues.... As mentioned by picto, depends on your HA system. Never worked with Somfy myself (yet, build prep in progress), however openHAB (my favourite HA system) has plugins specifically to work with Somfy Re: Home Technology Hub 400Apr 05, 2017 6:05 pm RegVic Decided to go with Somfy thinking they are well known brand and will be easy to incorporate into the home automation eco system but I guess I am wrong... Somfy uses more proprietary stuff and not as easy to integrate as I thought... research continues.... Just to clarify, the first motor can also be wired onto the digital output on a wired HA system ie cbus. So realistically you have a lot of different options... We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16660 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110887 7 12126 |