zwave motorized blinds

[Dee Dee Sommers]

Greetings. Is there any updated information for controlling blinds?
We finally got into our new home. There is a large window on the east side of the house which is nice — but not so much in the morning. I live in Florida — much closer to James now, as I moved from Tampa to north Florida (almost Georga). 

Anyway, I want to put a solar blind on this window and I’m thinking a motorized one is the obvious best choice, controlled by Xtensioin, of course.

Recommendations, advice, mentoring all greatly appreciated. I am quite excited about this house because it just begs for automation. :)

Thank you all,
Dee Dee

> On Jun 2, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Mike Andrews <mikea0 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have Somfy shades with the Somfy ZRTSi RTS-to-Z-Wave Gateway.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDQbypmxx4&t=5s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDQbypmxx4&t=5s>
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> It has worked really well, once you go through the pain of setting up.
> I have XTension closing all of my shades after sunset through my Vera.
> James set up a device in Xtension so ON = Open, OFF=Closed, STOP = Preset position ("My")  
> You have to reverse the standard so it's 1,2,3 for Closed, Open, STOP.
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> Mostly the setting up windows themselves are the pain. 
> You have to individually "talk" to each motor to get it to accept a new controller, which means the others need to be powered off.
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> The ZRTSi gets added as another Somfy controller the same way on teh RTS side. 
> There are two steps to add the Z-Wave end - add the controller, then the windows individually.
> https://service.somfy.com/downloads/nam_v4/zwave_to_rts_instructions.pdf <https://service.somfy.com/downloads/nam_v4/zwave_to_rts_instructions.pdf>
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> I got my shades from blinds.com <http://blinds.com/> who now makes it less than obvious that the motorization is Somfy.
> Some tips: If you add the gateway and extra remotes to the coverings order it's way cheaper. AIRC the ZRTSi was like $75 when it sells for $300!
> You don't need any Somfy power supply if you order the wire extensions. It's a non-magical 12VDC,
> Get a regulated 300-600w 12VDC power supply from Amazon for $30 or so.
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> Good luck!
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> --Mike
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> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Mark Johannessen <mfjlaw at gmail.com <mailto:mfjlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Are there any suggestions for motorize blinds that work well with
> XTension - maybe zwave?
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> Mark
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