zwave motorized blinds

[Dee Dee Sommers]

Hi Jerry,

Thank you!

Thank you also for this tip. This sounds interesting!
So let me get this straight: when no current is applied, the film is non-tinted, but darkens with current? So then when the current is cut off, the film returns to non-tinted? That is really cool!

Dee Dee



> On Jun 15, 2021, at 9:54 AM, Jerry — MacSolutions <jerry at stlmacguy.com> wrote:
> 
> Congrats on the new home Dee Dee!
> 
> I wanted to check in with whoever posted something years ago about "window film that can be tinted by applying DC current to contacts on its edge.”   This post was quite a few years ago however, I always thought that it was the best solution to tinting/darkening windows rather than a mechanical solution.
> 
> Evidently there are some kinds of rods that are suspended inside the film and when no current has supplied, the rods are parallel to the ground.   But when current is slowly increased, the rods start to tilt and darken in various degrees all the way until the window is completely blacked out. I always thought that it was something that would need to be applied by a professional but, who knows?
> 
> Dee Dee, I just wanted to give you another option in case the blind idea didn't work for you. I'm very interested in the solution as well, as the back of our house gets cooked in the summertime.
> 
> —Jerry
> 
>> On Jun 15, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Dee Dee Sommers <deesquared at mac.com <mailto:deesquared at mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 <mailto:mikea0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Good luck!
>>> 
>>> --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?
>>> 
>>> Mark
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