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Smart-ening Window Blinds (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by synestine@sh.itjust.works to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I've got some decent window blinds at my house (tilt as well as roll-up and -down), but I didn't want to shell out another couple hundred per-window to make them "smart", let alone being tied to a cloud service that could spontaneous combust any day now...

I've done numerous searches, but have not found anything decent that I could use to retrofit to add any sort of automation to these blinds. The best I could find were purpose-built and/or roller shades.

Is anyone here aware of any projects or products that can be added to a set of blinds to locally automate any of their features? I'm running latest stable Home Assistant in a container, with HACS, if that helps.

TIA!

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[โ€“] synestine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are kinda what I mentioned originally. The first is for roller shades, the second for curtains. They're good at what they do, but that's not blinds.

I'm fine with them being battery powered. The nice thing about having a window right there is that it can have a small solar panel up high to recharge if needed.

I've got several sensors and even a deadbolt that run on battery, and they go for over a year before needing a replacement.

[โ€“] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry I couldn't be of more help