Best Smart Curtains?

rhodesda · February 7, 2020, 12:22pm

What would the Broadlink RM do, not heard of those. It sounds like the Harmony Hub but for RF, is that right?

Z-wave does look to be the simplest option though!

Royski · February 7, 2020, 1:15pm

It can learn the IR codes of the remote, and also integrates with HE now thanks to this dev.

Royski · February 7, 2020, 2:08pm

Sorry also forgot to say the the RM Pro also does RF frequency too. I tried it with my old LightWaveRF devices and it worked Mines been sat in its box since I bought it nearly 3 years ago

rhodesda · February 7, 2020, 2:25pm

I think i'll go for the z-wave option, is the driver built-in to HE

Royski · February 7, 2020, 3:48pm

Yeah just the standard Shade driver.

rhodesda · February 25, 2020, 1:33pm

Not got one yet! Tempted by the zigbee version as I have no other z-wave devices and it's a bit cheaper!

Do you think this driver will work for it?

Royski · February 25, 2020, 2:37pm

I would reckon so

Angus_M · February 25, 2020, 4:48pm

Please let me know how you get on with this zigbee device, if you decide to buy it. I'm interested in this too!

rhodesda · February 25, 2020, 5:10pm

From the pictures it looks like the zigbee unit doesn't have a plug, not sure how it's wired up!

Royski · February 25, 2020, 5:12pm

It'll have a 3 prong electrical connection underneath the motor I suspect, like my Z-wave ones.

Edit
I guess not. It looks like you power the switch, which in turn powers the rail according to this video.

rhodesda · February 25, 2020, 5:34pm

Messy! I'll stick to zwave.

Royski · February 25, 2020, 5:47pm

You could always bypass the switch and not use it?

rhodesda · February 25, 2020, 5:49pm

I think he said the zigbee receiver was in that unit.

Royski · February 25, 2020, 6:43pm

Ah, bummer

gassgs · June 30, 2020, 7:24pm

Thanks for the recommendation on these. They work and look great!!
I wonder if anyone has tried these yet with Hubitat? Looks like a new zigbee version and they are a bit cheaper than the Z-Wave ones.

Royski · June 30, 2020, 7:35pm

I'm glad you like them I'm almost a year in with mine now, and they've been working flawlessly Its the only part of my hobby that the Mrs actually likes!

It looks like they have different ceiling fixings on that video, much nicer than the ones I have, maybe I'll see if they can send me some of those.

mr.Loma · July 1, 2020, 10:57am

I just bought the z-wave zemismart curtains after reading this thread, they are very nice and work like a charm.

andreiul · December 19, 2020, 11:02pm

Hi, any updates on the zigbee version?

I was ready to buy the zwave version but I noticed that my Fibaro Motion Sensors have very low range. If I close the bedroom door the signal is lost... I'm talking about 10m between HE and Fibaro, 1 (brick) wall in between.

Never had any problems with Hue (same distance - HE and Hue Hub are in the same spot) so I think Zigbee has better range. Today I bought a cheap Lidl Zigbee door/window sensor that works in the same conditions with HE.

What should I get? ZWave or Zigbee version of these curtains?

Angus_M · December 20, 2020, 12:46am

My vote is always for Zigbee. Same frequency globally so no danger of incompatible devices. No security issues, unlike all the horror stories on the Z-wave stack on the C7 hub. YMMV of course. But I'm personally a Zigbee fanboi.

gassgs · December 20, 2020, 12:59am

I have 2 of the newer Zigbee 3.0 motors and 1 of the Z wave version. Got them direct from the zemismart site. They both work great. I would say the z wave version is maybe a little quieter (small difference). The Z wave model works with the built in driver, which is nice but lacks some features("stop" function). The Zigbee model needs a community driver but has the "stop" function. The Zigbee model also seems to work well as a repeater.