None.
setLevel was provided to make a blind appear to be a dimmable bulb so you could control its position with a dimmer like 50 for half open. Both work the same.
Hi folks, what's the best and latest driver for the IKEA blinds. I have them working fine but my dashboard tiles generally display the wrong percentages. So when they're closed, they may display 37% for example. Am I missing a trick here. Ive tried the diet and also the shades tile but they generally perform the same. Cheers in advance guys
Just checking:
Be sure to set the max lenght on the blind itself.. I think it's pressing both buttons (check manual) on the blind simultaneously, when at desired length.
Pressing both buttons begins the Zigbee inclusion. When the blind is at the length you want, press the bottom button on the blind two times quickly. If the blind goes up a bit then down a bit after pressing the lower button two times quickly , the maximum length has been set.
If the battery is removed, the maximum length will need to be reset but the blind will still be included.
Not at home to see what driver I use. Will check tonight but it does report correctly.
FYI you only need one of the supplied repeaters for a few blinds. My living room has 4 blinds and one repeater. Battery levels report correctly.
A few rooms have 3 blinds with one repeater and those also work correctly and report battery levels correctly.
If you find the battery is at 0% remove the repeater for 10 seconds then plug it back in.
0 is fully closed and 100 is fully open.
Here is my dashboard showing all the battery levels. One is showing 44%.
The driver I am using is from ryan780.
Interesting. This hasn't happened to me, and I've replaced the battery 10 or so times across 3 blinds. I wonder if I have a different firmware in my blinds or something?
EDIT: This is the driver I switched to that the ryan780 driver was originally based on. The author migrated from Smart Things over to Hubitat a little while back, and brought the driver along. [RELEASE] IKEA window roller blinds - #78 by oscopeaaron
After replacing the battery with a freshly charged battery, I found the maximum length was not right, so when Hubitat said to close that blind, it went out the full length. One time one of the blinds went out the full length and kept rotating, which caused the blind to roll up in reverse. I automatically reset the length after replacing the battery to avoid that reverse roll again. Perhaps this relearn is not necessary, but I do it as a habit. One of the blinds needs the battery replaced so I wonât do the relearn and see what happens.
This happened to me once, it was when the battery died when the blind was half-rolling up. I put in the new battery, the blind began unrolling then rolled up the other way. I pressed one of the buttons on the blind to stop it, removed and replaced the battery a 2nd time and the blind behaved normally. It was really strange and freaked me out but hasnât happened again, or on any of my 2 other blinds. I wonder how come it happens so frequently on yours, and if anything can be done to prevent that.
I replace my batteries every 6 weeks and would be super frustrated going through all of what you experience. 
I wouldnât say frequently but it has happened twice with one blind and once with another. Having 12 blinds I just replace the battery with a fully charged one when the HE tile shows a low battery.
Having to reset the length each time the battery is removed does not sound good.
Thatâs caused me to rethink whether I invest in these blinds.
I just had one of these blinds die on me, Ikea was great just called and they are sending a replacement. They said to dispose of the old one. I think maybe its a loose connection or bad solder joint as it would sometimes come back to life for a period of time
I sure could use the white plastic bushing on the opposite end of the drive motor that goes into the tube. One of the shades needed to be cut and the bushing rolled into the expanse that swallows socks and Tupperware lids. Let me know if we can work a deal.
I'll let you know, going to try repairing first
Just swapped the battery in a blind that was reporting 47% battery. After the swap, the blind went full open. When I used the app to close it, the blind went to the predetermined position.
So for the last 6+ months I have needlessly resetting the lower limit because of earlier experiences. 
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Battery in one of the shades was at 40% so I swapped it with a fresh recharged battery. Popped it in and the blind went to full closed where it was touching the floor and proceeded to wind itself backward. So, I will continue resetting the lower limit after replacing the battery unless someone has a better idea.
I have one of the Ikea Zigbee repeaters already in the room where I will be installing these. Do I need the repeater that came with it? Ort can I just use it some other place in the house?
No, you do not need to use the repeater in the room with the shades if no repeater is needed there.
Yes, you can use it in another room where you need a repeater.
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Are you guys having any trouble with statuses being updated? I used the info in this thread and got mine working. They are on a schedule with rule machine and follow the schedule except I have these two issues: 1) occasionally one blind out of three wonât go up or down on schedule 2) the status of the blinds in my dashboard tiles is never 100% accurate
Any thoughts? I am using the modified driver from post 274 of this thread. I was using the original driver from Ryan780 and it wasnât reliable either.
Any ideas guys? I hate not having these work with 100% reliabilityâŚ. Should I just get an Ikea Tradfrii device and pair them to it?
Try staggering them by a few seconds in your schedule. I know it doesn't look as cool, but I've found that it helps for situations like that.
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