Thanks for posting this question, I was able to get only the blind accessory to show up in the Home app by excluding the “Switch” and “SwitchLevel” capabilities in the Homebridge config file:
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Anyone try to open the braunit battery pack and replace the batteries?
Are you using the IKEA blinds driver from @a4refillpad? That is important. I am not sure if other drivers report battery levels.
The battery levels are updated every 7320 seconds or 122 minutes or about every 2 hours.
yes i am using the same driver. I was talking about other dashboard you had. Open close and battery level on the same view. What template did you set on the button? I select shade in the template? Its showing Blind Name and slider bar.
The % is shade position, not battery level.
I have OCDP so all the shades have to be at the same level.
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ok thank you! it make sense now. I thought it was battery level. One last question: Where do you set the battery level update frequency?
I did not set it. Perhaps there is something in the driver code to edit, but you don’t want the blinds too chatty which reduces battery life. @a4refillpad most likely either determined that is the best interval, or it is hard coded into the firmware of the blind.
Why would you want to know battery level more often?
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Probably expected, but I'll report the new Ikea motorized blinds Tredansen (white cellular blinds) also work with hubitat and the community drivers. Thanks to all those that contributed to those driver projects!
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there is really no need know battery level very often? Since you said battery level are updated every 2 hours. i thought maybe you had custom settings etc to set that up. Its all clear now. Thank you!
Are they still only available in Germany? Don't see them in any west coast US stores.
Looks like they are available in South Philly (at least one size anyway), so you can get them some places in the US, maybe just not on your coast.
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Not available in most local stores, I believe. I ordered mine online (USA), came within about a week.
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Yeah not available for delivery to my zip code, and I only have one size at this point. So I'll just have to sit on my hands for a little while longer.
These might work great in our bedroom where my wife wants cellular blinds.
This driver code worked perfectly fine for me.
Now I have different challenge. All blinds or shades are having maximum height of 76 3/4" (195cm) and some of our windows are 82". So whenever I press open or set level to 100%, it only extends by 76 3/4". Is there anyway to tell the motor to extend blind beyond 76 3/4"?
I don't think so, and even if you could, I don't think it would matter. I just opened mine all the way and then took a look at the tube. When I push the fabric a bit, I can feel it resisting and hear a little of what sounds like glue separating. I'm pretty sure there is no more usable fabric to be had after it's fully extended.
I have this blind on a door with a transom and have a similar problem. The only thing I've thought about is buying one of the non-motorized blinds of the same width and then seaming another 18 inches or so of fabric onto the bottom of the blind. I wouldn't be able to roll that extra fabric up, so when it's fully "open" the transom would be covered.
I extended my blind cellular shade by gluing them together. It always goes up fully as the motor only stops when it get some resistance (looks like that is feedback). But when I open from fully closed position it only opens 76 3/4" (or set number of revolution) and then stops as there is no feedback loop. I am just wondering is this number of revolution hardcoded or can be changed. Or the solution is to increase the diameter of the rotor so that for set number of revolution, the amount of string extended is more.
Hi
I have TREDANSEN blinds, I am new to Hubitat.
Can you tell me how can I set up drivers for my blinds?
I have no experience with the TREDANSEN blinds but a comment above indicates they should work with Hubitat, presumeably treating them just like FYRTUR. I don't know if this will be much help but here are is my change log entry from when I installed my FYRTUR shades:
Installed IKEA Tradfri Zigbee repeater and first Fyrtur shade.
At this time, there is no way to pair both the IKEA provided remote and Hubitat to the same shade, so I didn’t even bother pairing/installing the remote. Instead, I’ll use Hubitat to control it. Keep in mind that regardless, the shade can be controlled by pushing the up and down buttons on the shade itself to the left for the battery compartment.
Note that the Tradfri repeater is simply a Zigbee repeater. The provided repeaters aren’t necessary to the shade’s operation and can be used independently as a repeater where needed.
Generally followed steps below (italicized) found at Ikea Blinds - #114 by nkyspike, although I used a different driver (see below).
Step 1 - charge the battery pack. It’s 2,600 MAh and reports I’ve read state it should ‘last several months on a charge’.
Step 2 - Pair the Tradfri repeater in an outlet relatively close to the shade. To pair: Plug in the repeater into the USB plug and then into your outlet. The light will come on steady. To get it in pairing mode, with the repeater plugged in, use a safety-pin/sewing needle and insert it into the small hole next to the USB socket, you will feel the reset button and hold that down with the pin for 10-15 seconds. Remove the pin/needle and the white LED should start to blink. Then set your Hub to Zigbee discovery.
Step 3 - Mount/install the shade hardware - pretty basic and quick
Step 4 - Insert the battery pack into the blinds. There are two small buttons to the left of the battery door that manually operate the shade up and down.
Step 5 - Install the User Driver from @Ryan780 (thank you @Ryan780 ! ) which can be copied from this post (updated to version with battery reporting): Ikea Blinds
Step 6 - Pair the shade by following @Kev ‘s post quoted here. Remember to use the driver from step 5. After the LED on the blind turns on, set your Hub to Zigbee Pairing mode.
Kev:
Ok Managed to pair It this way.
Pair repeater with He.
Reboot He.
Reset blind:-
For wireless roller blind:
Press on both buttons for 5 seconds. A LED
will blink once to confirm the reset.
Step 7 - Set the Max Open and close states for the shade. Get the shade where you want it to be ‘most Open’ either via the manual buttons next to the battery or by using Hubitat device page/dashboard. Then double-tap the down button on the shade to the left of the battery pack. The shade will move up and down 1 CM if it was set properly. This now is equal to ‘100’ open for the shade.
Used the driver referenced in post [RELEASE] IKEA window roller blinds found at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a4refillpad/hubitat-IKEA-window-blinds/master/IKEA-window-blind-driver-code.
Everything worked OK, but there are no good instructions for setting the max shade length; that is, when to stop when it is closing the shade. This is a one-time thing after the shade gets paired, but since it is Zigbee, it is relatively easy to re-pair. To start the pairing process, hold down both the up and down buttons (on the shade itself to the left of the battery compartment) until the LED lights. Then discover device in Hubitat. After pairing, you can put the shade down to its desired max length and then double tap either of the up or down buttons on the shade. If the process worked, the shade will roll up then back down just a centimeter or so.
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I will add, I found @a4refillpad's driver to work much better for the Ikea blinds. I submitted a pull request on that driver with two updates (Tresdansen fingerprint and battery percentage): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a4refillpad/hubitat-IKEA-window-blinds/76165b05e952ca1a9e152905df9a8b0dc03392c2/IKEA-window-blind-driver-code
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