Smart Curtain Motor/Control

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I'm in the market for a motorized curtain rod that can be controlled by Hubitat. Anyone using anything that they are happy with? I'm surprised there aren't as many threads about this on here as I expected. Open to Zigbee, Z-Wave or even WiFi control through a virtual switch on Alexa. I'm not too picky as this is in "my domain" and the WAF isn't super critical for this device.

Thanks!

P.S. Edited to add that I only need these to go from the right to the left, not center draw. Not even sure if this is relevant. They are curtains in from of a patio door in the basement.

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I've seen a few devices designed to pull the leading edge of a curtain along an existing pole but I'm not a fan of those myself. A bit more work, but I fitted curtain rails that have a belt running inside them and a motor clipped to the end which is hidden behind the curtain. My motors are 4 wire mains powered - line open, line close, neutral, earth (Dooya DT52S). The motor is connected to a Qubino Flush Shutter Z Wave module. I have them automated but the module allows a momentary switch to be hard wired so they can be controlled using the switch as well.

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Assuming you are referring to the SwitchBot Curtain 3 which is what I was considering. Has anyone else have any experiences that with them and have an opinion of these?

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I am usig 5 of this toys (original version 1) and they are working just fine.
At the beginning for the HE integration I was using @tomw nice drivers but this
is cloud based integration. For a different reason I added Home Assistant and
it immediately picked up all my Switchbot Curtains. Thanks to HA now the integration
is 100% local. I am using HADB for the HE-HA integration.

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Awesome to hear. I think Iā€™m going for v3 just released. Looks like you have to buy the hub now if i understand it correctly.

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You need a Switchbot Hub only for the could-baseed integration. For the app only
and for the HA BT integration you don't need a hub.

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@wiegout I'm in a similar situation, but center draw. Did you end up getting v3 and integrate without the gateway? Happy with the result if so?

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I have the gateway. AFAIK you need it to integrate with Hubitat directly as there is no bluetooth radio. I'm happy with it. Ended up getting this glide tape to keep it from getting hung up. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08RXKVK3X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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awesome, and thank for the recommendation on that tape - seems to be a miracle based on reviews ha!

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