I decided to pick up a Z-uno to try and integrate my Hunter Douglas blinds into my Hubitat network. Im trying to have the Z-uno run a sketch with two output pins that go LOW for say 100ms and connect these to my blinds controller as the up and down are just switches that pull to ground. I need a very simple driver in Hubitat with two buttons say "open" and close". I can figure out the arduino side of things but have no idea where to start on the hubitat side of things. Ive included the z-uno but thats where Im stuck. thanks
https://z-uno.z-wave.me/technical/
Looks like it is a pretty complex multichannel device. Supporting just about every device type via different endpoints. Do they have any other docs that says which endpoints do what? Or do they expect you to connect to a hub which fully interviews the device (Hubitat does not).
Looks like that code has to go on the device.
Its going to be easiest if you bind something useful to the main endpoint.
The easiest would probably be multilevel switch (dimmer). Then you could use a generic dimmer driver with it. To simulate blinds you could create a virtual blinds device and mirror the level to it with a rule or other app.
Actually... since Hubitat did not support the Windowshade class until recently my ZEN53 driver will pick up multilevel and then treat the device like blinds. The way the driver is made it can be used a generic blinds driver as well, just dont use the calibration commands. [DRIVER] Zooz ZEN53 DC Motor Controller (for shades)
I wonder what reports the device sends when you use ZUNO_BLINDS_CHANNEL_NUMBER (from zunoAddChannel)
*Dang this thing looks really complicated just to control some blinds! Are you just connecting this to one motor? ZEN53 would have been plug and play.
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appreciate the input. yeah loading a generic driver may just work. Im not connecting this as a motor controller Im connecting this to the wireless remote for all the blinds.
Ah, well I know you are already going down this path but a Bond Bridge probably would have been way easier. Let me know if you need any other zwave help.
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I looked into that option but apparently hunter douglas does some tricky 2.4ghz stuff with the remote so it’s not compatible. What about a dual relay z wave device the just pulls to ground on each relay? Could I have the Hubitat send an open command after closing the relay for a set amount of time?
You could and technically you can schedule things down to the ms, but then you also have the factor of network latency so it may not be precise every time. Much better to have the timed delay on the device that is hard wired to the remote.
I think the Z-Uno can work you just have to no only program the device, but then get it working on Z-wave with a driver. Based on those specs, if the device is programmed correctly it should not be hard to get it working in Hubitat.
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