ᐅ Smart Home Standard Roller Shutter Motors in New Construction?
Created on: 13 Jun 2021 16:05
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Simon-L
Hello everyone,
My girlfriend and I are currently in the middle of building our house. Since last week, the shell is basically weather-tight – roof on, windows installed! Unfortunately, there has been a misunderstanding with the window installer and, consequently, also with the electrician, and I’m a bit unsure how to solve this best.
I have been reading through the forum for a while now but feel somewhat overwhelmed 🤨
Here’s the situation:
The window installer installed Somfy ILMO WT motors as well as three "Roma Elero JA Soft blind motors." We didn’t know the exact model names beforehand and assumed the motors could be controlled wirelessly, as this was our understanding during the consultation. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and we are left with standard motors.
The electrician, during the rough-in, pulled all the necessary cables from the distribution board through the ceiling to each room and installed several empty conduits inside the rooms.
There is no direct connection from the blinds to the distribution board; instead, there is only an empty conduit running from each blind to the door.
Now the question is, how can we implement a proper, up-to-date control system with moderate effort and without extremely high costs?
We don’t want to have to operate everything manually all the time...
Do we need a bus system? And can this still be properly wired? Is there a simpler way?
I have also come across flush-mounted receivers, but as I understand it, we would need a switch for each blind.
Or should we even replace the motors?! (Assuming we will have to bear the costs ourselves!)
What we would actually like:
- Standard pushbuttons to control the blinds in SOME rooms, but not all.
(Bedrooms, study, living room for the patio door… but not, for example, in the bathroom or stairwell)
- Time-based control of all blinds/shutters (up in the morning, down in the evening)
- A remote control (or even an app), so we can still operate each blind individually if needed
Thanks in advance! 🙂
Best regards
Simon
My girlfriend and I are currently in the middle of building our house. Since last week, the shell is basically weather-tight – roof on, windows installed! Unfortunately, there has been a misunderstanding with the window installer and, consequently, also with the electrician, and I’m a bit unsure how to solve this best.
I have been reading through the forum for a while now but feel somewhat overwhelmed 🤨
Here’s the situation:
The window installer installed Somfy ILMO WT motors as well as three "Roma Elero JA Soft blind motors." We didn’t know the exact model names beforehand and assumed the motors could be controlled wirelessly, as this was our understanding during the consultation. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and we are left with standard motors.
The electrician, during the rough-in, pulled all the necessary cables from the distribution board through the ceiling to each room and installed several empty conduits inside the rooms.
There is no direct connection from the blinds to the distribution board; instead, there is only an empty conduit running from each blind to the door.
Now the question is, how can we implement a proper, up-to-date control system with moderate effort and without extremely high costs?
We don’t want to have to operate everything manually all the time...
Do we need a bus system? And can this still be properly wired? Is there a simpler way?
I have also come across flush-mounted receivers, but as I understand it, we would need a switch for each blind.
Or should we even replace the motors?! (Assuming we will have to bear the costs ourselves!)
What we would actually like:
- Standard pushbuttons to control the blinds in SOME rooms, but not all.
(Bedrooms, study, living room for the patio door… but not, for example, in the bathroom or stairwell)
- Time-based control of all blinds/shutters (up in the morning, down in the evening)
- A remote control (or even an app), so we can still operate each blind individually if needed
Thanks in advance! 🙂
Best regards
Simon
nordanney schrieb:
Normally not.However, there are definitely some reports and reviews on this topic, and the note in the manufacturer’s manual doesn’t come without reason.
Under normal circumstances, yes, it’s simply the nature of the situation… Components that generate a considerable amount of heat are often confined within an enclosure, which is nearly always sealed all around. It gets warm inside. But yes, in this typical case, it is not critical. The components just age faster and need to be replaced more frequently than, for example, an actuator in the control cabinet.
The adjusters also have to make a living somehow. If they only sold a few actuators per household that didn’t need to be replaced every few years, they would quickly disappear from the market—or we would be out of the consumer sector again—but then the prices would reflect that accordingly.
The adjusters also have to make a living somehow. If they only sold a few actuators per household that didn’t need to be replaced every few years, they would quickly disappear from the market—or we would be out of the consumer sector again—but then the prices would reflect that accordingly.
netuser schrieb:
If so, would the 2.5 be more recommendable?Yes, of course, I was briefly mistaken. I also got those. I believe the 2.0 is no longer available.
untergasse4315 Jun 2021 11:17fab101 schrieb:
If you want to invest a bit more, you could also use the Digitalstrom system. Everything is modulated over the existing power cables.Definitely not... of all the solutions mentioned, this is by far the least reliable. It performs just as well as LAN over power lines.untergasse43 schrieb:
Definitely not... of all the mentioned solutions, this one is by far the most unreliable. It works just as well as LAN over power lines.With all due respect, that is nonsense. I have the system myself and the control works 100%.