ᐅ Centralized Control of Roller Shutters – Which Solution?

Created on: 11 Mar 2021 22:11
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Palme23
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Palme23
11 Mar 2021 22:11
Hello everyone,

we are currently building our single-family house with a general contractor. Our quote includes electronic roller shutters and venetian blinds. The offer also includes one switch planned for each roller shutter or venetian blind. However, we are not entirely satisfied because there is no option to lower all the roller shutters and venetian blinds at once. Currently, I see the following solutions:

1) One central switch per floor (basement, ground floor, upper floor) that lowers all the roller shutters/venetian blinds on that level. According to the electrician, this is complicated to implement and quite expensive (about 1000 euros per switch plus wiring).

2) Each roller shutter/venetian blind is equipped with an actuator (is that the correct term?), which we can control wirelessly. In other words, everything operates with switches, but I have the option to send a wireless signal to all roller shutters so they go down or up together.

3) Electric wireless drives are used (e.g., Somfy Rs 100 io). Then no wired switches would be needed for the drives. However, I would have wireless switches stuck to the whole wall. Is that really practical?

I’m sure there are clever solutions I haven’t thought of… Can you help me?
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haydee
11 Mar 2021 22:16
I don’t understand why you have an entire wall full at point 3. There is a central switch, for example in the hallway, and at the window you can install individual switches to operate each roller shutter separately.
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Palme23
11 Mar 2021 22:32
haydee schrieb:

I don’t understand why you have an entire wall full at point 3. There is a central switch, for example in the hallway, and you can install individual switches at the windows to operate each roller shutter separately.

Maybe I didn’t explain myself clearly. Yes, there aren’t any more switches, but these switches are stick-on types (at least with Somfy), which look different from the others, and I can already imagine the kids pulling those switches off.
tomtom7911 Mar 2021 22:48
Regarding point 3, or you have a Tahoma box with a mobile phone and control everything through it.
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haydee
11 Mar 2021 23:03
Our Somfy switches fit standard frames. However, I’m not sure which type we have.
Tarnari11 Mar 2021 23:21
1000€ per switch? So 3000€ for all three floors? Let someone say again that KNX is expensive.
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