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MakeNBreak20 Mar 2021 20:21Hello everyone,
We are about to start building our single-family house and I need your help regarding the automation of our blinds. Initially, we didn’t plan to include smart home components as such, but automatic shading is becoming increasingly important to us. At first, we only wanted to control the blinds on the ground floor and upper floor with a central switch for each level. However, the more we thought about it, the fewer scenarios there are where we realistically want to control all the blinds on one floor at the same time. It makes more sense for us to control predefined groups of blinds centrally (for example, raise all blinds on the upper floor except the children’s room because they sleep longer in the morning). After a while, we asked ourselves why we should still operate the blinds manually when they could be controlled automatically based on time, dusk, or the level of sunlight. If there is a storm, the blinds should be raised, and I want to create scenes for hot summer days where the blinds do not raise in the morning but the slats tilt, and so on.
I have already thought about scenes I would like to implement, which require access to brightness, dusk, wind speed, and time. These must be assignable to individual groups.
My first question is whether you know of a good blog or other source that explains the rules for this. I find it quite difficult to come up with an automation logic that works universally (different shading rules for winter, summer, holidays, vacation, etc.). Often, blogs focus only on the technology but not on the logic behind it. As I said, I have some ideas, but I would like to know how others have solved this problem. I don’t need to reinvent the wheel. The information on manufacturer websites is rather sparse.
My second question is what technical solutions would be suitable for us. Our electrician mentioned the Warema WMS system. This can be easily added via an inline plug connected to the power supply. The mesh network makes the whole setup radio-failure-safe despite being wireless, and the costs are reasonable. I would appreciate your opinion on this and what alternatives might be available.
Best regards,
Dominik
We are about to start building our single-family house and I need your help regarding the automation of our blinds. Initially, we didn’t plan to include smart home components as such, but automatic shading is becoming increasingly important to us. At first, we only wanted to control the blinds on the ground floor and upper floor with a central switch for each level. However, the more we thought about it, the fewer scenarios there are where we realistically want to control all the blinds on one floor at the same time. It makes more sense for us to control predefined groups of blinds centrally (for example, raise all blinds on the upper floor except the children’s room because they sleep longer in the morning). After a while, we asked ourselves why we should still operate the blinds manually when they could be controlled automatically based on time, dusk, or the level of sunlight. If there is a storm, the blinds should be raised, and I want to create scenes for hot summer days where the blinds do not raise in the morning but the slats tilt, and so on.
I have already thought about scenes I would like to implement, which require access to brightness, dusk, wind speed, and time. These must be assignable to individual groups.
My first question is whether you know of a good blog or other source that explains the rules for this. I find it quite difficult to come up with an automation logic that works universally (different shading rules for winter, summer, holidays, vacation, etc.). Often, blogs focus only on the technology but not on the logic behind it. As I said, I have some ideas, but I would like to know how others have solved this problem. I don’t need to reinvent the wheel. The information on manufacturer websites is rather sparse.
My second question is what technical solutions would be suitable for us. Our electrician mentioned the Warema WMS system. This can be easily added via an inline plug connected to the power supply. The mesh network makes the whole setup radio-failure-safe despite being wireless, and the costs are reasonable. I would appreciate your opinion on this and what alternatives might be available.
Best regards,
Dominik
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allstar8320 Mar 2021 20:37M
MakeNBreak21 Mar 2021 22:39Thanks to you. We still have the following points unclear.
The linked article states that the wind sensor cannot be connected to roller shutters, etc., via Tahoma. It must always be connected directly to the motor.
I don’t understand this. Does the wind sensor communicate directly with the roller shutters? Does this mean I cannot use the wind sensor values for scenes?
What about the wireless range across multiple floors? I thought the Warema WMS system was well set up here (mesh network).
How flexible am I with the Somfy Tahoma scenes? When I watch the videos about this, a scene is simply assigned to a time (drag & drop if-then, scenes on a schedule). How flexible am I in combining different sensor variables? Is there also a way to “script” scenes?
The linked article states that the wind sensor cannot be connected to roller shutters, etc., via Tahoma. It must always be connected directly to the motor.
I don’t understand this. Does the wind sensor communicate directly with the roller shutters? Does this mean I cannot use the wind sensor values for scenes?
What about the wireless range across multiple floors? I thought the Warema WMS system was well set up here (mesh network).
How flexible am I with the Somfy Tahoma scenes? When I watch the videos about this, a scene is simply assigned to a time (drag & drop if-then, scenes on a schedule). How flexible am I in combining different sensor variables? Is there also a way to “script” scenes?
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