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rstrouse / ESPSomfy-RTS

A controller for Somfy RTS shades and blinds
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Just asking some stuff #319

Closed gralfj closed 2 months ago

gralfj commented 3 months ago

Describe you new feature you'd like

first things first, Hi there

just reading the net I have found this project wich is very interesting to me.

I have several somfy shades, smome of them remote controlled, some by wall switchs

I would like to know about this, but seems this is not a forum like as far as I have seen.

Is there any place I can ask about my doubts

thanks in advance

Nickduino commented 3 months ago

of them remote controlled

Controllable by ESPSomfy-RTS if it uses the RTS protocole (i.e. not io homecontrol)

some by wall switchs

Not controllable by ESPSomfy-RTS.

rstrouse commented 2 months ago

To expand on @Nickduino 's response. If your wall switches are Decoflex RTS or Smoove RTS they will work just fine. However, if they say IO on them anywhere then they will not work.

Nickduino commented 2 months ago

My bad, I understood "wall switch" as hardwired (so not radio based).

gralfj commented 2 months ago

Hi, sorry, my little english hehehhe. By wall switch I meant hardwired, so there is a wire from the switch to the blind.

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rstrouse commented 2 months ago

ESPSomfy RTS is capable of switching using relays. However, this requires a bit of electrical experience to wire them in. See https://github.com/rstrouse/ESPSomfy-RTS/wiki/Controlling-Motors-with-GPIO

gralfj commented 2 months ago

ESPSomfy RTS is capable of switching using relays. However, this requires a bit of electrical experience to wire them in. See https://github.com/rstrouse/ESPSomfy-RTS/wiki/Controlling-Motors-with-GPIO

Hi, thank you for your reply.

I have read all the documentation on this github, what my little english understands is

and by the way, I want to keep my remotes functional.

rstrouse commented 2 months ago

The GPIO pins connect to a relay as a dry contact. You will need to do some research online as most of these are 3 wire motors where there is 1 wire for common, 1 wire for up, and 1 wire for down. Connecting a relay to the ESP32 is done via the pin triggers.

EDIT: So the short answer to will the device need to be connected to AC? In short NO it must be connected through a relay of sufficient specification to switch the loads in question. The number of devices that are needed are will be driven by the location of the wiring. If it is centralized that dramatically lessens the number of required devices.

rstrouse commented 2 months ago

I am going to close this one for now. If you need further assistance, re-open this issue.

gralfj commented 2 months ago

Ok, thanks.

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