This custom component home-assistant (http://www.home-assistant.io) can control the Slide (https://slide.store). NOTE: slide has stopped their business and it is unknown when the Cloud API stops working (currently paid until 30-June-2024)
The slide
integration is included into the Home Assistant and it is based on this custom component. The custom component will contain newer features then the standard integrated one, until it is hopefully merged into Home Assistant. At this moment the local API will only be available in the custom component. Also Home Assistant dictates that integrations should move to the GUI integration instead of the YAML file, which is difficult/impossible with the local API configuration.
slide
<config dir>/custom_components
directory.By default the Slide connects to the cloud API, but it is possible to use the local API too (only 1 of them can be active). To switch between the cloud and local API, do the following step:
LED flashes 5x fast: cloud API disabled, local API enabled
LED flashes 2x slow: local API disabled, cloud API enabled
NOTE: If a new Slide is installed, it could be the firmware is too old. Configure it via the cloud API and wait a few days.
To use this component in your installation With the Local API, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file for each Slide:
# Example yaml entry
cover:
- platform: slide
host: 192.168.1.1
password: 12345678
api_version: 2
Configuration variables:
NOTE: You cannot determine the firmware yourself. If API version 2 does not work, try API version 1. In the following reddit there is a spreadsheet with all known slides and their firmeware version: https://www.reddit.com/r/slidecurtains/comments/1cwc5u2/which_firmware_version_does_your_slide_have/
To use this component in your installation for the Cloud API, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
slide:
username: slide@somedomain.com
password: secret
scan_interval: 30
invert_position: False
verify_ssl: True
Configuration variables:
The Slide integration device, local or cloud, is not shown in Settings -> Devices & Services -> Devices
. To see the Slide device information go to Developer tools -> States
and search for cover
.
Setup video Slide with curtain opening both side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4TPknt7yqU
Setup video Slide with curtain opening single side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJg2V_yjXv8
There is also a Reddit community created, with usefull Slide information. The URL to it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/slidecurtains/
The reset button is placed in an opening on the bottom of Slide, opposite the opening with the light. Use something like a paperclip to push and hold the reset button for at least 10 seconds. Slide will return to factory settings and the light will start pulsating (going on and off slowly). The hard reset is now complete.
It is possible to debug the Slide component and API library, this can be done by adding the following lines to the configuration.yaml
file:
logger:
logs:
goslideapi: debug
custom_components.slide: debug
homeassistant.components.slide: debug