Has anyone experience with Curtain systems / brands and homey?

Floodnl

Hi all,

i am kindy in a lucky spot were i do not have my complete house automated (yet) but i am in the process of it. 
My new years resolution was to do every month something adding to the Homey and the house.

And next up i would like to purchase an Curtain rail system so i can open the curtains with homey. but i searched around and do not find much on this topic.

my questions i have about this item are:

-Which system / brand works flawless with homey?
-Where did you bought your railsystem? (no Bouwmarkt has some i noticed) 
-Are there any cons having a system like this?  

i would like to hear some personal experiences and appreciated all of the time and effort you guys spend on this topic, my thanks. 

lubbertkramer

Just completed kickstarter Slide will be compatible with Homey (Slide has contact with dev to make Homey app), there is a topic about it on the forum here. Preorders can be made by there website/indiego -> https://forum.athom.com/discussion/2382/new-dutch-kickstarterproject-slide-homey-ready

jeroenbos22

I have somfy vouwfordijnen here. Works prefect! They always open automagically on sunrise and close on sunset

Eternity

I have two sets Kallox (https://www.pahedomotica.nl/product-categorie/gordijnrails/kallox-elektrische-gordijnrail/) in my livingroom and kitchen. They are controlled by a KaKu ASUN-650 and work nicely with Homey. 

Cheap system, have had them for over 5 years, never an issue. One flaw: operating is noisy...

0burner0

I use also Kallox, with infrared. With a harmoney hub it works perfect.

Only thing is that if I use the voice command homey always reacts, Cant find any curtains. Then opens and close them,

Floodnl

Thanks all!  Really handy knowing your experiences much appreciated i am not sure with Kickstarts and indogogo (i rather pay a bit more for a final product that is delivered instead of gambling if it comes) 

And infrared i am a bit worried about since it's not working a 100% but with a KaKu could work yea

propeller

I use a Forest curtain, not cheap but it works well and can handle curves. I control it with the Z-wave app. The Forest app doesn't work.
When using the voice command, Homey react by me also with a "cant find a curtain". 

Julian

I also have two Forest Shuttle curtains and I agree they work very well, very low noise. Before there was a specific app I used the KAKU ASUN-650 and am now using the Homey Forest app without any problems. 

Eternity

As said, I use Kallox.

Some extra thoughts....

I have made my own Flows to voice control them, no issues, works great.

Also, I made a flow to check whether the curtains are closed at night (as KaKu doesn't allow 2-way communication). This is not 100% safe, but works too.

What I have not achieved - but this might be possible - is to half-open the curtains...
Not sure if is is possible with the ASUN option. Bare in mind, Kallox can also be ordered with z-wave Fibaro relais! If I would buy a new set, I think I would replace the ASUN with z-wave.