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Velux blinds (Radio signal)
EvertorN
Member
Hi guys,
I just moved to a new share house and my room came with Velux automatic blinds. I can control these blinds with a controller that sends out a radio signal. My first thought was of course "I wanna hook this up to Homey". Unfortunately, there is no app yet that adds support for these blinds. I am keen to give it a go myself, but I think I need some device to 'sniff' the radio signal in order to build the app?
Can anyone give me a push in the right direction? How can I decode this radio signal to build my app?
Cheers
I just moved to a new share house and my room came with Velux automatic blinds. I can control these blinds with a controller that sends out a radio signal. My first thought was of course "I wanna hook this up to Homey". Unfortunately, there is no app yet that adds support for these blinds. I am keen to give it a go myself, but I think I need some device to 'sniff' the radio signal in order to build the app?
Can anyone give me a push in the right direction? How can I decode this radio signal to build my app?
Cheers
Comments
Like https://forum.athom.com/discussion/363/io-homecontrol
And to be short, no hope to get it implemented soon if it will be ever possible.
now on my PC I read the whole scanned article,
Are you sure it is the new 2,4 Ghz control you have?
The 433 and 868 Mhz feq. can be scanned from Homey but IO Homecontrol is closed and has security.
That makes it a No-Go.
The 2,4 Ghz can be ZigBee - WiFi or Bluetooth.
https://www.athom.com/en/homey/technology/
If they use that and are open to the protocol's and how it is secured.... it could be possible if you get enough information.
but for now I can't find anything else than IO Homecontrol on the dutch Velux site and cant find any Velux 2.4 Ghz remotes on the velux .com.au or the internet so far.
But it says that you can link its Interface with home automations "smart" systems like CBUS. So maybe instead of trying to figure out a direct communication blinds-Homey you can use their interface (which I think that's the KLF100 below) to control this via Homey, by having a z-wave device hooked up to it like a Fibaro double switch 2 or similar.
I know that this means another device but it is relatively super easy and fast solution. (you don't need the wall-mounted plate like below picture unless you also want such manual control...)
Since you leave in a shared house, when you leave for good just take away with you the z-wave device.
Nice, but I assume this was just the test setup. Otherwise your electrical installation looks downright lethal. At the very least, put the Fibaro inside an electrical junction box.
Also, might it really be water pipes that everything is twisted around..??
I too used the figaro FGS-222.
I used the powercord from the velux to also power the figaro.