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* Curtains/blinds motors. Part 2Jethro_uk
+* Re: Curtains/blinds motors. Part 2Andy Burns
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Subject: Curtains/blinds motors. Part 2
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 by: Jethro_uk - Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:16 UTC

So having discovered the first unit would not connect to the smart app
and thence to Google, I ordered another (which was cheaper) on Friday

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005605858763.html

This came yesterday (from China ???)

Identical casing, but no battery or solar panel. This needs a permanent
12V PSU.

Have no idea how I got it into pairing mode - a series of pressing the
"set" button. The LED blinks red, not blue. But it paired immediately and
showed up in my Tuya Smart app, and thence Google Home.

After some limits fiddling, it works *almost* fine. The only snag being
that Google seems to think it's reversed. So to open them it's "Hey
Google, close the curtains".

I shall fix this by reversing the cords and not telling Google :)

But for <£40 (when some places will happily sell the same solution for
£120) seems a win for d-i-y. And now SWMBO can work these curtains (since
she can't get close enough to pull the cords).

These curtains are on the east side of the property. Which means when
they are open on a bright day the sunlight does a damn good job of
warming the room and thence the house.

I find myself wondering if opening them at sunrise could save 'leccy ?

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 by: Andy Burns - Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:33 UTC

Jethro_uk wrote:

> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005605858763.html
> This came yesterday (from China ???)

They sometimes keep stock in a UK warehouse, other times they
air-freight over a bulk container containing the individual orders, then
handover to royalmail for delivery ... reasonably organised these days,
I've even had separate alixpress orders combined into a single royal
mail grey plastic "envelope".

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 by: Jethro_uk - Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:08 UTC

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:33:54 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

> Jethro_uk wrote:
>
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005605858763.html This came
>> yesterday (from China ???)
>
> They sometimes keep stock in a UK warehouse, other times they
> air-freight over a bulk container containing the individual orders, then
> handover to royalmail for delivery ... reasonably organised these days,
> I've even had separate alixpress orders combined into a single royal
> mail grey plastic "envelope".

For the price and speed, it's practically throwaway !

I am sorely tempted to buy 2 more now. They won't be needed yet, but
given the POC works.

The only - not insurmountable - niggle is needing a permanent power
supply. The non-wifi one with a battery and solar charger* is a neat idea.

*The community are rather dismissive of this. It's about 4cmx15cm. Sticks
on the window. Should pick up enough milliamps over 12+ hours to keep the
battery happy ?

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 by: Jethro_uk - Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:46 UTC

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:16:39 +0000, Jethro_uk wrote:

> After some limits fiddling, it works *almost* fine. The only snag being
> that Google seems to think it's reversed. So to open them it's "Hey
> Google, close the curtains".

When the wifi was stable, the "reverse motor" slider worked. This was the
secret sauce to flip the open/closed status in google.

Now "open curtains" does that :)

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