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Roller Blind Shutter Motor

Posted: Wednesday 20 March 2019 11:23
by ccaru
Hello!,
I have been working with Tubular motors for a while, both wireless and wired, however I've ran into a new challenge: I have this shutter which rolls shut from the bottom UP not top down!

It is currently pulled up by a cable, wound manually hand crank.

I cannot find any motorized version of this. The closest I found are these electric belt drives, but they don't seem to have any simple way to interface with Domoticz.

Does anybody have any experience with this?

Re: Roller Blind Shutter Motor

Posted: Wednesday 20 March 2019 11:55
by emme
...so you have just ONE movement type?
what about a simple sonoff or ESP relay with a simple HTTP command action?

Re: Roller Blind Shutter Motor

Posted: Wednesday 20 March 2019 13:42
by ccaru
Might have misexplained my issue:

Normal tubular motors can work with a potential free switch (E.g. Intertechno ITL-500) The On/Off signals are interpreted as UP and Down. But for this to work, your motor needs 4 wires : Neutral, Up Signal, Down Signal, earth.

The only cable winder motors I can find have a regular "always on" power cable and integral controls : basically an up and down button on the device itself, which is good enough except i have no idea how to integrate it with Domoticz in this case.

Cable/Strap operated roller shutters are common enough in Europe, but I cannot find any model which can be controlled remotely (except some exceptions where they have their own proprietory remote).

I"d be happy if I could install a tubular motor, but because this particular one lifts itself shut rather than descends, it will not work from a mechanical perspective.