Actually one of the blinds places I'd seen before now seems to be offering more Somfy add ons:but £462.Within the past decade, the amount of smart devices we use has grown exponentially. The place I bought the blind from sells a unit similar to the one linked to, that appears to allow for control by home automation systems, so I guess that's how they intend them to work.Shame, I thought that Rako control was going to turn out to be a relativiely cheap option, but it's looking quite pricey, unless I bodge something together myself. However the motors don't really look like they're designed to have a new controller fitted, very much a sealed unit (based on my quick look after the blind fell apart during a fitting 'incident').The place I got the blind from mentioned that they could be controlled by home automation systems, including Rako, and then I saw someone on here mention that they thought they were directly compatible with Rako, but looks like they were incorrect. That was what I'd initially thought, that I'd have to buy Rako blind controllers and that I'd then have to fit them on to the motors in place of the supplied RF control unit.
One bodge solution I can think of is to hack up a Somfy remote and replace the buttons with an iTach relay control, which should allow me to control it via TCPIP, which is my main aim! Doesn't have to be via Rako, just thought that was going to be the easy solution, especially as I was considering Rako for my lighting control!Looks like the device in the link you provided would do the trick, though starts to get very expensive, as as well as the several hundred quid for that unit I'll need yet another TCPIP to RS-232, interface which is an extra £115 on top of the Rako unit! Why can't all these RF units just use one standard. Mmm, annoying, I had read that Somfy blinds could be directly controlled by Rako but maybe that was incorrect. Maybe worth giving Somfy a ring / e-mail, I'd love to hear if there is a sensible solution available. I suspect you can count on headaches with operation in practice.Hope you can find a neater way, but I couldn't which is why I gave up.
Or to do it all through a proper home automation setup and get the zWave to RTS bit and have Rako inputs trigger Somfy outputs via Zwave.
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