[ANSWERED]control for somfy blinds won't work

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Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:15 pm
mrboberto offline
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[ANSWERED]control for somfy blinds won't work

So I'm using the somfy to insteon bridge that has been working really well - I believe it uses a preconfigured IOLinc

While the drape control works awesome on timers and other trigger actions I can't get it to behave correctly inside a control page

When I start with the blinds open and I touch the button it correctly shuts the blinds and correctly updates the control page button state and I get the following:
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" off
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" status request (received input sensor: open)
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" status request (received output relay: off)

So far so good. Except when I now go to open them again and touch the blinds button again I get the exact same event logs and everything is stuck with the shades being closed:
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" off
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" status request (received input sensor: open)
Sent INSTEON "Studio Blinds" status request (received output relay: off)

My control page button is set up like this:
Display: "Device State" Device: "Studio Blinds" then with "Binary Output 1"

I've also tried fiddling with the Studio Blinds IOLinc settings to no avail

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
-Bob

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Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:02 am
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Re: control for somfy blinds won't work

What is the server action performed when the button is tapped?

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Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:33 pm
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Re: control for somfy blinds won't work

Here is what I have, hope it is of some help to you.

MY HARDWARE OVERVIEW:
EZIO40
Somfy Controller
Somfy LT-30 Roller Blinds motors

* note, back when I set mine up, the instructions DID NOT match the correct wire colors, so nothing worked. My correct wiring is:

#1 Red/White = Up
#2 Red/Black = Down
#3 Red/Green = Stop
#4 N/A

Sounds like you have these products
http://www.smarthome.com/318276I/I-O-Linc-INSTEON-to-Somfy-RF-Drape-Control-Kit/p.aspx

The product photo shows 1 cable, but the wiring diagram seems to show 2 [??] Maybe this is an IOlinc thing?


MY CP OVERVIEW:
- Window shade image [this displays the current state of the shades as a variable, and the images are]

Shades+.png [shades UP]
Shades+down.png [shades DOWN]
Shades+mid.png [shades MID]
Shades+true.png [shades UP]
Shades+up.png [shades UP]

Indigo 6>IndigoWebServer>images>controls>variables

CP Object settings:
Display = Variable Value for Shades_CurrentState
As Image = Shades+.png
Server action = execute embedded AppleScript

Code: Select all
if value of variable "Shades_CurrentState" is "down" then
   execute group "Shades UP"
else if value of variable "Shades_CurrentState" is "up" then
   execute group "Shades DOWN"
end if


- Action Groups
DOWN.png
DOWN.png (111.11 KiB) Viewed 3859 times


UP.png
UP.png (101.05 KiB) Viewed 3859 times


Tapping the image is basically a "toggle" between open and closed. I also have 5 buttons that perform specific tasks:
DOWN
DOWN MID
UP
UP MID
STOP

More info at this post:
http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/userforum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8748&hilit=somfy

For the Scheduled window events I have conditions in place that take into account the fact I may have manually altered the shades position prior to the schedule. Example:
For the DOWN schedule to execute the variable must be either [equal to UP] or [equal to MID] This prevents a DOWN action if the shades are already down.

Good Luck!

Posted on
Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:19 pm
mrboberto offline
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Re: control for somfy blinds won't work

craig - your trick with tying the image to a variable and using an AppleScript snippet to execute an action group worked beautifully!

You the MAN!!!!!!

Thanks again! This is completely awesome and everyone thinks I'm a wizard now :)

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