Electronic Projector screen automation part of smart home with smartthings hub

[fadafido]

Hi,

I am looking for a device to automate my electronic projector screen. I have Draper Matt white motorized screen 106 “ diagonal screen. which have a motor and a remote.

what device can I use to make it part of smart home. I use samsung smarthing hub v2 with amazon echo.

Thanks.

[johnconstantelo]

Hi @fadafido, welcome to the community! I see you posted a few questions, and that’s great. Hopefully you can find all the answers you need.

If you think about it, technically the projector screen is like a motorized window blind. Depending upon the power requirements of the screen’s motor, perhaps you can incorporate Somfy’s solution, like this:

My Somfy-SmartThings Integration

There is a long thread about how to integrate Somfy Motorized Blinds (Somfy Thread) with Smartthings but I wanted to provide a step by step guide on how I did it. This was a 6 month project in the making between research, pricing out different installers and getting it done. The Somfy Motors, installation costs and zWave Module cost me $1800 total). What made this more complicated was these blinds were purchased from Home Depot 2 years ago and are designed by Hunter Douglas, but are not manufactured by them. The below steps are all AFTER you have motorized your blinds, purchased the zRTSII contoller (Somfy zRTSII) and have programmed your TELIS remote control. You can try and get this part from Lowe's for $95 by ordering it in the store. I also tested the Somfy MyLink Hub, but f…

I think you could also use a set of relays, or something like FortrezZ Mimo2+:

Control:
Motorized window shades
Garage Doors
Motorized Gates
Door Chimes
Solenoids
DC motors
Low Voltage Lighting

http://www.fortrezz.com/io-modules

MIMO2+

[Mike_Maxwell]

Hi,

I am looking for a device to automate my electronic projector screen. I have Draper Matt white motorized screen 106 “ diagonal screen. which have a motor and a remote.

what device can I use to make it part of smart home. I use samsung smarthing hub v2 with amazon echo.

Thanks.

They make several motor control optioms, can you post a link to the one that you purchased?

[fadafido]

This is the one I have: http://www.draperinc.com/projectionscreens/productdetail/285/targa

[fadafido]

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Amazing community. Thanks for the fast reply. I need to study this attached thread as it will help me to do also my curtains as well.

will let you know if I need more help.