Hi, I had recently installed a few vertical blinds in the living room and I wonder if there is any way to automate them. (Not horizontal blinds, not shades, and not roller blinds, because cats. :slight_smile: With pretty much anything else, they will nag me to keep them open all the time, but then…

So your window coverings have only one rod? You turn it to rotate (“tilt“) the vanes, and you push/pull it to move them? That’s more of a high end design associated with brands like Bali and Levolor, which typically offer their own motorization options. For less expensive manual vertical blinds ther…

Thank you for the reply! Does Sunsa Walls integrate with SmartThings? Also, yes the rod does move on the track. Will that be an issue with smart wands like Sunsa? It’s strange that it’s unusual, in all my life in USA I haven’t seen any other design for vertical blinds. :-/ I don’t mind two motors…

Also looking at GrayWind. They have another cord connecting the blades on the bottom. Do you know if it is required? As in, will they work of I remove this bottom cord? (Because cats!)

[image] Anna_M: Also looking at GrayWind. They have another cord connecting the blades on the bottom. Do you know if it is required? As in, will they work of I remove this bottom cord? (Because cats!) People with pets do commonly remove the cords attaching the slats at the bottom to each othe…

A friend of mine suggests in your set up to look at the E Wand from current products instead of the Sunsa because the wand is battery operated, and she thinks it will be easier to adapt to sliding along the track. They cost about the same, although of course, you will have to replace batteries with …

I’ve updated my post, it looks like the more expensive brands like Levolor and Bali do mostly use a one wand design these days where the wand slides along the track. Apologies for any confusion. I think it’s possible that with this kind of design, you could set it up so that the Switchbot could pus…

Thanks!!! Looks like if I’m going with two motors, E Wand is the better solution indeed! Reviews under GrayWind from pet owners say that if I remove the bottom cord, I won’t like the result. Ugh! Because they are a possibility. (And, it’s a bit more than money, it would be nice to minimize plastic…

Please let me know if you were able to make the SwitchBot work. I haven’t measured my blinds yet, but I imagine the track is similar.

Did you end up trying E Wand? How well does it work with SmartThings?

Yeah I’m just here to bump for an update as to if the switchbot was able to fit and work. I get the same feeling that it seems like it could be hacked to fit the off label size.

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