Disclosure: We are dealers of Leviosa Motor Shades - the Affordable choice for custom sized premium motor shades.
The intent is to provide options and discussion for superior motorized shades that integrate with ST and other systems, including smart speakers (Alexa, Google Home, etc.).
Leviosa Motor Shades utilize standard wifi technology (2.4GHz) and require a bridge (Leviosa Zone), each bridge commanding up to 6 groups of shades (unlimited number per group). Leviosa motor shades directly integrate with Samsung SmartThings and other home automation systems. Unlike other motor shades that operate on âdimmerâ or âswitchâ settings, Leviosa has its own customized and ST approved device profile, listed under âAll Brandsâ in Devices. No special DH skills needed to link up with Leviosa.
Why Leviosa instead of Lutron, Serena, Zebra ,and others?
High quality - same warranty as others - 5 years. The motor is tested to 30,000 cycles - enough to run the shade 2 cycles everyday for over 40 years! The company is run by motor and battery experts with 75 years experience.
Large Batteries - D size - 7x more energy than AA battery systems. Donât change your batteries for years! And D-size alkaline are common and inexpensive - much less cost than special Lithium.
Home automation ready - Free App (Android and Apple), ST, Alexa, Google Home, others.
Many options: Large shades (up to 16â wide), different valances, dual shades, hardwiring with power supply, 200+ different fabric options
Affordable! Half the cost of others. Finally, reliable Motor shades do not need to be expensive.
In the new app, iâm not seeing it under the Window Treatments category. I see it at the bottom in the âMore compatible devicesâ section with Deako light switches.
The FAQ to which you linked says, âWe do not have a specific sunset date for SmartThings Classic, but it will not happen until the new SmartThings app can support you, our existing customers.â
Hi John-
We only know that during the process of ST approval for Leviosa, we had direct communications with some of the leaders of the program who told us they are committed to retiring the âClassicâ version as soon as reasonable because of the confusion caused by 2 Apps. Nobody provided firm timing.
I would love to buy these but I need to first comfirm that they will work for me because I canât yet use the new app. I can use it to install devices but I have lots of devices that are not yet working in the new app so I always go back to the old one for my daily use. Do you know if I can authorize the shades in the new app and then see it to use in the old one? That is how many things work these days - all except the Samsung vac which refuses to work in the old app for me.
Only US region for now, as the product is available there.
You do not need a ST Hub to connect to Leviosa Zone, which is already a wifi bridge to communicate with Leviosa shades.
I just recently added Leviosa shades to my hub. I have a Leviosa Zone and have ST linked to my Leviosa account. So far it is working okay. The only issue I have is you canât use the setpoints in ST. Itâs either all the way open or closed.
Also whenever I open the shade in the new app I get an error that pops up briefly. Itâs not a big deal as I donât really use the app to open and close but something someone might want to look into. See below.
Hi Mike-
The error is on the ST side, and while they acknowledge your finding that the âerrorâ does not impact performance, it is unsightly and they are still working to remove it from display.
Tony
Just noticed that in the ST app if you select to control a shade, that along with Open and Close there is now a preset position option as well. However, whenever I try to use that in an automation I get a network error and the automation will not save. I can leave everything the same and select open and closed and it will save. As soon as I change it to Preset it will not. Should this work, or is there something I need to do to get it working?
Up to 5 Pre-set positions are allowed as part of programming the shades, and are simple to setup, change, or remove. An up or down command will move the shade to the next pre-set position. Holding up or down button for 2 seconds bypasses all pre-set positions and the shade will fully open or close. The pre-set function for ST is not active and cannot be saved.
Iâm guessing Leviosa is using capability Window Shade for their device, but havenât mapped the SmartThings preset capability to the presets in their cloud
Jimmy is right that Leviosa is using capability Window Shade. Pre-sets are user programmed independent of ST and are not able to be mapped. We hope ST expands Window Shade capability to enable âraiseâ and âlowerâ commands in addition to todayâs âfull openâ and âfull closeâ commands - then the Leviosa pre-sets will work perfectly and simply with ST, as they do already with other home automation systems (e.g. Alexa).
