is it sill actual? or is it stop working? what the best way to make smart blinds?
Has anyone been able to create an Edge Driver to allow communication to the Smartblinds? Mine recently stopped being recognized by Smarthings and I can only assume that it is a result of Groovy being phased out. I can still bring up the ESP8266 web server page so I know its recognized on my internal LAN.
Just in case anyone else is not able to make this smartblinds solution work anymore after Groovy went away. I was able to work with Austin to create a useable solution.
Here are the basic steps
use his HTTP Devices driver . Install it to your hub and do an Add device / Scan for nearby devices and a new device called HTTP Devices Creator will be added. Open that device and use the button to create a Dimmer device.
In your new HTTP Dimmer device, go into device Settings and configure the options. You probably need something like this:
SETLEVEL HTTP Request:
Leave the other fields alone for now to see if this gets you working. Itās possible we may have to add some headers if the ESP8266 expects it.
Youāll just use the level slider control to set blinds; you can ignore the switch for your purposes.
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Thank you!!! I had modified this to an on/off switch, and the http driver supports this too.
It does seem like ST expects more of a response other than the http200 code because the on/button in ST spins for a while and I think just times out. But it ultimately works to recreate the automation. I was afraid Iād have to build the driver from scratch.
Thank you again!!
Welcome ! I figured there had to be some other stragglers that were in the same position I was with a blinds controller that was built and functioned in the past, but was rendered non-functional when the groovy drivers were retired. I so missed being able to automate my smart blinds.
Hey guys. Awesome to see you found the HTTP driver. Iām using the same one.
Lifeās been crazy and Iām recently divorcedā¦ so Iāll update this project soon with new notes etc.