Somfy Motorized Blinds (Z-Wave)

[Ben (Ben Edwards)]

@germanthoughts

Has there been any progress with official support for Somfy support in SmartThings? Or is it still a hack? I saw the SmartThings commented in here that official support is coming but that was over a year ago now. Some progress must have been made, no?

I see you are new around here =P

There has been very little progress made on an official Somfy integration. There is some great work in the community but i wouldn’t hold my breath for an official integration soon. I am currently checking this out:

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 for $…

I need blinds in my house. Badly. I have been using paper ones for over a year.