Has anyone purchased this Tuya Zigbee Smart Curtain Driver Robot For Roman I Type U Type Curtains Track Alexa Google Home Control Zemismart Motor Drivers - AliExpress? Is there a driver for this yet?
Ii have a model of that motor but its for the pull chain styles from zemismart and i use iquix tuya shade driver for it. U have to set the thing up with a remote first to calibrate it and then pair it with zigbee to use it.
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Many thanks @Jason_Silva. Does the driver have all the functionalities to open, close, partially open, light sensing etc.
For me its just open, close, pause and %. No light sensing option.
Also note, that it seems like itll only do increment of 10%. Not sure why.
So, can we specify a percentage of open directly in the routines?
Also, how is the performance and reliability?
@Jason_Silva, Can I get a reply please?
Sorry, yes i am able to control percentage in routinesā¦ but like i said, mine only lets me do 10% increments, but yeah, response wise its fineā¦ never had it disconnect and its got great response timeā¦ again, i have the chain/cord version of that motor but it looks to be the same style.
Thanks @Jason_Silva, if you are able to set the percentage in routines (e.g. you want it to go to 40%) and it is now at 90%, are you saying it will reach out after doing 5 increments (80,70,60,50,40)?
Yea. Like, if you select 17%, my motor will just go right to 20%. Theirs no in the middle kind of thing. Only in 10s.
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Got this today, very well packaged, found it very easy to set up and paired with the iquix driver with no issues. Itās silent and opens and closes perfectly as I tested this extensively. It can literally go to any percentage level. The routines are all working as well - will monitor for a few weeks and feedback in case anyone wants to buy this.
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I am feeding back after using for more than month now so people can take an informed decision before buying,
Positives
- Very reliable
- No loss of Zigbee connection
- Battery is fine so far
- Has a strong pull
- Cheap in price so you can buy 2 of this from Aliexpress for the price of one Switchbot curtain motor
- Works perfectly with the iQuix driver
- Comes with remote and you can only set it to 20%, 50% and 80% with the remote BUT you can set it to any percentage through smartthings routines
- Say 20 to 28mm rod dimension but I have a 16 mm rod and this works perfectly
Negatives
- Cannot manually move the curtain as you need to use a remote or Alexa command so I fitted the remote next to the curtains in case any of us want to open or close when are near by. I also purchased a Zigbee button and placed next to my computer table so can control it when I want to.
- Assembly is not very straightforward and may take some time to figure out how to moves across the rod so would advise you to buy this with solar panel because you donāt have to worry about taking the motor out for charging and fitting it back.
- You need 2 AAA batteries for the remote which you need to purchase separately
Any questions, please ask.
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To be clear, the above comments are for Zemismart ZM85EL-2Z.
Zemismart also makes the ZM027 (and ZM029). The Zemismart webpage calls it ZM027 with a image on the page that says āNew Updated ZM029ā. 
Maybe that is just a typo.
What are the differences between the ZM027 and the ZM85EL-2Z? For one thing, the ZM85EL-2Z appears to come with a solar panel, while the ZM027 appears a little fatter. Additionally, there is a ZM85EL-2Z-AU but I cannot see any obvious differences.
@SeanTek, ZM85EL-2Z and ZM85EL-2Z-AU are curtian motors that you place behind the curtains so can be used for āretro-fitā purposes and works with the iQuix driver. The other two ZM027 and ZM029 could possibly be other variants of Tuya in Wifi protocol. Also, they have a 5th gen curtain motor in aliexpress and the link is here ZigBee 3.0 Curtain Robot Driver Roman Rod I Type Curtain Motors Tuya Smart Life Remote Alexa Google Assistant Voice Control - AliExpress but I have not purchased this one.
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I wanted to bump this thread because I am in the market again but this time for pairs of U-Rail motors.
I like the SwitchBot Curtain 3, and I got the SwitchBot Curtain 3 into SmartThings by using a SwitchBot Hub 3 with Matter. However, I would prefer a native Zigbee integrated curtain motor. The Matter integration does not expose a few features, which you would need to use the SwitchBot app for, such as setting the speed. There also appears to be a delay when you use SmartThings ā SwitchBot Hub 3 (Matter) ā Curtain 3.
The only branded one I could find on the market is the Zemismart ZM86e-2z. If you pair it/these with SmartThings directly, what features work and what features do not work? Specifically: pairing feature (control two motors at once for curtains split in the middle), battery status, pull/push curtain a little to operate, speed control.
I am using something similar so am assuming you should be able to get features as a minimum (no speed control and battery) with the iQuix driver.
- Can control both motors at the same time
- Can set the percentage open / close for both the motors at the same time
- Can move the motors to preset value
Thanks. Where is the link to the latest iQuix driver? Can we ask iQuix to update the driver to get more features, possiblyā¦?
Look at the channel link at the bottom of this link GitHub - iquix/ST-Edge-Driver: SmartThings Edge Driver and try to find the driver pertaining to the curtain motor
The current update with the zm86e-2z is that it doesnāt work very well with SmartThings. Specifically, I canāt seem to set the open and close limits, and when I use a Zemismart remote control to open and close, the zm86e-2z blows past the limits that I have set. This is not a SmartThings specific problem, but if I cannot set the limits accurately then I cannot use the product, and when I try to send commands to it from SmartThings, it goes way past where it is supposed to go (what is 50% if it keeps on going??).
The instructions from Zemismart are in very broken English, but I was able to pair the zm86e-2z curtain robot with the remote and with SmartThings, and I was able to set limits (which appear not to be respected).
I still would rather not go back to SwitchBot yet (Bluetooth-based) so I will try another curtain motor. I saw that Aqara has a āCurtain Motor E1ā but I would rather not use that as it appears to use Zigbee but requires connection specifically to an Aqara hub.
I found these generic, āmanual track-matchingā Tuya Zigbee curtain motors and may just try them to see if they work:
Theyāll arrive in a week and Iāll see what happens with them.
As an alternative, Iām considering replacing the track with this Matter-over-Thread track from Zemismart:
While I suppose the MT82-P ($145 āon saleā) is more expensive than the Zemismart curtain robot ($89), the MT82-P also specifically mentions support for SmartThings with actual pictures. I suppose that advertising Matter implies some kind of certification process. Are there other suggested options?
This is somewhat random but a Google search yielded the āCurrtainā manufacturer in China with a long list of Matter devices. The products look exactly like Zemismart:
Try to set the limits with Tuya hub. Temporary pair your device to Tuya hub. Set The limits and remove from Tuya hub. Re-Pair to SmartThings , the set limits will be kept.
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