CoolToys Posted July 19 Posted July 19 A while ago I went with greywinds blinds and got the matter motor upgrade. The eisy finds them without even putting them in programming mode but they look like a motion sensor with temperature, luminance and other odd fields, and only on or off even though one is open 50% now. My amazon echo network also found them quickly and added them automatically. Alexa control isn't bad but it means I need to tell Alexa to open or close them and I would prefer to use the state of the house, sun angles and other cool features I can use in my eisy. Most of the "Alexa ready" blinds on amazon use the zooksmart engine. I also have a set with Zigbee motors and they showed up too, same issue. Thoughts? ideas? or just wait for UDI to load the code?
Ross Posted November 12 Posted November 12 @CoolToys I'm surprised this post hasn't been closed by now! I'm about to jump into blinds and came across your post. I'm still running the ISY/Polisy and am leaning toward Hunter Douglas only because there seems to be a nice plug-in available - that's really the dealbreaker for me. Ross 1
CoolToys Posted November 12 Author Posted November 12 @Ross, we looked at Hunter Douglas and they are a better quality product without a doubt. I had hoped that since the Greywind/Yooksmart had the Matter option it would work with my eISY. No such luck. When listening for matter devices they immediately appear but then are blank. I still have hope, but am stuck telling Alexa or Apple to open and close the blinds for me when the fixed schedule doesn't work. 1
peterathans Posted November 12 Posted November 12 I know nobody asked, but I highly recommend SmartWings shades. I just added two with a Zwave interface (using ZMatter on Polisy) and couldn't be happier. 2
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