I just purchased Graywind motorized shades off Amazon. I was able to connect it to SmartThings and set up daily automation off of that. But I need something slightly more advanced. Because I don’t wake up at the same time every day, I want to be able to say “Alexa, open shades at x time.” Right now, Alexa only opens or closes the shade. How can I schedule the opening of my shade with just my voice rather than going into SmartThings nightly?

  • ADHDK@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Schedule? Get a plugin that monitors the azimuth of the sun and then work out the amount of light you want for them to open and close, and plug that into a calculator.

    Bam, your shades now open and close year round summer and winter with zero intervention.

    Also recommend a window sensor so you can program it not to close or only close to 20% if the window is open.

  • mychemicaihs@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    this is a great question! unfortunately i don’t have an answer for you but i’m curious to know as well. hopefully someone in the community will be able to help you out. good luck!