I have an x10 blind motor setup, with an appliance module intercepting the motor for the blind. The motor is the typical one, seen here
For those who are not familiar with this, x10 controls power on/off to the motor, the motor then spins to close or open the blind. The motor doesn't know or feedback on the position of the blind, so there is nothing built-in to notify Homeseer/x10 whether the blind is fully open, fully closed or partially open. The motor stops spinning when a preset position is reached in either direction, and automatically operates in the reverse direction when next activated, until reaching the end of the other preset direction, then it reverses again.
When the motor reaches the preset end position, it just stops, even though power is still supplied. So on next operation, you need to first turn off the appliance module supplying the power, and then turn it back on again to get the motor going in the opposite direction. This off first then on business is easy to solve with a macro.
The problem is: without looking, is there a clever way for Homeseer to know whether the blind is in the open position or the closed position?
The scenario is like this: I press the "sleep" button on my Android/iPhone HSTouch interface, all lights shut, music stops, and the blinds go down. But if HS doesn't know the position of the blinds, then if the blinds are already down when I press "sleep", the blinds would actually open, which is obviously not what I want.
For those who are not familiar with this, x10 controls power on/off to the motor, the motor then spins to close or open the blind. The motor doesn't know or feedback on the position of the blind, so there is nothing built-in to notify Homeseer/x10 whether the blind is fully open, fully closed or partially open. The motor stops spinning when a preset position is reached in either direction, and automatically operates in the reverse direction when next activated, until reaching the end of the other preset direction, then it reverses again.
When the motor reaches the preset end position, it just stops, even though power is still supplied. So on next operation, you need to first turn off the appliance module supplying the power, and then turn it back on again to get the motor going in the opposite direction. This off first then on business is easy to solve with a macro.
The problem is: without looking, is there a clever way for Homeseer to know whether the blind is in the open position or the closed position?
The scenario is like this: I press the "sleep" button on my Android/iPhone HSTouch interface, all lights shut, music stops, and the blinds go down. But if HS doesn't know the position of the blinds, then if the blinds are already down when I press "sleep", the blinds would actually open, which is obviously not what I want.
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