Ok, I am now getting very settled into my new house.
The MIL (Mom-In-Law) wants to get us hanging venetian blinds for the sliding glass door for X-mas gift.
Wife wants to pick some out. I told her to see what she likes, but I wanted to reserve final say as I want to motorize it.
So, to the question. What is a good system?
I see there are Add-A-Motors, which work by just pulling the chain / rope
. There are X10 boxes for "easy" connection to my automation system
. There are also track replacements
.
I also want to make mention, that the Add-a-motor is designed for draperies...so I would probably have to buy two of them (one for the twist of the blinds, one for the drawing back). So I would have to make sure that the venetian blinds are "dual" pull string.
There are also "Power ease" devices on ebay (maybe).
I also know that there are "higher" level more professional controllers...they cost more...but I'm willing to spend the extra $$ for less problems (pointing to my experience using X10, then switching to UPB).
I don't have any issue with the interface being custom, or hardwired. It does NOT have to be X10 / UPB compatible, so long as I can wire it into my system somehow (even if I need to make a circuit).
What are you using? What would you suggest for me to look at? Something like the add a motor would be nice as my wife can pick ANY blind she wants and I can just "add" on.
Thanks ahead of time!
--Dan
The MIL (Mom-In-Law) wants to get us hanging venetian blinds for the sliding glass door for X-mas gift.
Wife wants to pick some out. I told her to see what she likes, but I wanted to reserve final say as I want to motorize it.
So, to the question. What is a good system?
I see there are Add-A-Motors, which work by just pulling the chain / rope
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I also want to make mention, that the Add-a-motor is designed for draperies...so I would probably have to buy two of them (one for the twist of the blinds, one for the drawing back). So I would have to make sure that the venetian blinds are "dual" pull string.
There are also "Power ease" devices on ebay (maybe).
I also know that there are "higher" level more professional controllers...they cost more...but I'm willing to spend the extra $$ for less problems (pointing to my experience using X10, then switching to UPB).
I don't have any issue with the interface being custom, or hardwired. It does NOT have to be X10 / UPB compatible, so long as I can wire it into my system somehow (even if I need to make a circuit).
What are you using? What would you suggest for me to look at? Something like the add a motor would be nice as my wife can pick ANY blind she wants and I can just "add" on.
Thanks ahead of time!
--Dan
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