I gotta say that this video was a life saver considering the ridiculous instructions that came with this curtain controller! After watching this video, I installed mine in a day and it works great! Thank you!!!

This video helped, thank you. Mine are done. It was easy. I definitely want to hide the traverse rod as well. I will probably be putting my old curtain rod back up, just above this, then use a scarf type of valance.

Awesome job mate. That makes it a lot more understandable. I gave up trying to understand the instructions very early, haha

Your explanation is so kind🙂 Thanks a lot!!

thanks for another great vid Drzzz , just as a comparison, I have 2 xiaomi curtain tracks that came with belts etc already assembled, biggest track is 3.5 m so came in 3 bits and the other 2.5 which was in two bits. Great thing is once bolted together thats it, no faffing with cutting belts. Down side is you have to check which brackets they supply as they generally come with ceiling fixings, side carrying brackets are extra but seeing the ones that they sent, a trip to local hardware store would do the trick

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

nice! how's the Xaiomi app?

Many thanks for Tou Tubing this video. It was a great help!! Kind regards, Ron (from the Netherlands)

Very good! Thanks from Russia!

Need a video on how to install the switch that some of the options come with!

Window sill', brings me back to my english lessons of 50+ years ago. Don't hear that word much anymore

Your video is excellent . Thank you sir .

As an improvement too, you can add some short strings between each intermediate rolling parts for each side of the curtains to make them deploy equally... I mean if you look at the final scene of your video you can see that the "opening part" of your curtains are flat and that lot of curtain material stays on the wall side; if you put some short strings or some fishing string between each intermediate rolling slider it will permit to the curtains to deploy keeping some waving shapes.. But anyways; GREAT WORK !!!

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. Fortunately MrZzs has not... yet. Thanks for the idea. When she finally complains about it I'll have a solution ready!

Amazing!! Great job!!

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

nice to see...a lot of help👍

This looks great. How did you end up hiding the mechanical parts at the end? I'm facing the same problem. In particular, with the track at the top.

Thanks for the video, it really made a difference with understanding the installation. I saw at the end of your video that there is also a way to host your automation yourself through yml config file. Which application did you use for this?

How is calibration done for the length of track ?

Thank you...

Cool. This was gonna be the next project I tackle. Seeing how this one works has given me some ideas. I already have a bunch of that type of belt and a few stepper motors - I just need to figure some sort of track... Hmmm. :)

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

let me know what you come up with.

@3ATIVE

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs Will do fella.

@3ATIVE

4 жыл бұрын

I forgot I made this comment :) - Here's a video of the first part, testing my idea kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGRsqMaigLu7dKw.html

Inches are such an ancient measurement system lol. Thanks for the vid doc

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

I concur. I wish we would just convert to metrics already. Too much American stubbornness. The British don't even use that system anymore and they invented it!

What prevents tracks not going smoothly? Anything to do with length of belt?

I wonder how secure these are. Could make it easy for someone to get inside my network... Just a thought

Hey, I´m from Brazil and like so much your video. Why do you prefer wifi as zigbee system? Thanks.

@21:35 you need two motors to control each side separately. With only one motor, the curtains must move in concert.

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

now that you say that it makes total sense. Wonder why they would include that weird remote to control them separately if there's only one motor? Thanks!

@SittingDuc

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs I vote the control is if you have two windows in the room. Train button-set-A for the east windows, train button-set-B for the south windows. Control both from your arm chair

nice and informative how would one use this with my 150inch projector screen...

Have you found a pretty way to put this in Lovelace? The cover card is a bit basic. I tried using the "vertical-slider-card" in hacs, but it doesn't seem to work. It might be something I'm doing wrong. Probably something I'm doing wrong.... Alright I'm just doing something wrong.

Hello there! How are these type of curtains called and where do I get them? I’ve been trying to get the same type for my smart curtains tracks and I haven’t been able to

For some reason I can’t seem to pair the motor with my wifi, do you have an idea what i am doing wrong? Watched so many videos on this and i can’t see why it doesn’t work.

As far as the w.a.f I think there are some offset curtain hangers that should stiffen the tops and elevate them up they look kinda like a h and the top pin should go into the top hem "search Amazon for Bali blinds long pin on hooks and compair to the ones your using" or you may just need like a 8" strip of the same style fabric and another curtain rod to hide it

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

ooh, that's a good idea. Different hooks would do nicely I think. Thanks!

Thanks for the video! Did you cut 2 extra teeth? If so.... did you do 2 extra teeth on each of the 2 pieces?

How is the system holding up after a year?

hi, can we use it with tasmota?

I think you just need to put the hooks lower into the curtains. At least the ones I have thats how you do it. That way the tops of the curtains hide the mechanical slider (manual ones would show too)

@SittingDuc

5 жыл бұрын

Having the rail up higher on the wall will cut the light more and reduce the heat leaking out the window too..

what about noice level of motor?

So for my information. I need 5,65 in length. If I buy one at say 6m in length i can always shorten it so it fits right?

@abodiabd3444

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are tracks that are like 20cm etc, you should check the table on the sellers site with track lenghts

that bracket that holds the rail probably has that tab and hole on the end so you can mount a cover like a piece of wood or something to the end.

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

ya, that makes sense.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great video, just set mine up watching your video as my guide, only problem I’ve got is the app says my curtains are closed, but they’re open, they open and my app says they’re closed, any idea what I’ve done wrong ?

@rudymendoza837

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you already resolved this but I had similar problem and did the following: Change curtain direction Direction Change When the motor run in different direction which is not same as the emitter order, user could operate as follows: Press the CLOSE & OPEN together The motor will vibrateonce in every direction long press STOP within 3 times quickly The motor will vibrateonce in every direction Direction Changeis finished

Awww man I watched all 23 mins to see what they'd sound like and unless they play that cheesy build song I still have no idea!.. top video though!

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

oh shoot. sorry. well, I can tell you they are really quiet. much more quiet than the motors I've been using for blinds and shades and such lately. Let me see if I can find the original clip with the sound.

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

just for you brother! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKamt8emZsjZhc4.html

I'd bet esphome would work a treat on that.

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping to get another device to try it on.

@3ATIVE

4 жыл бұрын

Here's my DIY version - Using a D1 Mini and a NEMA17 Stepper Motor. - Step-by-Step build guide and programming tutorial coming soon. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaVrqMOBirPMf5c.html

Anyone having issues with connecting it to Tuya / Smart Life app? cant seem to connect between them And I tried everything...

You can hide the mechanics easily by either purchasing it do it yourself wooden valance or creating one yourself.

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

good idea! thanks

Great video as always. I have a Tuya switch for a roller blind which I wanted to link to HA. What can I do if I don't get the jumblebunch of numbers? Does it mean the switch isn't supported?

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

hmm, do you have other Tuya devices working in HA? If you aren't getting the entity_id (jumblebunch of numbers), then maybe the Tuya component isn't connecting correctly to the Tuya servers. Check your HA logs for anything that looks like a failure of the Tuya component. All the Tuya switches should work with the official Tuya HA component.

@kaleun303

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs nothing in the logs. It's a bare 0.95.4 install with no other components. I got a switch and a thermostat on the way. Is it better to use the Tuya app or the Smart Life app? Both seem to work and look identical.

@kaleun303

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs Ok, just received the thermostat for the electric underfloor heating and the dimmer switch. Both showing up in HA with no issues, so it must be the curtain switch which is the issue here. I guess I need to find a different one which actually works. Thanks again for your reply, really appreciated. Oh, and please keep these great videos coming, they really help to keep my sanity when it comes to all things HA!

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

glad you have some devices working. Bummer that one is messed up.

Thanks for the video. However the installation won't work for SINGLE OPENING, I have done it for single and after two times going on the rack the motor starts opening only to the middle like wtf 😂 And I have to make it double or just throw it away... Very disappointed, even the app shows only double opening, but I can see that in the past the motor could do it, I guess there is not a functionality to make it work for both scenarios or I need to code it myself dkn

Super helpful video! I just got mine all set up and bizarrely the curtains are "backwards" in the app. Hitting "open" closes them etc. etc. I can't see anything that I've done "backwards" - any ideas?

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

that's odd. I'm not sure. I think they have a rep on facebook that might be able to help. Search Zemismart on facebook.

@dtm3dd

4 жыл бұрын

DrZzs I figured it out! It was as simple as putting the tracks the "wrong way round". Difficult to explain here but I ran the tracks on the opposite sides to the manual (I had it coming out the top on the right side for e.g.). Switched them to match the manual and all is well.

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

doh! cursed manual was probably upside down!

@rudymendoza837

4 жыл бұрын

Tried this: Change curtain direction Direction Change When the motor run in different direction which is not same as the emitter order, user could operate as follows: Press the CLOSE & OPEN together The motor will vibrateonce in every direction long press STOP within 3 times quickly The motor will vibrateonce in every direction Direction Changeis finished

Dr am interested to know if tuya convert work on this knob? Am afraid to try in my curtain :P I know that the Hook Up Rob has Tasmotise it by opening the motor which am scared to do. Can we expect tuya convert of this in next live?

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

probably not this one. Possibly if/when they send me another.

@SittingDuc

4 жыл бұрын

(KZread ate my comment?) My Zemismart curtains arrived this week. So of course the motor house is in pieces and wired to the computer. The white metal box contains a motor with gearboxes and end-sensors (back-emf or position most likely). 12VDC. There are two blue circuit boards, one is a switch-mode PSU, 240VAC to 12VDC. The second board has a 433MHz radio module, op-amp for the position sensors, motor drivers, an RS485 driver(!) (Attached to the RJ12 on the bottom), and the brains is a PIC micro. The "USB" port on the bottom is not USB, but 9600 serial on the USB1.0 pins, and a blue led control on USB3 R+. The little white dongle contains a Tuya TYWE1S, esp8266 +2M flash. So, all the smarts for hacking are in the dongle. I just need to work out how it is talking to the PIC micro. It is 9600, but what does 0x55 AA 00 00 00 00 FF mean?

Be cool to see roller blinds motorized

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

which kind are you talking about? I don't have any roller blinds, but I'd be willing to figure out a way for you to motorize yours. Let me know.

@TheFlyingKiwiNZ

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs looking for a cost effective option along the lines of those rechargeable somfy motors which are super expensive. There's cheap motors everywhere, but it's knowing which ones are gonna work with home automation with a battery. .

Doc can you check if the remotes works with the RF Gate?

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

I did, and they don't. I had intended to show that in the video but it was getting long already. I was disappointed not to get a code in Tasmota when I activated the remotes. Maybe if you can capture the raw RF data, but that requires changing the firmware on the RF chip too and I haven't done that.

@aihysp

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs Thanks DOC!, but if they have wifi, they are cool :)

Big question is.... Can we flash it with ESPhome to rid it of the tuya cloud...?

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

That is the question. And I don't have the answer. Not until I have another one to play with. Maybe they'll send me another to hack into.

@SittingDuc

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs So my Zemismart curtain motor arrived today and is in pieces around me. Model BCM300D-TY. WiFi, no Zigbee/Z-Wave. Held together with annoying triangle "security" screws. The main board has motor drivers (12V DC brushed), an RF433MHz daughterboard, an RS485 driver and the main chip is a PIC16F1829-1. The "USB" dongle has the Tuya radio modem. I don't think it is talking USB over the pins. Not going to plug this into a PC to find out! Since the main board only has a PIC, it's not worth the disassembly; for the one I own, the little "USB" dongle is where the hacking lives. Will need to break down the protocol from PIC to Tuya, so I can teach Tasmota how to talk it.

@3ATIVE

4 жыл бұрын

Here's my DIY version - Using a D1 Mini and a NEMA17 Stepper Motor. - Step-by-Step build guide and programming tutorial coming soon. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaVrqMOBirPMf5c.html

How does manual operation work if the power goes out?

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

Good question. Sorry I don't have the answer.

do you remember/guess how much does the package weighs (aprox) ?

@DrZzs

Жыл бұрын

I would guess it's about 5 lbs

Where can i get the motor to go into blinking mode?

@leafmylife

4 жыл бұрын

pluggin in the usb doesnt get the red light blinking for me

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

hmmmm not sure then. The instructions weren't very clear on that point. I just stumbled on the solution myself.

@schismsblade

Жыл бұрын

Ever figure this out?

Can’t I just hook this up to my zigbee hub since it’s made by this company

You didn't make you own?? LOL. You made your own controllers for shades, blinds, sliding window, crank window but this for curtains. LOL just kidding. love all the videos.

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

my ol'pappy used to tell me "if someone offers you a motorized curtain controller with wifi that works with Home Assistant, you say Yes!" So I did. :)

@patrickbentley4038

5 жыл бұрын

Besides this way he can work through the problems and come up with a even better 2.0 on a budget

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

that's right!

@3ATIVE

4 жыл бұрын

Here's my DIY version - Using a D1 Mini and a NEMA17 Stepper Motor. - Step-by-Step build guide and programming tutorial coming soon. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaVrqMOBirPMf5c.html

Seems the newer version of these smart curtains doesn’t come with a AC plug. You now need to hard wire the motor into the wires in your wall. Definitely not impressed whatsoever with this change.

i give you 99 likes ,leave 1 like for myself . haha

Here's my DIY version - Using a D1 Mini and a NEMA17 Stepper Motor. - Step-by-Step build guide and programming tutorial coming soon. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaVrqMOBirPMf5c.html

@DrZzs

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@3ATIVE

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs Thanks Doc. 👍

how much?

@patrickbentley4038

5 жыл бұрын

209 on Amazon he has a links in the description

@user-mq7jp5dd9j

5 жыл бұрын

can get better price on offical store, www.zemismart.com/zemismart-smart-curtain-alexa-google-home-electric-stage-curtain-motorized-tuya-wifi-curtain-motor-with-track-p0160.html

Hello. I know it is not related to this video. But my HA suddenly cant load logs and state histories. Anything you experienced before ?

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

check the free space on your drive. Sometimes the homeassistant.db gets super huge and it can take forever for the history to load. There's a "recorder" component you can set up to purge the db after X number of days and limit the info that gets recorded in the db. I did an example of it some time ago. I'm sorry I don't remember exactly where or in which video.

@Laysannget

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrZzs thank you. I will check it out. 👍👍

Who thumbs down?? Why?? Why?? Lol

@DrZzs

5 жыл бұрын

haha. I'm sure they were just trying to give a thumbs up so fast that they accidentally pressed the wrong one. Honest mistake :)