I have 2 windows/doors in my living room which have 3 roller blinds each (6 in total) that I’m in the process of automating. I have purchased and installed 1 Zigbee motor that goes inside the tube that can lift 4kg using 0.8nm of torque, this is working well and I want to buy the rest. A couple of the blinds are longer and I am considering a 2nm version which can handle 10kg. If install a mix of these motors will they all move at the same rate or will they operate at different speeds?

When I press the button I want all of the blinds to raise/lower at the same speed.

Any advice appreciated.

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When I press the button I want all of the blinds to raise/lower at the same speed.

    Not even my ikea ones that are all the same size / model rise exactly the same as the start signal from Zigbee sometimes gets to one before another. They go up at around the same rate but start a little off from each other.

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think it is realistic but to achieve that you’d need to spend a ton of extra money for a out of the box commercial solution. I have the ikea shades as well and it doesn’t really bother me too much if they raise at different rates. I set them to open to a specific percentage so they all wind up in the same spot anyways.

        • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I agree, there are some blinds that use different protocols, use different motors etc that should be able to do this but probably at x2-x3 the cost or more.