https://mwitkow.me/tags/home-automation/Recent content in Home Automation on mwitkow@'s cornerHugo -- gohugo.ioen-UKSun, 08 Nov 2020 20:29:04 +0100https://mwitkow.me/posts/2020-11-08_somfy/Sun, 08 Nov 2020 20:29:04 +0100https://mwitkow.me/posts/2020-11-08_somfy/In this post I’ll show you how to use a Raspberry Pi and some soldering skills to automate old Somfy blinds via the MQTT protocol exposed to Home Assistant and Google Home. Somfy blinds We’ve moved to a new apartment and one of its features are external blinds (a.k.a. covers) that are controlled through a dedicated remote of the Somfy brand. However, just like with a TV, finding the remote is often tricky, so I decided to try and automate the external blind movements through Home Assistant and further voice commands of Google Home.