Sun and wind sensors for venetian blinds and roller shutter control

Hello everyone,

I am currently planning our new building, which recently started, and am currently dealing with the topic of windows. Our garden faces south. Therefore, I would like to equip our ground floor windows facing the garden with a total of two venetian blinds. We are building with conventional electrical systems (no KNX or similar), however, I would like to be able to control the roller shutters throughout the entire house and the two venetian blinds via mobile phone and program them with certain rules. So far, I was thinking of wireless solutions like Somfy or Fibaro. Now the question arises regarding sun and wind sensors, which are supposed to control the venetian blinds automatically. How would these be wired to the flush-mounted relays from Somfy/Fibaro or similar? Or would a central venetian blind control with a relay in the house connection room on a DIN rail make more sense? Ideally, I would also like the roller shutters to be controlled by the sun sensor.

Thank you in advance for your answers.

I obviously didn't mean Somfy but Shelly...

Somfy also has devices in its range with which much of what you wish for would be possible.

But no matter how. Nowadays, many things can be virtually connected with each other via additional services like IFTTT, IObroker, or Openhab. Certainly, everything can also be hardwired in the distribution box and a weather station installed. That works very well too.

Many roads lead to Rome. It just depends on which functions you additionally want besides the basic wind guard and an if-then rule for shading.

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That is generally more of a curse than a blessing or should not necessarily be considered essential. To satisfy the initial play instinct and fill the sellers' pockets, it is great.

What is important is that the whole system works as error-free as possible, and many of these "smartphone controls" still have huge deficits. Believe me, you don't want to constantly take out your phone to execute this or that or because something here or there is glitching.

What should not be underestimated last but not least is the budget and what kind of roller shutters/venetian blinds (motors and switches) are to be installed at all and whether you have a selection. Because that way you can already narrow down where the journey is going.

Get a system that communicates via radio. Then you can easily integrate and expand [Windwächter], [Sonnensensor], etc. I actually only use the control via the phone when I go to sleep and want to lower all the blinds/shutters with one click.

Somfy also has devices in its range with which many of the things you want would be possible. But no matter how. Nowadays, many things can be virtually connected with each other via additional services like IFTTT, IObroker, or Openhab. Of course, everything can also be hardwired in the distribution box and a weather station can be installed. That also works very well. Many roads lead to Rome. It just depends on which additional functions you want besides the simple wind guard and an if-then rule for shading. This is usually more a curse than a blessing or should not necessarily be considered essential. It is great to satisfy the initial urge to tinker and to fill the sellers' coffers. It is important that the whole thing works as error-free as possible, and many of these "mobile phone controls" still have huge deficits. Believe me, you do not want to constantly take out your phone to do this or that or because something is acting up here or there. What should not be neglected last but not least is the budget and what kind of blinds/shutters (motors and switches) are to be installed at all and whether you have a choice there. Because that way you can already narrow down where the journey is going.

Thank you very much. You are of course right about the phone, and Alessandro has also already mentioned that one might only use the function to lower all the blinds/shutters before going to bed. That is exactly what matters to me as well. And in principle, I also like the radio technology. Which solution would you tend to favor in my place? I have read several times that you can also control such things with a Raspberry Pi. Since I enjoy tinkering and originally come from electrical engineering, I would certainly have fun with something like that.

When it comes to the budget, it depends entirely. For the entire control system including [Sonnen- und Windwächter], I would prefer not to spend more than 1000 euros.