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Remote control for Roller Blind Motor

Q&A Forum › Category: Home Automation › Remote control for Roller Blind Motor
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Dolon asked 6 years ago

I have a tubular motor for roller blinds. Do not have the remote to activate it.
Will it be possible to power it and maybe somehow use an old Tv remote to control it.

Question Tags: Roller blind
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Sara Santos Staff answered 6 years ago

Hi Douglas.
Yes, you can do that, but you need to add something to control the motor and attach an IR receiver to receive the signals from the remote control.
For example: motor->microcontroller->IR-receiver that receives signals from a remote to control the motor.
Here’s a project that might help: https://randomnerdtutorials.com/arduino-ir-remote-control/
Instead of an arduino, you can use an ESP32, ESP8266 or any other microcontroller.
Let me know if you need further help.
Regards,
Sara

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Dolon answered 6 years ago

Thanks for your reply.  The unit is a Somfy Brand and  already has a built in microcontroller and IR receiver.
Since I  the original hand remote was lost,  I want to know if its possible to decode the IR signal and use a replacement generic hand remote.
Anyway, I will check out the project you linked. It may help be understand the problem better.
 
 
 

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Sara Santos Staff answered 6 years ago

Hi.
I think that is not possible. If you had the remote, you could get, decode and reproduce the signals.
However, you may try to find someone on the internet that have decoded those exact blinds and can share the signals. Otherwise, I don’t think it is possible.
Regards,
Sara

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