@ArnoudK as mentioned. That’s out of my control.
If the position is 100 instead of 0 then you need to invert in on the Homey side.
Secondary rail should be good.
I am pretty sure that an extra command is given by the Homey app after closing, because it doesn’t happen with the remote control. Shall I create a diagnostic report so you can have a look at it?
I don’t want to invert the position as then the slider will be upside down. The problem really seems to be in the Homey app, sorry.
@ArnoudK Sorry, but there’s no such command.
Next to that. I can’t help you with this. It seems really specific and a diagnostic report wouldn’t help without me standing in your room and seeing what the issue is…
I am a little disappointed here. I really am trying to help you solve the problem and have done all sorts of test already, but it seems you don’t want to solve it. I am even willing to make videos (maybe in a DM?). Or can I view the diagnostic report myself?
Do you actually have horizontal blinds yourself and if so, do they fully close correctly on Google Assistant voice commands or using the icon/slider in the Homey app (i.e. not using flows)?
@ArnoudK That’s not really how i see it. I got a lot of demands from you with things which should be fixed. However i’m just a voluntary developer for this app.
So this is a hobby for me. As far as i’m aware you are the only one with this issue.
I also mentioned to you that i will check the things you mentioned before. Please give me that time instead of adding more and more and more to your long list.
I will check it out and will come back to you, but please be patient, as mentioned this is not my job.
Thanks!
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@martijnpoppen, I really appreciate your “work” and fully understand that this is voluntary. And you shouldn’t see my feedback as demands. In fact, I have put in a lot of time (and words) to try and explain to you what is going wrong with my windows coverings, hoping that it would help you fix it. And I am willing to help with tests, videos and even analyzing a diagnostic report (I have created one, but cannot find it myself).
And I am indeed also interested if anybody else has the same problem, that the horizontal blinds don’t fully open (they lower a bit), when opening them with a voice command or the Homey UI (i.e. NOT with a flow). So if anybody else has the same problem, please “Like” this post or reply, thanks!
Until then, I will await Martijn’s investigations.
@ArnoudK Yes i’ll definitely look into it. But it want to take some time to analyze all the requests to see how to fix it properly.
About your diagnostic report, that’s only to the developer, I forwarded it to you, however it’s capped off by Homey Pro 2023. So if you want to see all the logs it’s better to run the APP via CLI.
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Solving problems via a textforum is a very difficult job, as there is contiously miscommunication. So one should document the (test)cases and solution very carefully, which results in a very demanding job. Especially as there are several wishes to be discussed. So maybe pick one urgent problem from the list and elaborate on that one. And see if you have enough energy and time to do the rest.
PS: I am waiting for my Luxaflex Duette with Gateway (successor of Gen 3, here starts the miscommunication already 
), when installed I will let you know my results.
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As a temporally solution cannot you create scenes on the powerview hub and let Homey activate the required scene? Just for the things that don’t work correct right now.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I have indeed thought about creating flows in the Homey app (rather than scenes in the Powerview hub), but in the living room we have 4 horizontal blinds which we want to be able to open/close in all sorts of combinations (all, 3 out of four, outer blinds, inner blinds, 2 blinds on the left, 2 blinds on the right and each of the blinds individually). That would require a lot of flows, just for the living room. And the nice thing about Google Assistant voice commands is that you can use various device namings and alternatives (like up/down instead of open/close), see this thread.
But I could of course make a flow per room, to neatly “pack” the blinds when fully opened, e.g. “Pack room”, so that we don’t get the situation like in the picture below. I’ll do that for now to keep the wife happy
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@ArnoudK the picture you share is a known issue which I shared with Hunter Douglas last year. I don’t expect a fix.
This is a issue in the api
I have been playing around with the Hunter Douglas Powerview API (using cURL) and can confirm that this is indeed a bug in their API. If the Powerview devices are directly linked to Google Home (i.e. not via Homey), then this problem does not occur, so the wife keeps asking me why we need the Homey anyway
For the moment, I have made flows for the most important voice commands to open the shades in each room (“Open room” / “room up”), to not only set position1 to 100%, but also explicitly set position2 to 100%. Unfortunately, I cannot link our preferred “Open Luxaflex”/“Luxaflex up” to these flows, because standard Google Home voice automations cannot distinguish in which room they are given.
A solution for the Homey Powerview app would be to set position2 to 100% when position1 is set to 100% and position2 is not explicitly set (maybe this is what they do in the standard Powerview app), but I am not sure if this is only needed for horizontal blinds (type 51).
That is what happens when separate control is enabled.
But I think you don’t always want separate control.
Would it help if you can enable/disable separate control based on a flow card?
I am afraid that won’t work, because with separate control enabled, position2 will be set to the original position before the command was given. So if position2 is on 0% and position1 is set to 100%, then with separate control enabled, position2 will be set back to 0% (instead of 100%).
But I have also noticed that the API does not return/report position2 (and posKind2) anymore after only position1 is changed, which I think is another flaw in their API.
Important to remember is that the horizontal blinds automatically tilt to 100% before opening and to 0% before closing.
Hence my suggestion to set position2=position1 when position1 is set to 100% or to 0% and position2 is not set explicitly. But again, this is probably not desirable for all types of window coverings.
We have a reasonable work-around at the moment, so take your time and let me know if you need any input from me.
New app update (
TEST: 2.9.0):
Changelog:
NEW:
1: NEW: Update Set IP to new Homey UI.
2: NEW: add description to manual IP view explaining why it is neededFIXES:
1: FIX: add hint to update window covering IP settings
2: FIX: Make IP required for manual IP view
If you find any issues, send a report via the mobile homey app
More - apps - Powerview - settings wheel right top - send diagnostic report (put your email in the input field to make it easier)
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New app update (
LIVE: 2.9.0):
Changelog:
NEW:
1: NEW: Update Set IP to new Homey UI.
2: NEW: add description to manual IP view explaining why it is neededFIXES:
1: FIX: add hint to update window covering IP settings
2: FIX: Make IP required for manual IP view
If you find any issues, send a report via the mobile homey app
More - apps - Powerview - settings wheel right top - send diagnostic report (put your email in the input field to make it easier)
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