# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Velux **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, homey-pro\ **Created:** [September 5, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573 "2024-09-05T19:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/1 "2024-09-05T19:12:09Z")
Take control of your **Velux** blinds and shutters with ease, enhancing both your comfort and sleep quality. Whether it’s blocking out the morning sun or setting the perfect evening ambiance, this app lets you adjust your blinds and curtains seamlessly. Please note that the VELUX ACTIVE with NETATMO smart home solution is required. ## ![VELUX - RGB](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/4/04817b4190c1bc568162cecf3ade9da004162384.png) **Limitations** The app currently supports controlling blinds, shutters, and opening windows but does **not yet offer the ability to close windows**. This limitation is due to the current integration capabilities provided by Velux. If you would like to see this feature in future updates, I encourage you to contact Velux and request that they open the API for window-closing control functionality. **Can I ask Velux to enable opening windows? Absolutely, here is a draft 🙂** salg@_velux_ ._dk_ Dear Velux Team, I am a loyal Velux customer and truly value the quality and functionality of your products. As a user of the Homey platform, I appreciate the integration that allows me to open my Velux windows, but I find it limiting that there is currently no option to close them via the API. Having the ability to close windows through Homey would greatly enhance the usability and convenience of my smart home setup. I understand that this might involve entrusting some security aspects to the Homey ecosystem, but I am fully aware of this and confident in Homey’s robust platform, which already successfully manages alarms and door locks. I kindly request that you consider enabling API functionality for closing windows in a future update. This enhancement would be invaluable to customers like me who are building comprehensive and secure smart home systems. Thank you for your attention, and I hope you will take this feedback into consideration. Best regards, * * * Let me know if any problems arise, and I will do my best to fix them. > **[Velux | Homey](https://homey.app/da-dk/app/com.velux/Velux/)** > > Effortlessly control your blinds and shutters for a restful night's sleep. and in test: > **[Velux | Homey](https://homey.app/da-dk/app/com.velux/Velux/)** > > Effortlessly control your blinds and shutters for a restful night's sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Selders](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tim_selders/32/111447_2.png) [@Tim\_Selders](https://community.homey.app/u/Tim_Selders)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/2 "2024-09-06T09:11:46Z")
Hi Peter, Awesome job. Thanks! Are you considering adding the Velux Climatesensor to it as well? Love to hear form you… Greets, Tim ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/3 "2024-09-06T10:32:10Z")
Hi Tim, Thank you! I am glad you can use it. Let me know if you face any problems. I have had a few hiccups with the app losing access, but I hope my release earlier today fixes it—hit repair on the devices if it happens. I will happily help with the climate sensor, but I need to borrow some credentials to test whether it works. Let me know in a PM if you are OK with it. Best, Peter ---
**Author:** ![Jeppe\_Ladefoged](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeppe_ladefoged/32/113852_2.png) [@Jeppe\_Ladefoged](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeppe_Ladefoged)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/4 "2024-09-07T10:02:57Z")
Hi Peter Great job! Thanks so much for your work! Do you have any plans on adding support for VELUX windows? I have the VELUX ACTIVE with NETATMO bridge and a couple of skylight windows and one of the window control boxes with built-in co2, humidity and temperature sensors. I would love to be able to add them to Homey. Happy to assist in any way I can if you’re interested. Have a good day BR Jeppe ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_Kokholm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kim_kokholm/32/91519_2.png) [@Kim\_Kokholm](https://community.homey.app/u/Kim_Kokholm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/5 "2024-09-07T20:06:59Z")
Hi @Peter_Jensen1 I would love support for skylight windows as well. Let me know if you need a hand with the development. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/6 "2024-09-07T20:53:49Z")
Hi Jeppe and Kim Great if you can use it. Please go and get the newest version, [Velux App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.velux/test/) , and check your credentials on the settings page. Hopefully I am done with the auth part now. I will be happy to add more devices if anybody lets me borrow some credentials for a Velux Active account with the device. It is a little more fun when you can see the consequences of what you are building (at least in the app). Send me a PM. Best, Peter ---
**Author:** ![Jeppe\_Ladefoged](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeppe_ladefoged/32/113852_2.png) [@Jeppe\_Ladefoged](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeppe_Ladefoged)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/7 "2024-09-09T07:36:46Z")
Hi @Peter_Jensen1 Thanks so much for your effort. I tried the latest version but I’m not able to verify if Auth is working since I don’t have any blinds in my setup. Maybe [this screen recording](https://share.icloud.com/photos/02e1YrNv78Fv0kMXY7Tzc4OTA) will help you verify on your end. You can borrow my credentials for testing with a Velux Active account but I would prefer a more private channel to exchange info. Perhaps over iMessage? Let me know and we’ll figure something out. Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/8 "2024-09-09T08:05:59Z")
Great Jeppe. I have sent you my number in a PM. Best, Peter ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_Kokholm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kim_kokholm/32/91519_2.png) [@Kim\_Kokholm](https://community.homey.app/u/Kim_Kokholm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/9 "2024-09-14T09:52:48Z")
Let me know if you would like to borrow my credentials as well. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/10 "2024-09-16T13:25:06Z")
Thank you @Kim_Kokholm. I am still seeking credentials for somebody with a Roller Shutter and/or a departure switch. The climate sensor will be available in the next update. The windows are a headache. I can close them, but it seems like Velux has added some security to the open commands (hash\_target\_position and a sign\_key\_id). I have tried it in a similar Homebridge app facing the same issue. I have not lost all hope, but any ideas are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_Kokholm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kim_kokholm/32/91519_2.png) [@Kim\_Kokholm](https://community.homey.app/u/Kim_Kokholm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/11 "2024-09-16T13:44:55Z")
Hi @Peter_Jensen1 I did check my credentials, becuase I’ve logged out of the app and logged in again. In that process, I did have to the “bridge” in pair mode by pressing a button on the back. When using your app, I’ve just had to provide my credentials in the settings, and not doing the pair operation. Don’t know if this is required. How do you communicate with Velux bridge? Pure online and with get/post or? Maybe I can try. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/12 "2024-09-19T09:48:23Z")
Hi @Kim_Kokholm There is no need for the pair operation when connecting through the API. It is pure online; the [different methods are well described here](https://github.com/nougad/velux-cli/blob/master/velux-protocol.md) Others have run into the same problem as us: [Some Question · Issue #3 · nougad/velux-cli · GitHub](https://github.com/nougad/velux-cli/issues/3) I will publish a new app version in the next few days with thermostats and where the “close” window will work. Maybe that will be useful for some. If somebody has or can create a contact in Velux, I will be happy to collaborate. Best, Peter ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/13 "2024-09-25T07:24:29Z")
Hi, There is a version in test with the following improvements: 1. Overcoming the problem of logging in repeatedly and many emails from Velux. 2. Optional hook to papertrail for logging (properly mostly a feature for myself) I am still looking for somebody with a lock/unlock house device that can help me understand how it works. Best, ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_Kokholm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kim_kokholm/32/91519_2.png) [@Kim\_Kokholm](https://community.homey.app/u/Kim_Kokholm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/14 "2024-09-25T09:24:21Z")
Hi @Peter_Jensen1 Not that you have to look into it, but just raising a flag: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/5/c5fe90aee54c25da6f07908a8719ee82a1007799.png) Think for this app to work, fully, handshaking with hub/controller is needed. Closing, on the other hand, is allowed - think you mentioned that earier as well. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/15 "2024-09-25T10:47:56Z")
Hi @Kim_Kokholm Yes, I am the one setting that error. If you have a method for performing a handshake, please share it. The only workarounds I know are to buy a VELUX INTEGRA KLF 050 and connect with some relay or use a Somfy TaHoma switch. I have not tested any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Wilfried1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wilfried1/32/115239_2.png) [@Wilfried1](https://community.homey.app/u/Wilfried1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/16 "2024-09-29T10:15:48Z")
Great that this finally is available. While trying to install the windows as the sensor I am getting the following message. Although I am logged in the Homey App as well as the VELUX active app. What is it that I am doing wrong? 😀 ![IMG_0164](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/b/4bd6c1800e2553cd15a70d7cb6eae0583767004a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/17 "2024-09-29T12:55:07Z")
Hi @Wilfried1 , It would be great if you see potential in the app. Please ensure the credentials you set in the settings page are correct, and then hit “Create Diagnostics Report.” Then, I will take a look. Best, Peter ---
**Author:** ![Wilfried1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wilfried1/32/115239_2.png) [@Wilfried1](https://community.homey.app/u/Wilfried1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/18 "2024-09-29T16:05:33Z")
Looks likening works now. Neede to restart the app. Thanks for your quick response. Is it correct that (for now) it only can closes the windows? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Jensen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Peter\_Jensen1](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Jensen1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/19 "2024-09-29T16:43:25Z")
Correct. We might need help from Velux to change that. Lets see. ---
**Author:** ![Rene\_Sulman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rene_sulman/32/114185_2.png) [@Rene\_Sulman](https://community.homey.app/u/Rene_Sulman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573/20 "2024-10-15T17:02:20Z")
Many thanx for this great app! Support for Velux roller shutters should be great to. If I can help let me know. I have two outside Velux Active solar roller shutters so if you need a test environment. Best regards Rene [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-velux/115573.md?page=2)