Hi everyone,
I’m trying to set up a button in Homey Pro that would allow me to control all my outdoor blinds (connected via Tahoma) simultaneously — open or close them all at once.
Each blind is properly integrated and works perfectly on its own within Homey. However, I can’t seem to group them under a single control. I followed the usual steps: selecting a device > settings (gear icon in the top right), but the “Create a group” option is missing for blinds. This option is available for other devices like lights or smart plugs, and it feels like a basic feature in home automation.
I’ve done some research, and the common suggestions are:
- Make sure the devices are properly integrated (they are).
- Create a group in Tahoma and import it into Homey as a single device — but this doesn’t work, as Homey doesn’t recognize the Tahoma group as a usable device.
Has anyone found a workaround or a solution for this?
Thanks in advance for your help!
You could create a virtual button and control all the blinds in the Flow that it triggers.
Or use the < group > app to group the blinds.
Thanks Adrian_Rockall,
This seems to match quite well what I’m trying to achieve.
I just have a small issue with the first solution: I created a virtual button called “Blinds”, which offers three actions — Up / Stop / Down. In the Flow, I placed it under “If” (Pressed / Changed). However, in the “Then” section, I can only set a position. I can’t link “Closed” to the “Down” button and “Open” to the “Up” button.
How can I proceed to make this work?
Thanks in advance for your help!
If there is a tag from the if card, I would add an AND card to check which button was pressed and then either set the position to 0% or 100%.
If you are using the button from Virtual Devices app, there is an AND card to get the current state of the button, so you can use that to decide what position to send.
It looks like you can also add the button with the position capability and then control all the blinds more precisely.
Thanks again.
With your help, I’m getting closer to the solution. However, I’m still struggling to link each individual button of the device. My flow behaves as if there’s only one button, even though I have three — as shown here.
Thanks in advance for your help!
AFAIK the Flow should trigger on any of the buttons being pressed. The AND card should then determine which state they are in and run the specified Action cards.
Basically the three buttons change the state of a single capability between Up/Stop/Down.
Thank you for your response. What I observe seems to match what you described: regardless of which button is pressed, the shutter goes down if it’s in the upper position, or it goes up if it’s in the lower position. The three different buttons are useless. It’s quite… peculiar.
Thanks again, Adrian_Rockall.
I’m wondering if anyone else might have a suggestion for what seems like a fairly basic need: I’d like to raise or lower a group of blinds simultaneously.
I’ve added each of the Tahoma Io blinds to my Homey and can control them individually using the button shown earlier.
Now, I’m trying to do this in a grouped way. I installed the Virtual Devices app, created an Up / Down / Stop button, and linked it to a flow.
However, only one of the three buttons seems to work as expected.
I must admit I’m starting to feel a bit discouraged. I’ve had the Homey Pro for a month now, and despite trying several simple setups, I haven’t had much success.
I’ve managed to add some devices (though not all), but so far, I haven’t been able to make practical use of the system.
Apologies if this sounds negative — it’s just the result of many hours spent trying to get things working without much progress. I’d really appreciate any advice or ideas that could help move things forward.
I’m not sure why you can’t get the virtual button working. I have created the following flow
And I can see on the time line that it is posting the relevant up and down messages
You could also create two Flows each with the “The state changed Up” / “The state changed Down”
