# IKEA Trådfri smart-curtains (FYRTUR and KADRILJ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [January 7, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437 "2019-01-07T13:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/131 "2020-01-06T12:20:46Z")
First i reset the repeater and the curtains. I added the repeater to homey first, and then connect to curtains to Homey. After a while i see the curtains connect trough the repeater to Homey. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/132 "2020-01-06T12:50:39Z")
I have the same problem. I put some WD40 between the ring, hope it helps. ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/133 "2020-01-06T13:05:52Z")
Common misconception but WD40 is _not_ lubricant - you’ll be better with some petroleum jelly for the long term ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/134 "2020-01-06T13:22:21Z")
ok tnx for the advice, i will try that 😃 ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/135 "2020-01-06T17:03:17Z")
Wait. You connect both the curtains and the repeater to homey. But they aren’t connected together (the curtains and the repeater then, right?) or, how do you know the curtains are connected through the repeater? ---
**Author:** ![Ikon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ikon/32/11729_2.png) [@Ikon](https://community.homey.app/u/Ikon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/136 "2020-01-06T23:13:14Z")
I don’t get it. If u use the gateway, can u connect both the remote and the blind to Homey then ? ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_hoogenbosch/32/10647_2.png) [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_Hoogenbosch)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/137 "2020-01-07T07:54:59Z")
Yes you can. With the GW and the GW app you connect your homey to the GW. Everything which works with the GW keeps working. And you can control everything which is supported by the app through homey. including the blinds. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/138 "2020-01-07T08:44:41Z")
Aside from the remote, which isn’t exposed to Homey (so you can’t trigger based on button-presses, for instance). ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/139 "2020-01-07T19:24:45Z")
It’s Homey -\> Repeater -\> Curtains The repeater and Curtains are only connected to Homey. Homey’s Mesh network makes the link from Homey to the repeater and then to the curtains. ---
**Author:** ![Ikon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ikon/32/11729_2.png) [@Ikon](https://community.homey.app/u/Ikon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/140 "2020-01-08T20:09:30Z")
Does that mean u can have the blind connected to Homey and still use the remote ? ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/141 "2020-01-09T13:05:51Z")
Thanks. I tried ir Now see how it works when I have to charge it. Fingers crossed. Thanks for your time! ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/142 "2020-01-09T21:16:56Z")
No sorry the remote won’t work anymore ☹ @victoroos , No problem! ---
**Author:** ![Ikon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ikon/32/11729_2.png) [@Ikon](https://community.homey.app/u/Ikon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/143 "2020-01-09T22:05:12Z")
Ok, thanks, but what’s the benefit of connecting that way from the ”normal” way? Or i’m i missunderstanding this? ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/144 "2020-01-10T09:18:24Z")
Are you aware of any way to get the remote exposed to Homey? I.e. if I had a spare one can I connect somehow? Also, can anyone advise how I can do a ‘lower blind while button pressed’ flow in Homey using the Tradfri gateway app? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/145 "2020-01-10T10:19:59Z")
> [@vaderag](#): > > Are you aware of any way to get the remote exposed to Homey? > I.e. if I had a spare one can I connect somehow? As far as I know, there isn’t a way. The gateway doesn’t expose the button to Homey, and Homey itself doesn’t support the device directly. > [@](#): > > Also, can anyone advise how I can do a ‘lower blind while button pressed’ flow in Homey using the Tradfri gateway app? Homey doesn’t support “WHILE”-type triggers, so not sure if this is possible at all. ---
**Author:** ![M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m_a_r_c_o/32/146_2.png) [@M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://community.homey.app/u/M_a_r_c_o)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/146 "2020-01-10T11:02:24Z")
> [@vaderag](#): > > Also, can anyone advise how I can do a ‘lower blind while button pressed’ flow in Homey using the Tradfri gateway app? 2 flows? If button changed — and is pressed ----- send close command if button changed — and is not pressed -------send stop command 3 flows? If button changed — and is pressed — and var screen\_closed = False ------- send close command ------- start timer (with time in sec to full closure) if button changed — and is not pressed — and var screen\_closed = False — and timer is not finished ------ send stop command ------ set var screen\_closed = True if timer stopped ------ send stop command ------ set var screen\_closed = True ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/147 "2020-01-10T18:27:38Z")
you have 2 choices. 1. connect the curtains to the curtain remote only and use them that way. 2. Connect the curtains to homey , but you can’t use the curtain remote any more. In option 2 it’s possible to add a remote witch Homey support and make a flow to let the curtains go up or down. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/148 "2020-01-10T18:37:45Z")
There’s another choice: connect the curtains to an IKEA gateway so you can control them with the remote _and_ with Homey. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Faber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_faber/32/8118_2.png) [@Lars\_Faber](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Faber)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/149 "2020-01-10T18:48:50Z")
Yeah thats true , so you have 3 options 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ikon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ikon/32/11729_2.png) [@Ikon](https://community.homey.app/u/Ikon)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437/150 "2020-01-10T21:05:33Z")
U mean this app [IKEA Trådfri Gateway App för Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/sv-se/app/com.ikea.tradfri.gateway/IKEA-Tr%C3%A5dfri-Gateway/)? People say it works very poorly [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437.md?page=6) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-smart-curtains-fyrtur-and-kadrilj/6437.md?page=8)