I have two different actors for roller shutters connected with homee: Fibaro and Qubino. In general, the Qubinos are easier to install because calibration work much better compared to Fibare which seem to be very picky. But there is a difference that drives me crazy:
Qubino does not provide Up / Down / Stop commands. You can only say Opened, closed or position x. So it is not possible to e. .g use a Philips Hue dimmer to let the roller shutter start opening and stop by pressing a button once it reached the right position. Fibaro does provide up/down/stop commands.
This is âenforcedâ by Athom, that the fibaro has it (only the older types, the newer ones also donât have the ternary buttons) is only because it already had it before it was âenforcedâ so it would kill a lot of flows of people that already had the device included.
window coverings that can be controlled by sending a command with a precise open/close level
This type should only implement the windowcoverings_set capability and in case the device supports horizontal tilt of venetian blinds also the windowcoverings_tilt_up and windowcoverings_tilt_down capabilities.
Never implement both windowcoverings_state and windowcoverings_set for one driver. This creates duplicate UI components and Flows cards.
windowcoverings_state = ternary
windowcoverings_set = dim slider
Thanks for you reply, but I have to admitâŚ.Iâm a bit lost.
Ok, It seems to be Athom who prevents Qubino from implementing such buttons for up/down/stop. But do I really only have the slider to control the roller shutter? Isnât there any way to have up/down/stop to let the roller shutter go down and stop at the right position?
Actually, thatâs what I wanted to try: Using a Philips Hue Dimmer (reomte with 4 buttons). Works brillantly with Fibaro but not with Qubino. The only command in the THEN-section of a flow is âSet position to nâ. Or did I miss a way to send a command like âupâ or âdownâ or âstopâ via flow?
Thatâs something I wanny try in future but I first have to get familiar with homey programmingâŚ.Iâm quite new here.
Thatâs what I did before writing this post. They promissed to evaluate my request.
Direct association of a ZigBee remote to a Z-Wave device is impossible, direct association you donât have to create any flows for it like you are doing now for hue with Fibaro Roller shutters.
Hi,
I recognized that Homey provides an option to directly send a Z-Wave raw command to a Z-Wave device (via Node ID). Couldnât I create a Flow for each of the 3 commands Up / Down / Stop?
I looked into the Qubino flush shutter manual, but I canât find the right commands I want to send to the device.
Any idea if that could work and where I can find the up / down / stop - z-wave commands / parameters?
Hmm, I didnât even think about that one, that should be possible if the device is included unsecure.
If it is then in let me get back to you when I get home in 8 or so hours for the correct RAW commands.
Just received an answer from Qubino-Support. All CRs on the Qubino-Homey app are currently âon holdâ due to a change of priorities, But I received the codes:
0x26 0x01 0x63 0x00 => UP
0x26 0x01 0x00 0x00 => DOWN
0x26 0x05 => STOP
Just tried and it works perfectly. I created 3 flows, 1 for each command (up/down/stop).
Itâs a workaround, but now I can control my Qubino-flush shutters with more accuracy. And I can use a (zigbee-) Hue-dimmer (which is one of the cheapest 4-button actor) to conrol the blinds by hitting âupâ for letting the shutter go up and hitting up again to stop at the right position.
This is exactly my problem too except I use a Senic Friends of Hue switch added as a Hue Tap Button. Iâm completely new to Homey and not a programmer. Can you please explain to me what should I do with these codes to make mine work as well?
0x26 0x01 0x63 0x00 => UP
0x26 0x01 0x00 0x00 => DOWN
0x26 0x05 => STOP
Currently 1 have one button assigned to âset the position to 0â and an another button to âset the position to 100â, so I can send the shutters up or down completely, but nothing in between as I canât make the blinds stop for the push of button.
Unfortunately there is no âis stoppedâ property you could use with Qubinos. But you can use the current power consumption to judge whether the roller shutter is moving or not. If you are using a up/down switch, you simply have read the power consumption. If it is below a certain level, then hitting the up button sends the âupâ-command. Else (= power consumption is above the threshold), you send the âStopâ-commend.
Means:
Hitting the up-button lets the roller shutter start opening. If you hit the up-button again it will stop.
Never implement both 
