pbir

Somfy has a full line of motors and control devices which provide 2-way control.  For this, you should contact Somfy directly.

As for dry contact generic motors, it becomes a matter of reliability and support from the manufacturer.

The driver handles dry contact motors in a relatively standard way: an 'UP' contact, a "DOWN' contact and a 'STOP'  contact.  In addition, Somfy allows closing both 'UP' and 'DOWN' at the same time to signify 'STOP' instead of using the separate 'STOP' contact.  This is also supported as an option.

The timing model in the driver should allow for % open/closed.

If your generic motors can work with a 400ms pulse for 'UP', 'DOWN' and 'STOP', you should be OK.

I hope this helps.

Hi

1. This driver works very well with OS 3.0

2. No other parts needed.  The driver will connect with one of the 3 myLinks which will, in turn communicate with the other 2.

3. Yes.

Other benefits: the main benefit is the % model.

I hope this helps.

Sinopé (www.sinopetech.com)

All our drivers on DriverCentral are enabled for LuaJIT.  This happens automatically if you are on the latest version and you update to OS 3.0.  

1 hour ago, South Africa C4 user said:

I get the feeling Paul has had a busy couple of days as have many other (I am sure!)

Yes, ever since I found this bug on Saturday.  Went back and forth with C4 during the Memorial Day weekend to try and pinpoint the issue, as it occurred only recently.  I’m glad that C4 were able to resolve this quickly, but it was very stressful to imagine all the projects running the driver not being able to upgrade !

In any case, this is now behind us and we can concentrate our efforts on all the good stuff in OS 3.0.

Sincere thanks to all for your patience and understanding.

Paul Biron

13 minutes ago, RyanE said:

As some of you have asked: a few of the 'behind the scenes' (in addition to the fantastic UI / Favorites / Backgrounds / Sliders / etc.) updates in this release include:

• LuaJIT: Drivers that support it can use the Just-in-time compiled version of Lua, which speeds up drivers (and saves CPU resources for Director)

...

RyanE

All the Domosapiens drivers available on DriverCentral are now JIT-enabled to benefit from this new execution environment under OS 3.0.  Either Auto Update or download the most recent versions.

Paul Biron

My understanding is that io-homecontrol uses European-only frequencies and would possibly not be allowed in North America. Also, it is a closed protocol, limited only at this time to Somfy control units, not open to being controlled by a home automation system like Control4. This might change, but for now, RTS looks like it is still Somfy's wireless approach in North America.

You will be able to control from Control4 by connecting the URTSI to a serial port and using an appropriate driver.  No wires to the blinds other than power are required.  Make sure first that you can operate your blinds using the Somfy remote, then program the URTSI and verify that it operates the blinds (it has buttons) and then Control4.  You can try the Domosapiens driver on HouseLogix for free during 2 days.

Let me see if I can help a bit (I wrote the Somfy driver referenced by blub).

This driver supports Somfy RTS (one-way) blinds via the new Somfy myLink interface, which is an IP-connected device.  It also supports Somfy SDN (two-way) blinds via the Somfy UAI interface, which is a serially-connected device (RS232).  After adding the interface driver (capable of supporting myLink and UAI simultaneously), you add one blind driver for each blind in your project.  Each blind can then be defined as an RTS blind or an SDN blind.  The installation is quite straightforward.

The other alternatives for controlling Somfy RTS blinds typically use the Somfy 16-channel URTSI II in North America or the Somfy 16-channel RT485 RTS Transmitter elsewhere.  Free drivers exist with limited functions, but I have a driver on HouseLogix which supports virtually everything RTS, along with an elaborate timing model which interfaces nicely with the new blind interface available in OS 2.9.