cnicholson 1 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Hello all. Our new home will have a lot of glass, with roller shades on every window. I'm intrigued by the Lutron Hyperion system (for office buildings) that takes the sun's position into account (I think via celestial calculations and not light sensors) and adjusts shade position to avoid harsh direct sunshine as the day progresses. Seems pretty cool. Are there Control4 solutions that can replicate this? Info on the Lutron system: https://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/367-1626.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyknight 2,754 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Not using a system similar to Hyperion (at this time). Frankly though, Hyperion is not something you would use unless you're in a highrise (and high up) or you have quite the special home (ie full glass facing nested on a cliff). In your 'average' (multi-million dollar) home the actual effect of Hyperion would just be cool factor, not function. You can certainly program based off of sunset/sunrise (and before/after) to mimic this to some degree, and add date ranges to adapt the exact timing to open/close shades. But you'd have to get the information for the sun height yourself and it won't be quite as accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cnicholson 1 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Cyknight: I get it. Only looking for cool/wow factor, TBH. 😉 I was just curious if there were existing drivers the would help implement this. Not something I would likely do from scratch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyknight 2,754 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Nothing I'm aware of. MAYBE Darkskies could forecast some of this stuff - if so, @alanchow might be able to adapt his driver to forward the info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elvis 174 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 From Lutron... "NATURAL LIGHT OPTIMIZATION: Enable your blinds to automatically adjust the amount of tilt based on the position of the sun for maximum comfort throughout the day." I told them I wanted this for my roller shades and the non-committal response was that "it's coming." cnicholson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo1738 103 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 If you have a keypad in the direct sunlight you could probably program based on light levels of the keypad. Or get a motion sensor w light level sensing. cnicholson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zaphod 466 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Neo1738 said: If you have a keypad in the direct sunlight you could probably program based on light levels of the keypad. Or get a motion sensor w light level sensing. Good idea - this is how I would do this. Have some sort of a light sensor and program on the light intensity. But I wonder if keypads are sensitive enough and can differentiate between multiple levels of very bright. You might need some other sort of sensor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo1738 103 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Yeah motion sensors (def the axxess) ones can. As added bonus you get a motion sensor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave w 76 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Light meter on security cams or an ambient light sensor would do it with some IFTT programming. cnicholson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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