Window Covering
Updated July 19, 2022 by luwol03 and ShaquuUUID: 0000008C-0000-1000-8000-0026BB765291
Characteristics
A minimal Window Covering only has a Position. Additionally, Horizontal and Vertical tilt angles can be added, as well as information about Obstruction Detection.
Position State is an official characteristic, but does not have any effect!
It is implicitly derived by comparing Current State to Target State (e.g. Current State > Target State = Decreasing).
When Current State and Target State are not equal, you will get the spinning icon in Home.app.
If the actual state is set from outside, you should take care to set both Current and Target State.
Examples
These examples are meant to be copied into your Node-RED system and adapted to your setup.
Window Covering with all characteristics
This is a Window Covering with all possible characteristics.
The flow looks like this:
In Home.app, you will get this:
Copyable Node-RED flow:
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Simple open / close window with various target positions
This is a Window Covering with only open and close characteristics. This is meant to demonstrate what the Home.app shows when injecting TargetPosition and CurrentPosition, the required properties for this item. The messages may be sent together in a single payload or with a delay between to show “opening” and “closing” in the Home.app.
Node red code:
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