Love the D1 mini!!! Use them for WLED projects...LED stuff. Buy these puppies 10 at time for like $2.50 each...gotta love it. Just started watching this... Looks like it may be a winner. Only wish I didn't have so many projects ahead of this...lol.
Very many thanks for the inspiration! I successfully followed a similar approach but with a wand driven 1 inch blind rail (rather challenging in this space!). Had to cut away some plastic from around the worm gear mechanism, trim the drive shaft and drill a hole and host the motor externally on back of blind rail (Lucky I have space behind else would have to be on front side which is not as neat) . I used a 5mm shaft coupling to then attach to stepper to the worm gear shaft and dropped Ethernet directly down to the controller and power supply. You can buy the Switchbot that turns the wand but they are very expensive! Anyhow to avoid power/reboot issues potentially breaking/straining something due to wrong motor positioning (defaults to 0 on reboot even if open etc..) I modified the code slightly to include a 'globals' variable that is 'set' on each action and is checked and updated to flash memory every 1 minute (time can be adapted as a preference setting). I included an on_boot section to report/target the motor position using the saved 'globals' value and also update the sensor template value. As the motor is now the only way to activate then I assume that if power issues are experienced then the last target/current value is to be assumed on re-boot. Of course if you power down during operation or less than the flash update period, then you could still get stuck in wrong/misaligned position, but in general I think the risk is mitigated much better if for instance you are operating on a timer sequence without being home to monitor it. Very many thanks for the big push in the right direction! Keep up the excellent work!
Very cool brother! In order to control the blinds being able to be lifted as well, would you just mirror the project with the other cord? and would that stepper motor have enough torque to accomplish that added feature? You also had mentioned in this video, you rather had attached the motor on the shaft. Since you have a printer, you may be able to build a planetary gear torque multiplier. You would then have to recalibrate your code. Take that advice with a grain of salt, I am no expert. Then also if you would dermal out two slotted holes where you secured the motor, you could then slide the motor back and forth (or side to side) to make the cord more taught without having to play with it as much. Using locking washers would then ensure the motor would give on the slotted holes. Unsure if that is any help, but I am excited to try this my-self. Thank you for this video.
You could try it yes but I don't think this motor would have enough power, a NEMA17 stepper might but I don't have space for one of those in these blinds unfortunately. Oh cool good idea, thanks for the detailed explanation! 🙏
btw, the wiring diagram is wrong. the lm2596 has in + on both sides, and where the red/positive and black/negative should go on that end are reversed. i also burned out a d1 mini before i figured out i had to adjust the voltage 😆
Very slick install, I have a blackout blinds with a long looped wire with beads on it. Will try to adapt your design and have it pull the wire, just need to design a gear for the motor. Thanks for the video
Thank you very much for tutorial it worked perfect for my kitchen blinds. Now I'm trying to make second window blind automated with new ESP and ran into confusion what needs to be changed/renamed in a code to create a new device and entities?
This will be very useful for me. Unfortunately I'm trying to smart life/push top/borrow shade blinds, and I HAVE to figure out how to turn that rod directly... trying to figure out using a 12v 15rpm electric motor which I think is for an rc car or something
My blinds use 2 sets of strings to open. 1 set lifts the entire thing up so there are no blinds covering the window. The other just opens makes the blinds flat as to allow light in. It seems like this is the same system as the one you have. Is that correct? I have seen many systems that use a looped beaded pulley, which mine does not have.
Hey, great video 👍🏻 I’m been searching for something which would control my roller blinds. While there are many out there, most use MQTT. Do you think this config file would work to control a roller blind set up pretty much made in the same way?
Sorry, this may be a dumb question lol I'm pretty new to tinkering and I'm trying new things. Its ok to use a 12 volt power supply with a 5 volt DC stepper motor?
Nope, you will burn it. Voltage must be exactly the one in the specs. Amp or power (of the power supply) must be equal or higher than the stepper specs.
I see a problem - I don't remember where the zero point is after the reset...How did you ensure that the engine does not lose its initial state? I did everything like you and the engine always recognizes the current state of the device as zero after resetting the device
Did any update of Esphome or Homeassistant broke this? My was working fine. Suddently the motor spinning L and R only. There was lot of esphome updates in the past weeks Thnx
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks for reply sir, I just want this to communicate to homeassistant through mqtt only, skipping esphome integration, just like a video from "the hookup channel" , where his device subscribes to mqtt topic and then it could be controlled by publishing mqtt number to stepper, the only issue there was noisy clicks at each rotation, the noise was loud enough to wake me up if sleeping if my blinds/curtains move, so I though using different firmware and setup like yours may be quieter... cheers
Hi, thanks for your video. I followed your guide and it works great. But sometimes the blinds are out of sync. So if they are open I can't close them because Home Assistant thinks they are already closed. So I can only open them again. If I do that the blinds will turn the other way and close again. But they close not fully. I hope you know what I mean. And what I can do about this?
Thanks! I do know what you mean but it shouldn't be an issue unless you are frequently rebooting or uploading to your device or it loses power, how often is that happening?
No this isn't an issue for me because the device state is stored on the esp rather than home assistant so as soon as HA comes back online, the esp tells is the correct device state, so I'm guessing you have another issue
The only time I have an issue is if the esp is unplugged and it powers on with the blind in the closed state (because the default for mine is open) but it's easy enough for me to get them back in sync and I never really lose power to the blind
I just came across this video and was able to flash my D1 Mini, but I am having trouble getting it integrated into my HA dashboard. How did you go about doing this? When I look at this device I see a control for cover.my_blind, but when I add it to Lovelace, I get Entity not available.
It's definitely something that you could do I think, I'm not very well versed on batteries but there is definitely enough scope for a battery inside these blinds. I'll get my thinking cap on!
@@EverythingSmartHome starting to follow everything you are doing now :) I second the battery option, that coupled with a small solar panel to top the battery up, and go from a wifi to zigbee chip to reduce power consumption when idle, and you've got the perfect setup.
Hi tried with the 12v version same setting but the motor was less powerful than the 5v anyone recommend something to increase speed and torque of the same 12v motor pls ?
Hello Fiends , I am not able to connect with com port . it keep failing while flashing the code . Please can you help |ERROR Error resolving IP address of blinds_office.local. Is it connected to WiFi? ERROR (If this error persists, please set a static IP address: esphome.io/components/wifi.html#manual-ips) ERROR Error resolving IP address: Error resolving address with mDNS: Did not respond. Maybe the device is offline., [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname
The code you posted doesn't work, it finds devices but there are no entities. What needs to be set in the HA configuration file and what needs to be set in the HA automation file? I'm using ULN2003 instead of A4988, my settings of stepper: stepper: - platform: uln2003 id: my_stepper sleep_when_done: true pin_a: D1 pin_b: D2 pin_c: D3 pin_d: D4 max_speed: 250
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Great project and excellent video! Keep it up man you have a great gift in creating easy to follow videos with good explanations!
Thanks Taylor, much appreciated 🙏
Total winner, really enjoyed this. I might try this with a geared motor and drive the shaft directly.
Thanks heaps.
Glad it was useful!
Love the D1 mini!!! Use them for WLED projects...LED stuff. Buy these puppies 10 at time for like $2.50 each...gotta love it.
Just started watching this... Looks like it may be a winner. Only wish I didn't have so many projects ahead of this...lol.
Very many thanks for the inspiration! I successfully followed a similar approach but with a wand driven 1 inch blind rail (rather challenging in this space!). Had to cut away some plastic from around the worm gear mechanism, trim the drive shaft and drill a hole and host the motor externally on back of blind rail (Lucky I have space behind else would have to be on front side which is not as neat) . I used a 5mm shaft coupling to then attach to stepper to the worm gear shaft and dropped Ethernet directly down to the controller and power supply. You can buy the Switchbot that turns the wand but they are very expensive! Anyhow to avoid power/reboot issues potentially breaking/straining something due to wrong motor positioning (defaults to 0 on reboot even if open etc..) I modified the code slightly to include a 'globals' variable that is 'set' on each action and is checked and updated to flash memory every 1 minute (time can be adapted as a preference setting). I included an on_boot section to report/target the motor position using the saved 'globals' value and also update the sensor template value. As the motor is now the only way to activate then I assume that if power issues are experienced then the last target/current value is to be assumed on re-boot. Of course if you power down during operation or less than the flash update period, then you could still get stuck in wrong/misaligned position, but in general I think the risk is mitigated much better if for instance you are operating on a timer sequence without being home to monitor it. Very many thanks for the big push in the right direction! Keep up the excellent work!
Very cool brother! In order to control the blinds being able to be lifted as well, would you just mirror the project with the other cord? and would that stepper motor have enough torque to accomplish that added feature? You also had mentioned in this video, you rather had attached the motor on the shaft. Since you have a printer, you may be able to build a planetary gear torque multiplier. You would then have to recalibrate your code. Take that advice with a grain of salt, I am no expert. Then also if you would dermal out two slotted holes where you secured the motor, you could then slide the motor back and forth (or side to side) to make the cord more taught without having to play with it as much. Using locking washers would then ensure the motor would give on the slotted holes. Unsure if that is any help, but I am excited to try this my-self. Thank you for this video.
You could try it yes but I don't think this motor would have enough power, a NEMA17 stepper might but I don't have space for one of those in these blinds unfortunately. Oh cool good idea, thanks for the detailed explanation! 🙏
I would looooove the same type of video for a cheap smart curtain closing/opening mechanism please!
btw, the wiring diagram is wrong. the lm2596 has in + on both sides, and where the red/positive and black/negative should go on that end are reversed.
i also burned out a d1 mini before i figured out i had to adjust the voltage 😆
Any update on the battery and solar aspect.....would be most valuable!
Wow! Exactly what I was looking for 😮 one question: Is it possible to use one d1 mini to control 2 stepper motors?
thanks for this, I was looking for a way to motorize my blinds, and I have exactly the same system
Very slick install, I have a blackout blinds with a long looped wire with beads on it. Will try to adapt your design and have it pull the wire, just need to design a gear for the motor. Thanks for the video
Thank you very much! Yeah you should definitely be able to adapt it, tag me in it if you do, I'd love to see it!
Were you successful in creating a looped wire system? I’m about to try this myself and any info/tips would be very welcome!
Very nice and simple project. Thank you, man
Thanks 🙏
Thank you very much for tutorial it worked perfect for my kitchen blinds. Now I'm trying to make second window blind automated with new ESP and ran into confusion what needs to be changed/renamed in a code to create a new device and entities?
This will be very useful for me. Unfortunately I'm trying to smart life/push top/borrow shade blinds, and I HAVE to figure out how to turn that rod directly... trying to figure out using a 12v 15rpm electric motor which I think is for an rc car or something
Excellent video man! How's it going?
If you had more space what would you change? Other than using NEMA 17?
My blinds use 2 sets of strings to open. 1 set lifts the entire thing up so there are no blinds covering the window. The other just opens makes the blinds flat as to allow light in. It seems like this is the same system as the one you have. Is that correct? I have seen many systems that use a looped beaded pulley, which mine does not have.
Hey Simon, yes that's correct they are the same style as the ones in use here! Hope that helps
Great video! If you were to DIY this today, would you still use all the same parts?
Most likely!
bro do you lift weights seeing the corn on you hands. I'm thinking from deadlifts perhaps.
I do not have a 3D printer, is there anywhere i can buy the 3D printed spooler?
Hey, great video 👍🏻 I’m been searching for something which would control my roller blinds. While there are many out there, most use MQTT. Do you think this config file would work to control a roller blind set up pretty much made in the same way?
Would love to see an updated version of this but with rechargeable batteries. Would be a game changer.
Could you do this with battery?
Nice project
Thank you 🙏
Sorry, this may be a dumb question lol I'm pretty new to tinkering and I'm trying new things. Its ok to use a 12 volt power supply with a 5 volt DC stepper motor?
Nope, you will burn it. Voltage must be exactly the one in the specs. Amp or power (of the power supply) must be equal or higher than the stepper specs.
a planet gear stepper should do the job directly mounted ?!?
Could this be controlled by Alexa?
As in, could I make one of these and install it at my mother's home, who only has the use of Amazon devices
What are options, to make it go faster? Every Video I watch, They speed up 😂 . Any suggestions?
I see a problem - I don't remember where the zero point is after the reset...How did you ensure that the engine does not lose its initial state? I did everything like you and the engine always recognizes the current state of the device as zero after resetting the device
Did any update of Esphome or Homeassistant broke this? My was working fine. Suddently the motor spinning L and R only. There was lot of esphome updates in the past weeks
Thnx
Awesome, hey any link/guide to mqtt implementation?
Thanks! In Home Assistant do you mean?
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks for reply sir, I just want this to communicate to homeassistant through mqtt only, skipping esphome integration, just like a video from "the hookup channel" , where his device subscribes to mqtt topic and then it could be controlled by publishing mqtt number to stepper, the only issue there was noisy clicks at each rotation, the noise was loud enough to wake me up if sleeping if my blinds/curtains move, so I though using different firmware and setup like yours may be quieter... cheers
Do you sell the 3D spooler?
Hi, thanks for your video. I followed your guide and it works great.
But sometimes the blinds are out of sync. So if they are open I can't close them because Home Assistant thinks they are already closed. So I can only open them again. If I do that the blinds will turn the other way and close again. But they close not fully. I hope you know what I mean. And what I can do about this?
Thanks! I do know what you mean but it shouldn't be an issue unless you are frequently rebooting or uploading to your device or it loses power, how often is that happening?
@@EverythingSmartHome I never reboot the device. But I do reboot Home Assistant quite a few times. But that should be a problem right?
No this isn't an issue for me because the device state is stored on the esp rather than home assistant so as soon as HA comes back online, the esp tells is the correct device state, so I'm guessing you have another issue
@@EverythingSmartHome so you don't have issues with this. Good know that it should just work. I'll investigate it a bit more. Thanks for your help!
The only time I have an issue is if the esp is unplugged and it powers on with the blind in the closed state (because the default for mine is open) but it's easy enough for me to get them back in sync and I never really lose power to the blind
Awesome job well done! Namaste 🙏
Thank you 🙌🙏
Can this work with smartthings?
i really like this project, but i cant handle it.. how the hell i install the program into esp is there any tutorial for new version esphome?
I just came across this video and was able to flash my D1 Mini, but I am having trouble getting it integrated into my HA dashboard. How did you go about doing this? When I look at this device I see a control for cover.my_blind, but when I add it to Lovelace, I get Entity not available.
Hello, check the newer ESPHome videos for how to integrate
awesome thanks :)
Your welcome 🙏
👏👏👏 Gracias 👍
What are you thinking to use that with a battery?
It's definitely something that you could do I think, I'm not very well versed on batteries but there is definitely enough scope for a battery inside these blinds. I'll get my thinking cap on!
He used an wall wart power supply mains to 12V dc.
@@EverythingSmartHome starting to follow everything you are doing now :) I second the battery option, that coupled with a small solar panel to top the battery up, and go from a wifi to zigbee chip to reduce power consumption when idle, and you've got the perfect setup.
Hi, Do you think there would be enough voltage and amps from just a 5v Battery?
Do you think the motor would have enough power?
Hi tried with the 12v version same setting but the motor was less powerful than the 5v anyone recommend something to increase speed and torque of the same 12v motor pls ?
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Have anyone tried to do it with ESP8266? I done all but looks like the motor is not moving. Any ideas?
What’s the point of having a blind on a window that already has a curtain?
Talking to a camera isn't easy for you? Ahaha I feel like that didn't age too well? 😁
Hello Fiends , I am not able to connect with com port . it keep failing while flashing the code . Please can you help
|ERROR Error resolving IP address of blinds_office.local. Is it connected to WiFi?
ERROR (If this error persists, please set a static IP address: esphome.io/components/wifi.html#manual-ips)
ERROR Error resolving IP address: Error resolving address with mDNS: Did not respond. Maybe the device is offline., [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname
The code you posted doesn't work, it finds devices but there are no entities. What needs to be set in the HA configuration file and what needs to be set in the HA automation file? I'm using ULN2003 instead of A4988, my settings of stepper:
stepper:
- platform: uln2003
id: my_stepper
sleep_when_done: true
pin_a: D1
pin_b: D2
pin_c: D3
pin_d: D4
max_speed: 250