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The Blinds and Curtains Automation feature in the Smart Pierre app allows you to automate the positioning of blinds and curtains based on brightness sensors, presence sensors, and time-based conditions. This ensures that your home is efficiently managed for both comfort and energy savings.
Key Features:
1. Brightness Sensor-Based Automation:
- Blinds and curtains can be automated using brightness sensors to adjust their position based on the amount of daylight. For example, during bright daylight, the blinds can lower automatically to block excess sunlight, and in the evening, they can rise to let in more natural light.
2. Presence Sensor-Based Automation:
- Blinds and curtains can also respond to presence sensors, adjusting their position when someone enters or leaves the room. This adds an extra layer of convenience and energy efficiency, ensuring optimal comfort when the room is occupied.
3. Time and Day Period Automation:
- Blinds and curtains can be set to open or close at specific times of the day. For instance, you can automate the blinds to rise every morning at sunrise and lower in the evening for privacy.
4. Customizable Automation:
- Once blinds and curtains are set to auto mode, they will follow the automation rules defined in the Automations tab. You can customize scenarios where blinds respond to daylight conditions, presence in the room, and specific times, creating a seamless home environment.
The Blinds and Curtains Automation feature enhances comfort and energy efficiency by adjusting the light levels and privacy in your home automatically, based on your daily routine and preferences.
You can create scenario for the Blinds/Curtains from Taskbar or from the Menu.
Creating a scenario for the Blinds/Curtains is important because it allows seamless automation, improving convenience, energy efficiency, and security. Scenarios can adjust multiple Blinds/Curtains simultaneously based on time, weather, or light levels, helping to personalize your smart home experience and reduce the need for manual control. In this case automation is created based on the Brightness sensor in case when it detects level of light intensity lower than 75 %.
Tap on the Scenarios on the Taskbar.
Scenarios page will be open.
Tap on the button Add in order to create Scenario.
Fill following form:
- Name – Enter the name of the Scenario.
- Role – Select the appropriate role for the Scenario.
- Photo – Choose a photo to represent the Scenario.
- Slide to confirm – When enabled, you will be asked to confirm the operation to avoid accidental actions.
- Icon – Select an icon for the Scenario.
- Add a new I/O – Tap this field to add new I/Os to the Scenario.
Tap Submit/Save to finalize your changes.
Select checkbox/checkboxes next to the desired Role/Roles (multiple choice).
Tap Save/Done.
Tap the photo of the Scenario. You have three options:
Open Library - The phone’s Library will open.
Open Camera - You can take a picture using your smartphone.
Choose default image - These images are prepared in advance in order to provide a complete and seamless experience.
You can search I/Os if you tap in the field Search and write the name of the I/O that you want to find, or to tap on the filter icon in the up right corner of the Search bar.
Tap on the checkbox/checkboxes next to the desired I/Os that you would like to add to the Scenario from the I/Os to Set in Scenario list.
Under each of the I/Os on this list is shown its current status.
The statuses are always those that have been set, and they can be changed later by tapping on the I/O.
Tap Save.
Find Scenario Hall Blinds down and tap its card.
Tab Edit is selected.
Tap on the tab Automation.
Tap on +Add new Automation.
There is possibility to add:
- New Time condition,
- New Delay,
- Existing I/O.
Tap on the Existing I/O.
Scroll to Brightness sensors on the list and tap on the desired I/O from the list, in this case Hall Brightness sensor.
Hall Blinds down scenario will be activated when Hall Brightness sensor shows light intensity smaller than 75%.
You can use slider to set the desired light intensity or use Presets (tap desired one).
Tap the Save button.
To confirm settings of the Automated Scenario tap the button Done.
The Slide to confirm feature adds an extra layer of security, requiring you to confirm your action before activating the scenario. This helps prevent scenarios from being triggered accidentally.
To activate the Automated Scenario manually, tap on the card of the desired Scenario, use button Slide to Activate and slide from left to the right side.
The icon of the Automated Scenario gets blue, and status is changed to Active.
You can create scenario for the Curtains from Taskbar or from the Menu.
An automated scenario for the Curtains is convenient because it allows them to adjust automatically based on time, light levels, or room activity, enhancing comfort without manual effort. It can help regulate natural light, reduce glare, and improve privacy, creating an ideal indoor environment throughout the day. Additionally, automated Curtain control can contribute to energy efficiency by keeping rooms cooler in the summer or warmer in the winter, depending on the sunlight.
In this case Automated Scenario Curtains Closed will be activated every day from 7 o'clock.
Tap on the Scenarios on the Taskbar.
Scenarios page will be open.
Tap on the button Add in order to create Scenario.
Fill following form:
- Name – Enter the name of the Scenario.
- Role – Select the appropriate role for the Scenario.
- Photo – Choose a photo to represent the Scenario.
- Slide to confirm – When enabled, you will be asked to confirm the operation to avoid accidental actions.
- Icon – Select an icon for the Scenario.
- Add a new I/O – Tap this field to add new I/Os to the Scenario.
Tap Submit/Save to finalize your changes.
Tap in the field Role and after tap on the checkbox/checkboxes to select Role/Roles - multiple choice.
Tap Save/Done.
Tap the photo of the Scenario. You have three options:
Open Library - The phone’s Library will open.
Open Camera - You can take a picture using your smartphone.
Choose default image - These images are prepared in advance in order to provide a complete and seamless experience.
Tap on the checkbox/checkboxes next to the desired I/Os that you would like to add to the Scenario from the I/Os to Set in Scenario list.
In this case tap on the checkboxes next to the Curtains that you want to to include into the Scenario.
Tap Save/Done.
Find Scenario Curtains Closed and tap its card.
Tap on the tab Automation.
Tap on the +Add new Automation.
There is possibility to add:
- New Time condition,
- New Delay
- Existing I/O.
Tap on the New Time condition.
You should set Days, Start time and End time in this step.
Tap in the field of each of them to set them.
If Doesn't have End Time button is enabled it means that schedule don't have end time, it's just triggers for a second.
For more details follow next steps.
Select Days when the I/O will be active by clicking on the check box/check boxes next to the days from the list.
In this case select all days from Monday to Sunday.
Tap button Done.
Enable slide button Doesn't have End Time.
Tap in the field Start time to set it.
In this step use clock or icon of the keyboard in order to set this parameter.
In this case set start time at 7 o'clock.
Tap the button OK. In case that you want to cancel it tap the button Cancel.
To confirm settings of the Automated Scenario tap the button Done.
To activate the Automated Scenario Curtains Closed manually, slide from left to the right side.
The icon gets blue, and status is changed to Active.
