Long story short my place has these vertical blinds in my bedroom that get amazing light but I sleep with blackouts. Eventually I want to do a full ground up home automation when I renovate the place, but in the meantime is there any cheap device I can attach to them that will open the blinds at a set time (hopefully using google home). So I can wake up to natural light? BTW I am in the USA.
#What is a good cheap device for opening and closing vertical blinds with a roller?
ivory canopy
"with a roller" means the wand type one or one with a chained cord?
clear canopy
chained cord
one sec I'll get a pic
the one on the left opens the blinds the one on the right "turns them" (makes controls how much light the room gets when drawn)
this is the roller
ivory canopy
Oh... pulling cords, not a loop one.
For that kind I don't know smart openers.
clear canopy
what are the loop ones
ivory canopy
For those the chain cord is an infinite loop, not two seperate cords.
https://www.aqara.com/en/product/roller-shade-driver-e1/
Like the shades this device is for.
clear canopy
could I make them an infinite loop?
ivory canopy
don't know.
clear canopy
so the thing that opens and closes it is on a loop
ivory canopy
Yes.
clear canopy
so would that device you linked work?
I just want to open and close the blinds I don'
I don't mind the finer adjustments
ivory canopy
Not with your pulling cords.
clear canopy
yeah not with the beads
just the string (on the left) that opens and closes the blinds
ivory canopy
Don't think that would work as well. There are no beads to grab for the opener.
clear canopy
none with the string?
ivory canopy
As I said, that device needs a beaded loop cord. And I know no smart device fitting your shades.