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Connecting Tahoma With HC2


Alhelo

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Hi All,

How do i connect Tahoma box with the Fibaro HC2, anyone can help please.

 

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Hi @Alhelo

 

I studied the Tahoma box about a year ago, having a lot of Somfy blinds in the house already when I bought my HC2 two years ago.

 

Conclusion: you cannot connect Tahoma to Fibaro. Reason is that Tahoma (=Somfy) is a complete closed system, without having an API like interface (or at least not a publicly documented interface).

 

This is the reason I abandoned Tahoma completely. I now control 18 Somfy blinds directly from my HC2 through virtual devices, but using a Raspberry Pi with a 433 Mhz transmitter to send the Somfy signals. Note that this only works for Somfy RTS-type motors. The newer Somfy IO-controlled motors again have a proprietary (non-publicly documented) system, and can't be controlled this way.

 

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  • Thank you, i will purchase the Raspberry Pi and the RFXtrx433E USB 433.92 MHz transceiver, and i will let you once everything is done, hope i'll be able to do it.

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    There is a brief manual on the HC2/RasPi/RFXTrx/Somfy setup which I posted on this site somewhere last year. Perhaps that might help you with the setup.

     

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  • Hi Wim, 

    i found your setup earlier today, and i download your pdf (

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    ). am sure it should help, if i need any questions i will contact you. Thank you again.

     

    Abdelrahman.

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    Hi Abdelrahman,

     

    Good luck, and indeed, do not hesitate to contact me if you need help.

     

    Bye, Wim

     

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    • 1 year later...

    Does someone has an update on how to connect Fibaro HC2 to Tahoma  to control Somfy IO roman blinds?

    It seems that an api is available now.

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    Are there members on this forum with a Tahoma and a HC2, capable and willing to test the API?

     

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    As I read the api, this is not a direct control for the Tahoma box.

    I recall from my earlier studying the tahoma system that this box is always connected to the Somfy servers in France. Looking at what Somfy is calling an api, you give a command to the api server in France using curl, and in turn the api server will most likely give a command to the Tahoma box which will then control your screen.

    Not a flexible way to work, and very depending on a reliable connection.

     

    I cannot help you further, I made the decision two years ago not to pursue with Tamoha, being such a closed system. I have no regret contolling 18 screen with Somfy RTS in combination with a Raspberry.

     

     

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    • 1 year later...

    Does anybody check if this stick for Tahoma would work with Fibaro?

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