Cover Controller
A cover controller motorizes curtains, blinds, shades, and other window coverings. It opens and closes them on schedule, by sunlight, or by presence, with no rewiring of the home.
A cover controller adds motorized control to window coverings. Track and rod versions drive curtains, roller versions handle shades, and each reports position back to Home Assistant, so automations can set any opening level, not just fully open or closed.
How Selora AI uses cover controllers
- Daylight automation that opens coverings at sunrise and closes them at sunset.
- Thermal control that closes shades on hot afternoons to cut cooling load, or opens them for passive solar heat.
- Privacy and presence recipes that close everything when the home is set to away or at a fixed evening hour.
Why cover controllers matter for installers
Motorizing existing coverings is far cheaper than replacing them, and local position control keeps shades responsive even when the internet is down. Battery models install in minutes; wired models never need charging.
Compatible devices
Curtain Driver E1
Aqara Curtain Driver E1 motorizes existing curtain tracks or rods over Zigbee, reports position for any opening level, and runs for months on a rechargeable battery.
Applause Honeycomb Shades
Applause Honeycomb Shades bring cellular insulation at a lower price point than Duette, with the same PowerView motorization and position control in Home Assistant.
Designer Roller Shades
Designer Roller Shades are the straightforward PowerView roller, available in battery and hardwired AC versions, each a single cover with position in Home Assistant.
Designer Screen Shades
Designer Screen Shades use open-weave solar fabric to cut glare and heat while keeping the view, and PowerView drives them from Home Assistant as a positioned cover.
Duette Honeycomb Shades
Duette Honeycomb Shades trap air in cellular pockets to insulate the window, and PowerView motorization exposes each shade to Home Assistant as a cover with position control.
Luminette Privacy Sheers
Luminette Privacy Sheers cover patio doors and wide glass with rotating vertical vanes on a sheer face, and PowerView traverses them from Home Assistant.
Pirouette Window Shadings
Pirouette Window Shadings layer contoured fabric vanes over a single sheer backing, and PowerView reports both position and vane tilt to Home Assistant.
Provenance Woven Wood Shades
Provenance Woven Wood Shades weave reeds, grasses, and bamboo into a natural-texture shade, motorized by PowerView and controlled from Home Assistant as a cover with position.
Silhouette Sheer Shadings
Silhouette Sheer Shadings suspend fabric vanes between two sheers, so PowerView gives Home Assistant both a shade position and a vane tilt for fine daylight control.
Skyline Gliding Window Panels
Skyline Gliding Window Panels slide flat fabric panels across wide openings on a track, and PowerView traverses them from Home Assistant as a vertical cover.
Sonnette Cellular Roller Shades
Sonnette Cellular Roller Shades roll a curved cellular cell onto a single tube, combining roller simplicity with cellular light diffusion, and report position to Home Assistant.
Vignette Roman Shades
Vignette Roman Shades keep the folded fabric look with no exposed rear cords, and PowerView exposes each shade to Home Assistant as a cover with position.
Micro Open/Close Module 2444-222
The Insteon Micro Open/Close Module (2444-222) is an in-line controller for motorized shades, blinds, and other covers. It drives open, close, and stop locally over the Insteon mesh.
Pico Original Remote for Shades PJ2-3BRL-S01
The Pico PJ2-3BRL-S01 is a wire-free remote for Caséta smart shades, with open, raise, lower, close, and a favorite position. Its presses surface in Home Assistant as events for Selora AI scene control.
2PM Gen3
Shelly 2PM Gen3 is a dual-channel Wi-Fi relay with power metering that controls two independent circuits or drives a single roller shutter or motorized cover with position feedback.
2PM Gen4
Dual-channel Wi-Fi relay with per-channel power metering and a roller/cover mode for motorized blinds and shutters. Multiprotocol Gen4 hardware adds Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Matter for flexible integration.
Plus 2PM
Dual-channel Wi-Fi relay with per-channel power metering for two independent loads or a single roller shutter. Obstacle detection and a safety switch make cover control reliable for blinds, awnings, and garage doors.
Pro 2PM
Shelly Pro 2PM is a DIN-rail dual-channel relay with per-channel power metering that controls two circuits or drives a single roller shutter, with Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth for reliable panel connectivity.
Pro Dual Cover Shutter PM
Dual-channel DIN-rail controller for two roller shutters, blinds, or awnings with per-channel power and energy metering. Wired Ethernet plus Wi-Fi and an onboard display make it a reliable fit for professional panel installs.
Qubino Wave Pro Shutter
A DIN-rail Z-Wave shutter controller for one motorized roller shutter or venetian blind, with integrated power metering and slat-angle control. Mains-powered, so it repeats the Z-Wave mesh for nearby battery devices.
Qubino Wave Shutter
Shelly Qubino Wave Shutter is a Z-Wave roller-shutter and blind controller with position feedback, built for installs that standardize on a Z-Wave mesh.
Altus 40 RTS
Altus 40 RTS is Somfy's workhorse mains tubular motor for roller shutters, exterior blinds, louvres, and projection screens, with the RTS receiver built in. It is everywhere, it is cheap to specify, and it is one-way: Home Assistant can command it but never learns where it stopped.
Glydea Ultra 60 RTS
Glydea Ultra 60 is Somfy's curtain track motor for heavy drapery, quiet enough for a bedroom and strong enough for 132 lb of fabric on a 36 ft run. The RTS version is the one most fabricators ship, and it reaches Home Assistant through a TaHoma, Connexoon RTS, or myLink gateway.
IZYMO Shutter Receiver io
The IZYMO Shutter Receiver io (1822661) is a micromodule that fits behind an existing shutter switch and puts a wired roller shutter onto io-homecontrol without replacing the motor. The existing wall switch keeps working, and the shutter gains position feedback through the gateway.
Oximo io
Oximo io is Somfy's io-homecontrol motor for exterior roller shutters, sold both on its own and as a retrofit kit that replaces any existing shutter motor whatever brand or technology it used. It reports position, detects obstacles, and is the standard way to bring a house of dumb shutters into Home Assistant one window at a time.
Sonesse 30 WireFree RTS (Li-ion)
The Sonesse 30 WireFree RTS is Somfy's battery interior shade motor: a 12 V lithium-ion pack inside the tube, about one recharge a year, and no cable to pull. It is the answer for a retrofit where running power to a window is not an option, at the cost of RTS being one-way.
Sonesse 40 io
The Sonesse 40 io is Somfy's quiet 40 mm tubular motor for interior blinds and projection screens, and it is the one to specify when a shade has to be automated properly: io-homecontrol means the motor reports its real position back to the gateway, so Home Assistant reads a position instead of guessing one.
Smart Blind
Third Reality's Zigbee Smart Blind is a motorized cordless honeycomb shade that Home Assistant opens, closes, and sets to any position over a local Zigbee link.
DC Motor Controller ZEN53
The Zooz ZEN53 800LR adds Z-Wave control to DC motor shades, blinds, and awnings that would otherwise need a proprietary remote.
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