Can I view Somfy cameras remotely through Home Assistant?

Yes. With a properly configured remote access setup (like Selora's secure tunnel), you can view live camera feeds from anywhere. The key is doing this securely — exposing Home Assistant directly to the internet is risky. A managed setup handles secure remote access for you.

Does Somfy support local recording with Home Assistant?

Many Somfy cameras can record locally when paired with Home Assistant and add-ons like Frigate. This eliminates cloud subscription costs and ensures your footage stays private. The setup requires specific hardware and configuration that a managed service handles.

Can Somfy cameras trigger other smart home automations?

Absolutely. A Somfy camera detecting motion can trigger lights, lock doors, send notifications, start recording on other cameras, or play an alert through speakers. This cross-device coordination is where Home Assistant excels over standalone security apps.

Somfy & Home Assistant

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Somfy integrates with Home Assistant to bring your security cameras, motion detectors, and alarm systems into a unified smart home dashboard. View live feeds, receive motion alerts, and build automations that coordinate security with lighting, locks, and other devices.

With Somfy connected to Home Assistant, your security system becomes part of your whole-home automation — not a siloed app. Arm the system when everyone leaves, trigger lights when motion is detected, or record clips when a door sensor opens.

Hardware availability

TaHoma switch is the current hub in both Europe and North America, in two regional variants: the European unit adds io-homecontrol to RTS and Zigbee, the North American unit is RTS and Zigbee only because io-homecontrol is not sold there. TaHoma v2 and the Connexoon boxes are no longer marketed, and Somfy’s own product page labels the Connexoon box discontinued, but both stay supported by Home Assistant and both still answer the local API. Somfy myLink is listed obsolete on the Somfy store. Motors are ordered through Somfy dealers and shade fabricators rather than retail, so several of the links below are manufacturer product pages rather than storefronts.

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How Somfy Works with Home Assistant

Getting Somfy connected to Home Assistant and running reliably.

1

Connect & configure

Add Somfy through the Home Assistant integrations panel. Cameras, sensors, and alarm panels appear as entities you can control and automate.

2

Live feeds & alerts

View camera streams directly in your dashboard. Set up notifications for motion events, door openings, or alarm triggers.

3

Cross-device automation

Build automations that coordinate Somfy with lights, locks, and speakers. Motion at the front door can trigger a light, a camera recording, and a notification — simultaneously.

Common Somfy Issues

The problems installers run into with Somfy and Home Assistant — and how a managed setup prevents them.

Camera streams overload the network

Multiple HD camera streams running simultaneously can saturate your network bandwidth, causing lag and dropped frames. Professional VLAN segmentation and QoS rules prevent this.

RTSP stream compatibility issues

Not all Somfy cameras expose RTSP streams in formats that Home Assistant handles well. Transcoding requirements can strain your server hardware.

Cloud recording dependency

Many Somfy cameras store recordings in the cloud. If the manufacturer's service has an outage or changes pricing, you lose access to your footage. Local recording through Home Assistant eliminates this dependency.

False motion alerts

Without proper zone configuration, Somfy motion detection can trigger hundreds of false alerts from trees, cars, or shadows. Fine-tuning detection zones requires hands-on expertise.

Why installers choose managed Somfy security

VLAN-segmented camera networks that don't interfere with household Wi-Fi
Local recording with automated backup — no cloud subscription required
Fine-tuned motion zones that eliminate false positives
24/7 system health monitoring with instant alerts on camera disconnections

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Somfy devices we deploy

Hardware from the Selora catalog that runs on this integration. Every unit is tested and supported as part of a managed installation.

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Shades & Covers

6 devices

Altus 40 RTS

Somfy

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

Somfy

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

Somfy

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

Somfy

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)

Somfy

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

Somfy

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.

Hubs & Gateways

5 devices

Connexoon io

Somfy

Connexoon io (1811429) is the small io-homecontrol box Somfy sold as an entry point below TaHoma, with three app personalities for windows, access, and the terrace. It is discontinued, but Home Assistant still drives it through Overkiz over both the cloud and the local API.

Connexoon RTS

Somfy

Connexoon RTS is the RTS-only version of the Connexoon box, sold for homes whose blinds and awnings predate io-homecontrol. Home Assistant supports it through Overkiz, cloud or local, but everything behind it is one-way.

TaHoma Beecon

Somfy

The TaHoma Beecon is the RTS and Zigbee hub Somfy sells in North America, where it is marketed as the TaHoma gateway under reference 1811731. Home Assistant supports it through Overkiz, including the local API, and treats it the same way it treats a TaHoma switch.

TaHoma switch

Somfy

TaHoma switch is Somfy's current hub and the one to specify for a new install, because it is a multiprotocol gateway that Home Assistant can drive over the local API instead of the Somfy cloud. It ships in two regional variants, and which radios are inside depends on which one was bought.

TaHoma v2

Somfy

TaHoma v2 is the previous generation Somfy box, superseded by the TaHoma switch but still in thousands of homes. It is worth knowing because Home Assistant supports it over the local API, so an older installation does not have to be replaced to get local control.