SwitchBot Curtain Smart Electric Motor - Wireless App or Automate Timer Control, Use SwitchBot Hub Mini to be Compatible with Alexa, Google Home, HomePod, IFTTT (U-Rail, Black)

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The SwitchBot Curtain 3 is currently not officially supported in the official integration. However, some awesome people in the community forums managed to create a working python library and add the Curtain 3 in Home Assistant. Please note, you need Bluetooth or Bluetooth Proxy enabled to use this: Like other SwitchBot products I’ve tested, the Curtain 3 is built really well and feels like a premium device. It’s certainly a significant improvement over the Curtain 2, but if you already own the previous generation of SwitchBot curtain motors I do not feel it’s necessary to upgrade.

I have various types of blinds and curtains in my home, the most common being beaded chain roller curtains (controlled with Aqara E1). Now I’m thinking I should switch to drapes and use the SwitchBot Curtain 3 everywhere instead. It’s so quiet! Take a closer look at the ‘parameter’ value – the number ‘1’ means that QuietDrift is enabled. If you don’t want to use QuietDrift, change this to ‘ff’. To be honest, if you don’t want to use QuietDrift then you are better off using Matter, but perhaps you have your reasons! Save your configuration and restart Home Assistant to make sure the REST command entity has been created. What is it with teenagers and curtains? They either don’t bother closing them when it gets dark, or they never open them during the day. SwitchBot have very kindly offered to help me with this little problem. They’ve sent me a pair of the new SwitchBot Curtain 3 robots which are designed to turn almost any type of curtain into a smart curtain. Ok so you really must get the solar panels that go with them. They are really easy to install – they’ve got a long arm that unfolds so as the panels can sit neatly within the window to get full sunlight. They clip in to the bottom of the SwitchBot Curtain really easily, and they’ve also got a light sensor in so they know if it’s day or night. To make use of that sensor in automations though you will need a hub, and your best option there is the SwitchBot Hub 2. End position magnets SwitchBot Hub 2The DC motor and each of the gears are installed in a plastic enclosure which is one of the main reasons the Curtain 3 is so quiet, even in Normal mode. Beside a couple of screws, this piece is sealed shut with some kind of glue, significantly lowering the noise level the motor and gears produce.

If you don’t want to use SwitchBot’s kit, then there’s also an IFTTT channel, so you can achieve some of the same functionality using a different source, such as a smart thermostat. You don’t get quite the same level of control, plus you can’t restrict IFTTT rules to run between specific times unless you upgrade to a Pro account. Even then, it’s more fiddly to programme IFTTT Pro than it is to use SwitchBot’s app. Next find your rest sensor configuration, the section where you created your ‘all devices’ sensor. Add the following new position sensor configuration to it making sure that you change the DEVICE_ID to match again. rest:This is their latest hub and it supports Matter which means you can easily link your curtains to something like Home Assistant. Matter really is the easiest way to connect SwitchBot devices to Home Assistant. If you install the Matter add-on and integration, pair your SwitchBot Hub with Home Assistant, then in your SwitchBot app under your Hub settings select your supported devices as Secondary Devices for Matter. Then they just appear in Home Assistant to control.