I would like to control blinds using google smart home action. How can I create commands like "turn/put my blind up/down" ? What device traits should I use? It seems OnOff trait doesn't understand up and down, can I custom it? Thanks!
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You could use the undocumented (use at your own risk) device type: action.devices.types.BLINDS.
Instead you could use for traits:
- On/Off:
action.devices.traits.OnOff - Brightness:
action.devices.traits.Brightness
In this way, you can ask Google to set a specific position, to close (in Italian it works as a turn off command, in English, I did not try yet), to turn on or to turn off. The open command instead seems to be not recognized as a turn on command.
Hope to help you and hope that Google releases soon types and traits for blinds/curtain control.
EDIT as pointed out by @robin-thoni is not documented: https://developers.google.com/actions/smarthome/guides/blinds
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Thanks, yes, it works like open and close. but it doestn't understand "put blind up/down". – JCT Developer Jul 27 '18 at 07:32
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You can control them like a dimmer light, see [the official Google Home help](https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7073578?hl=en-GB) for further commands – pincopallino Jul 27 '18 at 09:57
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@pincopallino How did you find out about undocumented devices like this ? – Fábio Uechi Nov 10 '18 at 17:09
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On a [french forum](https://www.jeedom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38423&start=160) looking on Google for blinds control – pincopallino Nov 13 '18 at 14:53
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1It is now documented: https://developers.google.com/actions/smarthome/guides/blinds – Robin Thoni Apr 12 '19 at 18:17