Home Assistant — Smart Blind Setup & Automation

Hardware

Step 1: Enable ZHA and Pair the Blind

1. In Home Assistant, go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click + Add Integration and search for Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA)
3. HA will detect the built-in radio automatically — select it and confirm
4. Once ZHA is running, click Add Device to open a 60-second pairing window
5. Put the Smartwings blind into pairing mode:
   • Press and hold the reset/pair button on the blind motor until the LED flashes (refer to Smartwings manual for exact button location — typically 5 seconds)
6. HA will discover the blind and add it as a Cover device
7. Give it a friendly name (e.g., Bedroom Blind or Living Room Blind)

Step 2: Find Your Entity ID

After pairing, HA assigns an entity ID to the blind. You need this for the automation.

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services → ZHA → your blind device
2. Look for the entity listed under Controls — it will be something like:
   • cover.smartwings_blind
   • cover.bedroom_blind
   • cover.living_room_blind
3. Note this ID exactly — replace cover.smartwings_blind in the automation below with your actual entity ID

You can also find it at Settings → Entities and search for your blind name.

Step 3: Test Manual Control

Before setting up automation, confirm the blind responds:

1. Go to Developer Tools → Actions (formerly Services)
2. Search for cover.set_cover_position
3. Set target entity to your blind’s entity ID
4. Set position to 50 and click Perform Action
5. The blind should move to 50% open — if it does, you’re ready

Position scale in HA: 100 = fully open, 0 = fully closed. So “30% down” = position 70.

Step 4: Create the Automation

Option A — Via the UI

1. Go to Settings → Automations & Scenes → + Create Automation → Create new automation
2. Add 4 triggers (all type: Time):
   • 22:00 — label it ten_pm
   • 23:00 — label it eleven_pm
   • 00:00 — label it midnight
   • 07:00 — label it morning
3. Skip conditions
4. Add a Choose action with 4 branches, one per trigger:

5. Save and name it something like Blinds Evening Schedule

Option B — YAML (paste directly into automations.yaml)

alias: Blinds Evening Schedule
description: Gradually close blinds through the evening, open fully in the morning
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "22:00:00"
    id: ten_pm
  - trigger: time
    at: "23:00:00"
    id: eleven_pm
  - trigger: time
    at: "00:00:00"
    id: midnight
  - trigger: time
    at: "07:00:00"
    id: morning
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: ten_pm
        sequence:
          - action: cover.set_cover_position
            target:
              entity_id: cover.smartwings_blind
            data:
              position: 70
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: eleven_pm
        sequence:
          - action: cover.set_cover_position
            target:
              entity_id: cover.smartwings_blind
            data:
              position: 50
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: midnight
        sequence:
          - action: cover.set_cover_position
            target:
              entity_id: cover.smartwings_blind
            data:
              position: 5
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: morning
        sequence:
          - action: cover.set_cover_position
            target:
              entity_id: cover.smartwings_blind
            data:
              position: 100
mode: single

Replace cover.smartwings_blind with your actual entity ID from Step 2.

To paste YAML:

1. Go to Settings → Automations & Scenes
2. Click + Create Automation → Create new automation
3. Click the three-dot menu (top right) → Edit in YAML
4. Paste the block above, update the entity ID, and save

Position Reference

Checklist

• ZHA integration enabled
• Blind paired and showing in HA
• Entity ID confirmed (replace placeholder in automation)
• Manual control tested via Developer Tools
• Automation created and enabled
• Tested by temporarily changing a trigger time to 1 minute from now