In this video I’ll unbox this Zemismart battery powered blind motor that can be retro-fitted to most corded blinds. I’ll show you how to pair the device with Home assistant via Zigbee2MQTT and test with Node Red.

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Instructions

Configuration.yaml

cover:
  - platform: "mqtt"
    name: "Landing Blind"
    availability_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state"
    command_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/Blind/set"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.position }}"
    set_position_template: "{ \"position\": {{ position }} }"
    set_position_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/Blind/set"
    position_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/Blind"

sensor:
  - platform: "mqtt"
    name: "Landing Blind Signal"
    state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/Blind"
    availability_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state"
    unit_of_measurement: "lqi"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.linkquality }}"
    icon: "mdi:signal"

Node Red Flow

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