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Hello!
I have run into the following issue: a client wants to control their blinds via Apple Homekit, so the controlling blocks were made via fb_iJalousie. They can start the blinds with pressing the opening or closing button, but when they issue a percentage based setting, the positioning doesn't work. It can't be set to certain values, like 50%, either the blinds don't start moving, or they open/close completely. Is there any resolution to it?
Could you also add a "Position" input to the function block? It already has a posit output which can show the position of the blinds, it would make sense to be able to tell what percentage do I want to set them as well. It could also solve the issue mentioned above.
In addition, I noticed there are several iControl function blocks that show up as not supported blocks in Apple Homekit. Mostly they seemed to be the fb_iDisplay_X ones.
Best wishes,
Márk
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Hello,
the fb_iJalousie function block does not have a suitable interface for positioning in Apple Homekit. Its interface cannot be changed now in order to maintain compatibility of already finished programs of our customers.
The issue of blinds management is quite complex. If you are solving the problem of positioning only, without controlling the blade tilt, you can use the fb_iOpener function block, which allows positioning. We don't have a function block for complete positioning, including tilt.
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