Control screens using a KLF200 (Velux) and the ESP8266
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:24 amHi,
I'm looking for a way to control our screens in our home. The screens are from Somfy equiped with IO Homecontrol. I recently bought the Velux KLF200 controller which allegedly should be able to control the screens. At the input of the KLF200 there are 10 inputs 2 for each screen to control (1 for up and 1 for down). Short circuiting these input will have the same effect as pressing a button.
Now I was wondering if it would be possible to use the ESP8266 as switches and control them from our Loxone Home Automation system.
The loxone is capable of send/receive HTTP messages. So I could send something like http://192.168.1.220?ON to switch something on.
Questions I have:
I'm looking for a way to control our screens in our home. The screens are from Somfy equiped with IO Homecontrol. I recently bought the Velux KLF200 controller which allegedly should be able to control the screens. At the input of the KLF200 there are 10 inputs 2 for each screen to control (1 for up and 1 for down). Short circuiting these input will have the same effect as pressing a button.
Now I was wondering if it would be possible to use the ESP8266 as switches and control them from our Loxone Home Automation system.
The loxone is capable of send/receive HTTP messages. So I could send something like http://192.168.1.220?ON to switch something on.
Questions I have:
- Can it be done with an ESP8266?
Is the ESP8266 the best solution for my problem?