# Controlling Somfy blinds with openHAB

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/controlling-somfy-blinds-with-openhab/101542>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Tags:** openhab2, somfy, binding\
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/controlling-somfy-blinds-with-openhab/101542 "2020-06-29T12:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![bijos](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@bijos](https://community.openhab.org/u/bijos)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/controlling-somfy-blinds-with-openhab/101542/1 "2020-06-29T12:48:23Z")

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Hi, i’m new in this area, this is my first topic here. i just ordered raspberry pi 4 in order to make my house “smarter” by using it with openHAB. first thing i would like to do is to control my Electric shutters/Blinds with it. i checked around and found that there is a somewhat old solution called RFXtrx433E USB HA controller that can connect between the Somfy motors and the openHAB system on the raspberry pi.  
is it still the best solution around?  
is it better than buying Somfy’s controller - " connexoon" (which cost twice)?

thank you

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**Author:** ![sihui](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/sihui/32/55674_2.png) [@sihui](https://community.openhab.org/u/sihui)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/controlling-somfy-blinds-with-openhab/101542/2 "2020-06-29T12:55:42Z")

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> [@bijos](#):
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> is it still the best solution around?

> [@\[SOLVED\] Somfy IO rollershutter motors, which system is best for using with OH2?](https://community.openhab.org/t/solved-somfy-io-rollershutter-motors-which-system-is-best-for-using-with-oh2/81929):
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> Hello folks, my local window manufacturer could provide me Somfy IO rollershutter motors and he asked me which RF system I would choose. But I don’t know. I will get only 6 rollershutters, that’s it. And I’m not planning to buy any other Somfy devices. There are many Somfy gateways or RF systems: RTS io-homecontrol TaHoma Connexoon URTSI II rfxtrx433e / rfxtrx433xl [Velux KLF 200 via Velux Binding](https://community.openhab.org/t/somfy-oximo-io-rollershutters-io-homecontrol-via-velux-klf-200-velux-binding/82383?) It’s very confusing. Which is best, which is cheapest, which is easiest t…

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**Author:** ![system](https://community-openhab-org.s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/6/6a52f2ac5d00e4c7b50471a354b3a9221188be90.png) [@system](https://community.openhab.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/controlling-somfy-blinds-with-openhab/101542/3 "2020-08-10T04:55:43Z")

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