motionblinds 0.4.2

Python library for interfacing with Motion Blinds

motion-blinds

Python library for interfacing with Motion Blinds

This library allows you to control Motion Blinds from Coulisse B.V. This library is primarly writen to be used with HomeAssistant but can also be used stand alone.

For products see https://motion-blinds.com or https://coulisse.com/products/motion.

Shops that sell these blinds:

• Hornbach

Installation

Use pip:

$ pip install motionblinds

or

$ pip install --use-wheel motionblinds

Retrieving Key

The Motion Blinds API uses a 16 character key that can be retrieved from the official "Motion Blinds" app for Ios or Android. Open the app, click the 3 dots in the top right corner, go to "settings", go to "Motion APP About", Please quickly tap this "Motion APP About" page 5 times, a popup will apear that gives you the key.

Please note that "-" characters need to be included in the key when providing it to this library. The key needs to be simular to "12ab345c-d67e-8f"

Usage

For creation of a device you could use the following lines of codes (using a correct IP of the gateway and Key retrieved from the App)

from motionblinds import MotionGateway
m = MotionGateway(ip = "192.168.1.100", key = "12ab345c-d67e-8f")

This library is not polling. Thus you need to populate the connected blinds using the GetDeviceList method and update device information using the Update method. Note that multicast pushes from the gateway can be processed to retrieve instant status updates (see Multicast pushes section)

m.GetDeviceList()
m.Update()

Note that GetDeviceList needs to be run before using Update since the device_type, mac and token are retrieved using the GetDeviceList method. Once the connected blinds are discoverd using the GetDeviceList method, they can be listed by the device_list property:

m.device_list

This will return a dict with as key the mac_adress of the blind and as value a MotionBlind device that can be used to retreive information of that blind and control that blind.

Some example code that will print the information of the gateway and all conected blinds:

>>> from motionblinds import MotionGateway
>>> m = MotionGateway(ip = "192.168.1.100", key = "12ab345c-d67e-8f")
>>> m.GetDeviceList()
{'abcdefghujkl0001': <MotionBlind mac: abcdefghujkl0001, type: None, status: None, position: None %, angle: None, limit: None, battery: None, RSSI: None dBm>}
>>> m.Update()
>>> print(m)
<MotionGateway ip: 192.168.1.100, mac: abcdefghujkl, protocol: 0.9, N_devices: 1, status: Working, RSSI: -71 dBm>
>>> for blind in m.device_list.values():
>>>     blind.Update()
>>>     print(blind)
<MotionBlind mac: abcdefghujkl0001, type: RollerBlind, status: Stopped, position: 0 %, angle: 0, limit: Limits, battery: 1195, RSSI: -82 dBm>

To open a blind the following example code can be used:

>>> from motionblinds import MotionGateway
>>> m = MotionGateway(ip = "192.168.1.100", key = "12ab345c-d67e-8f")
>>> m.GetDeviceList()
>>> m.Update()
>>> blind_1 = list(m.device_list.values())[0]
>>> blind_1.Update()
>>> blind_1.Open()

Instead of blind_1.Open() you can also use blind_1.Close(), blind_1.Stop(), blind_1.Set_position(50) or blind_1.Set_angle(90)

Multicast pushes

This library allows to listen for multicast pushes from the gateway in a parallel thread and process these pushes to get instant updates of the gateway and connected blinds status. To use this parallel pushes processing a MotionMulticast class object needs to be initilized. The MotionMulticast.Start_listen() and MotionMulticast.Stop_listen() can then be used to start and stop the parallel thread that is listening for incoming pushes. The MotionMulticast class object can be supplied to the MotionGateway class to let it update that gateway and its connected blinds. Externall callbacks can be registered for both gateway devices and blind devices (see tables below) An example code to listen for pushes for 30 seconds and print out gateway or blind information when a push comes in (when a blind finishes moving):

import time
from motionblinds import MotionMulticast, MotionGateway

def callback_func_gateway():
    print(m)

def callback_func_blind():
    for blind in m.device_list.values():
        print(blind)

motion_multicast = MotionMulticast()
motion_multicast.Start_listen()

m = MotionGateway(ip="192.168.1.100", key="12ab345c-d67e-8f", multicast = motion_multicast)
m.GetDeviceList()
m.Update()

m.Register_callback("1", callback_func_gateway)
for blind in m.device_list.values():
    blind.Register_callback("1", callback_func_blind)

time.sleep(30)

motion_multicast.Stop_listen()

Discovery

Motion Gateways can be discovered on your network using the MotionDiscovery class. The following example will try to discover gateways for 10 seconds and then print a dict containg the gateways and their connected blinds that were discovered.

>>> from motionblinds import MotionDiscovery
>>> d = MotionDiscovery()
>>> motion_gateways = d.discover()
>>> print(motion_gateways)

{'192.168.1.100': {
    'msgType': 'GetDeviceListAck',
    'mac': 'abcdefghujkl',
    'deviceType': '02000002',
    'ProtocolVersion': '0.9',
    'token': '12345A678B9CDEFG',
    'data': [
        {'mac': 'abcdefghujkl',     'deviceType': '02000002'},
        {'mac': 'abcdefghujkl0001', 'deviceType': '10000000'},
        {'mac': 'abcdefghujkl0002', 'deviceType': '10000000'}
    ]
}}

Gateway device

A gateway device (that was asigned to variable 'm') has the following methods and properties:

method	arguments	argument type	explanation
"m.GetDeviceList()"	-	-	Get the device list from the Motion Gateway and update the properties listed below
"m.Update()"	-	-	Get the status of the Motion Gateway and update the properties listed below
"m.Register_callback("1", func)	id, callback	string, function	Register a external callback function for updates of the gateway
"m.Remove_callback("1")	id	string	Remove a external callback using its id
"m.Clear_callbacks()	-	-	Remove all external registered callbacks for updates of the gateway

property	value type	explanation
"m.status"	string	Return gateway status: from GatewayStatus enum
"m.N_devices"	int	Return the number of connected child devices
"m.RSSI"	int	Return the Wi-Fi connection strength of the gateway in dBm
"m.token"	string	Return the Token
"m.access_token"	string	Return the AccessToken
"m.mac"	string	Return the mac address of the gateway
"m.device_type"	string	Return the device type of the gateway
"m.protocol"	string	Return the protocol version of the gateway
"m.device_list"	dict	Return a dict containing all blinds connected to the gateway, The keys in the dict are the mac adresses of the blinds.

Blind device

A blind device (that was asigned to variable 'blind_1') has the following methods and properties:

method	arguments	argument type	explanation
"blind_1.Update_from_cache()"	-	-	Get the status of the blind from the cache of the Motion Gateway, No 433MHz radio communication with the blind takes place
"blind_1.Update()"	-	-	Get the status of the blind from the blind through the Motion Gateway (WiFi) using 433MHz radio communication between the gateway and the blind
"blind_1.Stop()"	-	-	Stop the motion of the blind
"blind_1.Open()"	-	-	Open the blind/move the blind up
"blind_1.Close()"	-	-	Close the blind/move the blind down
"blind_1.Set_position(50)"	postion	int (0-100)	Set the position of the blind
"blind_1.Set_angle(90)"	angle	int (0-180)	Set the angle/rotation of the blind
"blind_1.Register_callback("1", func)	id, callback	string, function	Register a external callback function for updates of the blind
"blind_1.Remove_callback("1")	id	string	Remove a external callback using its id
"blind_1.Clear_callbacks()	-	-	Remove all external registered callbacks for updates of the blind

property	value type	explanation
"blind_1.device_type"	string	Return the device type which is a 8 character number
"blind_1.blind_type"	string	Return the type of the blind from BlindType enum
"blind_1.type"	enum	Return the type of the blind as a BlindType enum
"blind_1.mac"	string	Return the mac address of the blind
"blind_1.status"	string	Return the current status of the blind from BlindStatus enum
"blind_1.limit_status"	string	Return the current status of the limit detection of the blind from LimitStatus enum
"blind_1.position"	int	Return the current position of the blind in % (0-100)
"blind_1.angle"	int	Return the current angle of the blind 0-180
"blind_1.battery_voltage"	double	Return the current battery voltage of the blind in V
"blind_1.battery_level"	double	Return the current battery level of the blind in %
"blind_1.RSSI"	int	Return the radio connection strength of the blind to the gateway in dBm

Top Down Bottom Up (TDBU) device

A TDBU blind device has two motors designated by "T" = Top and "B" = Bottom to control the two parts of the blind. Both parts can be controlled together using "C" = Combined as the motor. The TDBU device (that was asigned to variable 'blind_1') has the following methods and properties:

method	arguments	argument type	explanation
"blind_1.Update()"	-	-	Get the status of the blind from the Motion Gateway
"blind_1.Stop(motor = 'B')"	motor	'B', 'T' or 'C'	Stop the motion of Bottom or Top motor of the blind
"blind_1.Open(motor = 'B')"	motor	'B', 'T' or 'C'	Move the Bottom or Top motor of the blind up
"blind_1.Close(motor = 'B')"	motor	'B', 'T' or 'C'	Move the Bottom or Top motor of the blind down
"blind_1.Set_position(50, motor = 'B', width = 20)"	position, motor, width	int (0-100), 'B', 'T' or 'C', int (0-100)	Set the position of the Bottom or Top motor of the blind, optionaly specify width
"blind_1.Set_scaled_position(50, motor = 'B')"	position, motor	int (0-100), 'B', 'T' or 'C'	Set the position of the motor of the blind within the alowed space in which it can move
"blind_1.Set_angle(90, motor = 'B')"	angle, motor	int (0-180), 'B', 'T' or 'C'	Set the angle/rotation of the Bottom or Top motor of the blind
"blind_1.Register_callback("1", func)	id, callback	string, function	Register a external callback function for updates of the blind
"blind_1.Remove_callback("1")	id	string	Remove a external callback using its id
"blind_1.Clear_callbacks()	-	-	Remove all external registered callbacks for updates of the blind

property	value type	explanation
"blind_1.device_type"	string	Return the device type which is a 8 character number
"blind_1.blind_type"	string	Return the type of the blind from BlindType enum
"blind_1.type"	enum	Return the type of the blind as a BlindType enum
"blind_1.mac"	string	Return the mac address of the blind
"blind_1.status"	{"T": string, "B": string}	Return the current status of the blind from BlindStatus enum
"blind_1.limit_status"	{"T": string, "B": string}	Return the current status of the limit detection of the blind from LimitStatus enum
"blind_1.position"	{"T": int, "B": int, "C": double}	Return the current position of the blind in % (0-100)
"blind_1.scaled_position"	{"T": double, "B": double, "C": double}	Return the current position of the blind, scaled to the alowed space in which it can move, in % (0-100)
"blind_1.width"	int	Return the area that is covered by the blind in % (0-100)
"blind_1.angle"	{"T": int, "B": int}	Return the current angle of the blind 0-180
"blind_1.battery_voltage"	{"T": double, "B": double}	Return the current battery voltage of the blind in V
"blind_1.battery_level"	{"T": double, "B": double}	Return the current battery level of the blind in %
"blind_1.RSSI"	int	Return the radio connection strength of the blind to the gateway in dBm