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[Adragontattoo]

Hi all,
first post here and all that fun stuff, on to the first thing that I am trying to find.

*bit of back story*
Moving into a new condo and want to automate some portions of it if possible. One wall is floor to ceiling glass, the Blinds are vertical and I would like to be able to open/close them either via timer or a button press if I want to watch a movie or whatever.

What I am trying to find is something to control the vertical blinds I have BUT the problem is that they have to be rotated 90 from closed before they can be opened, both the rotation and open/close functions are run from either ball and chain or string not post. I cant seem to find anything that can rotate halfway and then open, is this a special type item or am I going to have to make a homebuilt?

I know I put this in Hardware, as I am only looking for the assembly to do the opening, all of the automation side will be worked out later.

[Ian]

Hello,

The only drape blinds controllers that we have are from Add-A-Motor. They only have two different models, one for drapes only and another for pull-chain blinds only.
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Home-Garden/Drapery-Controllers/

If you have two pull chains, one for rotate and another one for open/close you can use two Add-A-Motors at the same time and control both operations from one butler remote.
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Home-Garden/Drapery-Controllers/Item/800DR/
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Home-Garden/Drapery-Controllers/Item/1361/

We do not have one product that does both operations at once.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[Adragontattoo]

thanks, I figured that my combination was a rarer occurrence and I would have to improvise to an extent with it.

back to looking for the other portions of my plan.