Somfy Tahoma Hub - Smart Home Gateway for RTS Blinds, Shades, Awnings - Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, Philips Hue - Integrate with Brilliant & SmartThings - WiFi or Ethernet #1811731 & 1870470

Instructions for set up simply didn't work. I reached out to three different Somfy support sites and received no response. Finally was able to set up an account but never received a confirmation code to complete the setup. I may be able to get it to work eventually but the time and effort required is far too great for the reward.

I use this to control my Somfy blinds. First make sure you can control your device (blinds) with a remote or with the device app. Next download the TaHoma app. Add your devices to the app. Set up your scenes by room,etc. Link your devices to the Alexa app. Go to third party integration in the TaHoma app. Open the Alexa app and allow Alexa to discover your TaHoma devices and scenes. If you add a blind or scene after this step Alexa will add it because you let Alexa access your Tahoma account. You can also add any Alexa supported device like lights, tv’s etc to Alexa. At this point you can control the blinds with the remote, the TaHoma app, or Alexa I did have a problem with one blind. It seems the wireless transmitter is not working on the blind. 14 other blinds worked with no problem. I have not used tech support.

The first issue I had was with the WiFi connectivity to this hub. The Tacoma will only connect to your phone if it is using the 2.4GhZ channel of your wifi router. If you have something like a Mesh network, you do not get to select which channel of your router your phone connects to. If it is connected to the 5GhZ channel, you are out of luck, and will have to hard-wire the hub to your LAN, so hopefully you bought the version of the hub that comes with the dongle for doing so, otherwise you have to buy this as well.. Once you connect to your LAN, you can try to attach your devices (shades, in my case) to the hub using their TaHoma App. I followed the steps in the app precisely, and after spinning for quite some time the app failed to connect to any of the shades, instead stating that an Error had occurred. There is no description of the error, explanation of the error, or explanation of what you can do to get around the error. This is a worthless piece of junk and I am returning it for a full refund.

Nice technology! Wanted to control an awning and 2 SOmfy zip track screens remotely, while away from home. 1) I used my home ethernet connection, connected directly to my network via ethernet switch, then 2) used the RTS option to program each remote with the push button on the back of each remote (to pair the TaHoma App to the remotes) and to each blind and awning. This works great, so far! Hope it stays that way.

This needs to be near the shades when you program it. I tried it 25 feet away and thought it would work - nope. I moved it to the room of the shades and everything went well. The app is ok but can be touchy to learn. As of Jan 2025 download the TaHoma app on the app store. Dont download the NAmerican one as it wont work. You have to add each shade. If its communicating (TaHoma APP and Shade) your shade will "jog" when setting it up. Be patient. If you have any problems during the install and getting your app running go online to the manufacturers site - somfysystems.com for support. I had to type in my issue, hit submit and about two days later a tech called me and we worked through the issue. Once you master the APP and all shades are "connected" there are some neat functions you can use to schedule your shades. So far I give it Five Stars. App setup and communicating probably 4 stars. After you get everything set up with your hub/shades you can probably move it to a location you want. For some reason the shades need a strong signal from the hub during setup. I moved my hub elsewhere after setup and it worked fine.