Pi-Somfy VS raspberry-pi-home-automation

I use this with a raspberry pi. You can set up scripts or a http call in home assistant to control the blinds

An old raspberry pi 1B was used as a dedicated server for Pi-Somfy which allows me to remote control my awning from homeassistant.

I have Somfy blinds throughout my house that use the RTS one-way radio control. Rather than spending more on Tahoma box(es) I have a couple of these set up. Works like a charm.

I'm currently trying to modify a FS1000a transmitter for the Pi-Somfy project which basically allows using a raspberry pi and a cheap modified transmitter to control somfy shutters over a webinterface/mqtt etc. The modification is simply swapping the 433.92MHz oscillator for a 433.42MHz one.

I'm thinking about just moving to python+RPI with this project instead, but perhaps I'm missing something obvious.

If you have a RPi laying around: https://github.com/Nickduino/Pi-Somfy

I'm using an RTL-SDR for 433.92 MHz sensor measurements, but it's only a receiver. For Somfy RTS you could use Pi-Somfy with a cheap RF transmitter, but I haven't tried it yet. If you really want a USB transceiver, there's the RFXtrx433E, which has two transceivers: one for 433.92 MHz and one for Somfy RTS (433.42 MHz). It's not cheap, but it works well (I have been using it for my Somfy RTS blinds for years) and is supported by Home Assistant.

I have done this, and wrote a book about it: https://koen.vervloesem.eu/books/control-your-home-with-raspberry-pi/.

I'm managing all these services with Docker Compose. This means I only have to backup one directory with the configuration and data of all services, and one file, the docker-compose.yml file that defines all services. You can find all source code of the book in its repository (https://github.com/koenvervloesem/raspberry-pi-home-automation), to give you an idea about how you would manage this.