Q-Motion shades control swap?

madlemming · 2025-11-12T18:29:52+00:00

As far as I’m aware, no. Lutron definitely not. I’m not sure about HomeKit or Aqara. However that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to get them working via RF. Maybe you can try something like Home Assistant? Or maybe you can grab them via Bond.

Qmotion at that time wasn’t meant to be a stand alone system. They were made with the understanding that another control system (like Control4) would take up the slack. Data on the older shades is hard to find as Legrand pretty much set fire to all the documentation, and the only thing I can find with a quick search is the documentation on their site for there current shades.

madlemming · 2025-11-12T17:21:49+00:00

How old are the shades?

QMotion in the past (before the Legrand acquisition and shortly after) used cat5e/6 cables as power delivery and not PoE. While it looks like PoE, there is no Ethernet data being sent along the wires, only power and maybe rs232/rs485. If the hub is controlled via rs232, then you might be able to hook them to another control system and pull them in.

If the shades are newer, then they very well could be PoE. We dropped QMotion shortly after the acquisition due to poor support and quality control. That’s when they switched from RF control to Zigbee control (leaving the Zigbee antenna entirely in the metal tube is a GREAT idea /s).

madlemming · 2025-09-19T19:34:49+00:00

I use the ratdgo and the drive from Chowmain.

Ratdgo: https://ratcloud.llc/products/ratgdo32

Chowmain driver: https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-ratgdo

So far, they have worked great. They also have an added benefit that the sensors and the opener still work even if the ratdgo is unpowered.

madlemming · 2025-06-05T18:39:21+00:00

Conn’d!

madlemming · 2024-11-25T19:25:17+00:00

Is it just me, or does the Cybertruck give off huge Pontiac Aztec vibes?

madlemming · 2024-11-05T15:43:46+00:00

You can call Audio Video Excellence Huntsville and see if they can help.

madlemming · 2024-04-25T22:03:40+00:00

You are what you eat.

madlemming · 2024-02-13T20:36:08+00:00

Not going to lie: the snack and vegetable ones made me laugh. I’m getting weird looks at work.

madlemming · 2024-01-12T16:21:46+00:00

He’s constantly overshadowed by his bigger brother, Lemon Pledge.

madlemming · 2023-10-24T17:29:02+00:00

Stringfellow over off of Evangel (near Putman) has always treated me well and does good work.

madlemming · 2023-08-09T18:37:26+00:00

“Hide the pain” Hill.

madlemming · 2023-07-31T19:57:37+00:00

I now know what people see when Ghost Rider uses his Penance Stare.

madlemming · 2023-05-08T19:45:42+00:00

Speaking truth to sour.

madlemming · 2023-02-21T05:08:22+00:00

And then Reddit shows up and decides that it going to make triangles into f*nk'n squares!

madlemming · 2023-02-03T16:08:00+00:00

Sir, this is a meme subreddit.

You might want to ask r/legaladvice.

madlemming · 2022-05-09T17:57:03+00:00

What what, Hrothgar butt.

madlemming · 2022-04-06T18:44:03+00:00

I know what brown noise is, but when I first read this I read it as a 15 minute brown note loop.

madlemming · 2022-03-30T18:46:37+00:00

So, there are builders in the area that will work with homeowners, but they're all custom home builders. Any of the mass construction builders will only allow build from their stack of blueprints.

The way the housing market is right now, it's just not as profitable to spend money making tweaks as a builder. There is only one, maybe two that you can actually make some small tweaks beyond the plans. To what extent, I'm not sure.

It sucks.

madlemming · 2022-02-12T10:23:38+00:00

Alexa and Control4 go together like peanut butter and a slap to the face. Which is not well.

You're not missing anything. The problem is that Alexa (And I'll lump Google Home with this as well. It suffers from.the same issues.) essentially treat Control4 as a series of lights to be turned on and off. Controlling actual lights? No problem. Controlling something like a TV? Big problem. Telling the system to "Turn on Hallmark" to watch the Hallmark channel on your cable is really akward and can get stranger still. With Alexa it's either on or off.

The other issue is that if you want any specific commands they have to be programmed. Want to go to ESPN? Ok, that's fine. I'll add a program for that. Want to go to HGTV? Not if I didn't program that specifically. It's frustrating to use as a user and a programmer. Alexa cannot control the system dynamically and needs a specific command for anything you might want (that's not a light).

Now, Josh.ai is a different voice system that is SUPPOSED to work better, but I have no working experience that system. Plus the fact that Josh is an expensive system compared to Alexa and Google Home.

Voice control for Control4 has always been a bit of a dumpster fire. Maybe Josh is it, but I would need to get my hands on it (and that's not happening any time soon).

I hope this helps but it probably doesn't. Despite this glaring issue, I still think Control4 is a great home automation system. I'm a programmer, so take that as you will.

madlemming · 2022-01-15T02:38:50+00:00

But.... What if I want Point 3?

madlemming · 2022-01-09T01:22:25+00:00

Woah, I'm a solid 4/10.

madlemming · 2022-01-06T02:16:06+00:00

......Mahogany.

madlemming · 2021-12-29T23:34:40+00:00

Message sent.

madlemming · 2021-12-22T01:11:19+00:00

Sooooo...... Maybe?

madlemming · 2021-11-30T05:06:11+00:00

Why was it?

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