Motorized Shades for Your Smart Home

Smart shades and controls make you window treatments work for you to enhance your home’s security, energy efficiency, and convenience.

We are a family-owned local Colorado company with decades of experience customizing motorized shade control to every customer’s needs.

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Smart home devices offer a more energy efficient, high-tech, and convenient way to control your motorized shades and other home systems. More affordable and user-friendly than ever, integrating smart technology into your home has never been easier—or more enjoyable.

Use your Wi-Fi network and a control app on your phone to effortlessly raise, lower, and customize your motorized window treatment operation for seamless automation and integration with your other smart home devices.

Cell phones
Tablets
iOS and Android
Amazon Alexa & Google Home

IO motorized blinds and shades app-based control system

Insolroll Smart Home & Voice Control

Somfy TaHoma® App Control

Integrating Somfy’s TaHoma with your RTS system unlocks a range of lifestyle and home efficiency benefits. TaHoma connects to your home’s Wi-Fi, converting mobile device and voice commands into RTS signals to effortlessly control your Insolroll shades.

The TaHoma app puts functionality and convenience right at your fingertips, allowing you to control your shades with ease and enhance your home’s security and energy efficiency.,

What can you do with Somfy’s TaHoma App?

Control your shades effortlessly from your cell phone or tablet using the TaHoma App. Operate them via the app, voice commands, a remote, or a wireless wall switch.

40 channels can be controlled directly from the TaHoma app.
Multi-zone control is easy by joining up to 10 TaHomas together.
Automate your shades with Scenes and Schedules—program them on a seven-day schedule to enjoy their benefits without lifting a finger.
Plug-and-play installation: Connect wirelessly or via a wired setup to your Wi-Fi network for quick setup.
Remote access: Activate shades, schedules, and scenes from anywhere, maximizing energy savings, UV protection, and privacy.
Voice control: Easily integrate with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for hands-free operation.

TaHoma Switch

Somfy’s single smart hub gateway for TaHoma switch uses technology that’s open and forward-looking. Live a more comfortable and convenient life with intuitive control of both natural and artificial lighting, and the ability to configure your smart home via leading consumer platforms.

Control up to 40 channels of Radio Technology Somfy® (RTS) motorized products.
The TaHoma® app enables users to setup and configure their products, and access their smart shading from anywhere.
TaHoma also enables integration with third-party control systems by leveraging the Somfy Synergy™ API.

Customize your smart shade control

Combine control devices to create your own personalized control system, including:

Insolroll Motorized Shades
TaHoma App
TaHoma Switch
Voice Assistant
Smart Home Hub
Handheld or wall mount remote controls

Whether you’re new to smart home systems or already have some devices in place, adding a PowerView Gateway model is the key to seamlessly integrating your shade control with the rest of your home’s technology.

Amazon Alexa Echo Dot Gen 4 voice control for shades

The simplest way to control Insolroll Smart Motorized Shades is through the free TaHoma App on your mobile device paired with the TaHoma Switch gateway. For added convenience, if you want family members to control the shades when your mobile device isn’t nearby, you can simply add a handheld or wall mounted remote control.

The Somfy Switch can use voice control with an added voice assistant like Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa. You can also opt for a smart home hub such as the Amazon Echo Hub, Google Nest Hub, Apple Home Kit, or Brilliant Smart Control Hub which provide voice control without requiring an additional assistant device. Include handheld or wall mounted remotes where you need them for control in separate rooms.

Expanding your smart home with integrated shade control is simple and customizable to fit your lifestyle. Enable voice control in multiple rooms by adding separate voice assistants, or keep control within easy reach for everyone by using a handheld or wall mount remote control.

Enhance your home’s security and energy efficiency by integrating additional smart home devices into your control system. This includes security cameras, video doorbells, lighting, thermostats, and appliances.

As an integrated part of your smart home control system, Insolroll smart shades can be automated to improve security by adjusting automatically to create the appearance that someone is home when you’re away. They can also be programmed to close during the hottest part of the day or sync with sunrise and sunset schedules for optimal comfort and energy savings.

Hunter Douglas Smart Home & Voice Control

Hunter Douglas PowerView App Control

Experience light exactly when and how you want it with the Hunter Douglas PowerView App.

PowerView automation gives you convenient control of your Hunter Douglas window treatments. Shades can operate independently or in groups, allowing ultimate flexibility.

What Can You Do With the PowerView App?

Control your shades from anywhere in the world using the PowerView app on your smartphone or tablet with a Wi-Fi connection.
Customize your lighting, privacy, and ambiance by creating personalized Scenes that suit your preferences.
Set schedules for your scenes to operate automatically, even syncing with sunrise and sunset based on your exact GPS location.

PowerView Gateway

Adding a PowerView Gateway enhances your system by enabling voice control, expanding shade operation, and integrating seamlessly with your smart home system. Both Gateway models feature the same sleek, sculptural design, with slight variations of their connectivity configuration on the back side.

PowerView Gen3 Gateway Pro Back side — Gateway Pro with ethernet port

PowerView Scene Controller

If you have a Gateway, adding the PowerView Scene Controller lets you activate scenes directly within the room. This ensures that family members can easily adjust settings, even when your mobile device isn’t present.

Adding voice control

Adding voice control to your PowerView system is simple with your existing voice assistant or a new device. Use a voice assistant, a control hub, or both to enable hands-free control in multiple rooms.

Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa
Google Nest Hub
Amazon Echo Hub

Integrate PowerView with Smart Home Systems

The PowerView App allows you to effortlessly control your home’s window coverings from your mobile phone or tablet. It offers smart operation for a wide range of popular Hunter Douglas window coverings.

Easily adjust your shades to control incoming light and optimize energy usage, either with a simple tap on your screen or through automated settings.
Seamlessly integrate into your connected lifestyle, offering enhanced convenience, ease, and security throughout your home.

All you need is the free app and a mobile device to get started.
If you’d like a remote to stay in the room, you can easily add a Pebble or Surface remote to your basic system.