Aqara Roller Shade Driver E1, Schedule and Voice Control

Connected to Home Assistant via Zigbee. Works perfectly in my home automation, closing at dusk and opening in the morning. Battery charge lasts several weeks with blind used every day. The unit is quite a long way from my Zigbee dongle and when the battery drops below 40% it can miss an odd command. This is not a problem for me as I monitor the battery charge in Home assistant and recharge it before it causes any problems.

The perfect blind motor - come with adapters for different cords however the standard one fitted my blinds perfectly. These work with Google Home ("Hey Google, open the blinds"), and you can adjust the speed. These are exceptionally quiet motors, most negative reviews seem to come from the blind mechanism being noise - it is probably worn, to reduce unwanted noise you can grease the pin end of the blind (not the pullcord side! - do not grease that) , and sometimes it is worth buying another pull cord assembly if years of yanking on the old "manual" blinds has loosened the mechanism (as had happened to my large blind). This is more than capable of raising my 200cm x 120cm blackout blind however it does use slightly more battery, battery life in general seems very good so far and charging couldn't be easier.

The devices work well and can be configured for different size blinds (you can set the "start" and "stop" positions). You can also reverse the motion buttons to accommodate which side of the blind the draw string is on. (so the UP button always goes UP!) I use them with Home assistant and they connect to the ZHA dongle quite simply without the AQARA Hub or APP (hold the reset button for just over 5 seconds, until the LED goes red; release the reset button and the LED flashes blue; click "Add device" in the Home Assistant Zigbee integration and it will find it.) Only mild criticism is that the gearing is quite noisy hence only 4 stars not 5.

I bought one of these to automate the existing roller blind in a bedroom. The unit feels sturdy and build quality is good. Really easy to fix to the wall and connect up the bead cord. It was straighforward to set the top and bottom positions (hold the up and down buttons together to put in "learning mode"; then move the blinds to the correct position and quick press the up five times to store the top, press the down button five times to store the bottom position). I don't have an Aquara hub but I was able to pair the device with my Home Assistant hub (Sonoff/Tasmota) first time. After that I raise and close the blinds with Alexa, Google, Home Assistant or manually. Alexa raises the blinds automatically in the morning while playing "Here Comes the Sun". Cheesey and fantastic. I bought two more to automate blinds in my home office. The fact that they are battery operated and can be rechaged with a USB charger is a real plus - no unsightly wires being run to the window. Only downside is the price and lack of availability from the Aquara Amazon store. However Aquara were quick to respond to my queries about when stock would be available again.

Perfect and programmable. Installation straightforward. Very little noise and I believe at the right price for its quality.

Installed 2 of these last week and so far really impressed. Product was well boxed and feels good quality. Installation was easy, first I fully charged the batteries then it took around 5 minutes to fit each one into place. Setting-up: move the blind into a half open position 1. Press and hold both the 'up' and 'down' buttons for 3 seconds to reset position parameters 2. Press the 'up' button until blind is in the preferred fully open position then press the 'up' button again to stop movement 3. Quick press the 'up' button 5 times to set fully open position 4. Press the 'down' button to move the blind into the fully closed position 5. Quick press the 'down' button 5 time to set fully closed position Integration into Home Assistant was a breeze... 1. Press and hold the reset button, located on the bottom of the unit, for 5 seconds 2. Enable 'permit join' in Zigbee2Mqtt The only issue I have found is that current position of the blind is not passed to Home Assistant, but this was easily resolved by publishing MQTT get commands. A week later and so far both blinds have worked perfectly, batteries are still on 99% and I have ordered more.

Really good! Until it wasn’t. Bought two of these, one failed within 2 months and the other is still going (less than a month old at the time of writing). When it was working, and for the one that is still alive - Integrates with our homeassistant setup fine, not too loud, holds connection well. A bit of a faff to set up but nothing too difficult once you get the hang of it. The one that failed simply ‘died’ - unresponsive buttons and no longer talking to homeassistant, but would take charge. Returned to amazon all good. But disappointed it didn’t last long, a real shame for saying how nice a quality item it is and not cheap either! Here’s hoping the other one doesn’t give up soon too! Update March 2026 - Aqara were really helpful and did a partial refund on a replacement. Other blind motor still going well, new (replacement) installed this week and working faultlessly. Fingers crossed for no more failures, I’d like to get more for the rest of the house!

Great little device. I have 7 of these. Each attached to a roller blind throughout my house. Reliable opening and closing blinds. I use mine in automated scenes. Battery life is good and they are rechargeable. Great buy

Ottimo prodotto e di qualità. La batteria già al 40% si è caricata in poco più di un ora. Programmazione e collegamento sono di una facilità estrema, come anche la messa in funzione. Molto versatile. Lo uso per aprire e chiudere una tendina di 1,6 metri di lunghezza per 1,2 di larghezza. Già ad una decina di manovre e la batteria ha consumato circa il 2%. Credo sia un buon affare.

This is a neat and easy way of automating any roller blind shade. You don't need to pay a fortune to buy the motorized roller blinds that are too bulky and limited in size. I have it on two blinds. The motor is strong enough to even operate the long and wide (180x210cm) blind.

الغطا حقه ينكسر ويركب على جميع انواع الحبل عملي بس نصيحه ثبتوه بمسمار واحتمال تحتاجون جهاز ثاني مقوي هاب عشان يشتغل

These Blind controllers have worked very well. The batteries lasted 8 to 9 months. But the curtains would be opened and closed about once or twice a week. They aren't very noisy, but you can hear them functioning. The opening speed is fine too. All in all I'm very pleased with them. They work on beads and normal cords with no beads. They do rely on the M3 hub to work as I have described, with no issues. They connected to SmartThings too if you want, through matter. The setup is easy. Once the Hub is installed on your network and the curtains too you just need to select the option on the hub third party matter ecosystem. Read the provided QR code and that is it.

I was skeptical at the beginning, but it was simple to install and the 3m adhesive works like a charm no need for drilling in concrete (in my case) The tricky part was to manually set up the close and open position but it turned out to be simple, just follow the instructions in the manual guide. As an advice, if you have Samsung smartThings setup you can download a community driver to control and automate the curtain open and close without the need to buy an Aqara Hub.