Just finished installation and setup.
Improved smart home rules and MQTT handling (position status, LWT, logging via messaging, etc.). Beside the manual and semi manual usage, I can drive it to any position via smart home integration.
The hardest part was the mechanical stuff to attach the motor to the existing awning drive in a reliable way and to attach the micro switches.
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The motor has enough power to drive the awning out and in (in is way harder). Now I need to cover the cables and the motor connectors a bit to make it looking nice.
Now I build an anemometer and a rain sensor to automatically drive the awning completely to IN position if the wind speed is too high or it's raining.
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Both can be used with one simple Wemos D1 mini (ESP8266) because the anemometer only need the analog input and the rain sensor just one digital input.
Pretty simple schema and PCB. Everything will be about $40