Somfy's TaHoma® gateway uses technology that's open and forward-looking. TaHoma provides a single platform for RTS, Zigbee, legacy and future ecosystems and connects seamlessly with Somfy motors, granting users intuitive control of both natural and artificial lighting.
Now that we understand a little bit more about your home we wanted to let you know that TaHoma offers a flexible third-party integration solution whether you currently own Somfy shades or plan to install them in the near future!
Through TaHoma's integration with Amazon Alexa, it is now possible to speak to Alexa and launch your pre-configured TaHoma scenarios. Just select your Amazon Alexa as a third-party integration on the TaHoma App, follow the simple setup guide, and start controlling your blinds, rolling shutters, curtains, and lighting by voice command.
Somfy TaHoma and Amazon Alexa can be used to create routines, allowing you to control your motorized window coverings along with other smart products around your home, such as lights and thermostats, through voice commands or the Alexa app.
Gently wake up to natural sunlight as your motorized shades automatically open. The smart light bulbs in your bathroom fade on to ease you into your day. Kitchen blinds open for a dose of vitamin D as you prepare breakfast. All this without lifting a finger!
The TaHoma gateway easily integrates with Google Assistant, Google Home, Google Home Mini, and Google Home Max. Simply add the device; called Somfy TaHoma North America for instant pairing to your Google Home app and begin controlling your blinds, shades, and lighting via voice commands.
Somfy TaHoma and Google Assistant can be paired to create custom scenes and schedules, enabling centralized control of your motorized window coverings along with other smart products in your home (such as lights and thermostats) by voice commands or the Google Home app.
“Hey Google, good morning.” Google Assistant plays your favorite music as you wake up, while the Somfy motorized shades in your bedroom open to let in the natural light. Wake up the kids for school from any room in the house with the same voice command; the alarm will sound on their Google devices. With that one simple hands-free action, your day is off to a perfect, automated start.
Connecting your Philips Hue & TaHoma accounts couldn’t be easier. The TaHoma app allows third-party integration for a seamless connection to your Philips Hue Bridge, which enables control of indoor lighting with Philips smart bulbs and sunlight via motorized shades and blinds, all from just one app.
TaHoma's integration with Philips Hue smart home products allows for custom pre-configured scenes to control your motorized window treatments and smart lights individually, or in a group. Easily set up your smart home your way within the TaHoma app. Smart Lighting + Smart Blinds & Shades=A More Connected Home.
Ready for movie night with the family at home? Create a "Movie Night" scene within your TaHoma app. With the touch of a button, the Philips Hue smart lights in your living room dim to the perfect movie-watching percentage, and your Somfy motorized shades move to the closed position. Night or day, just grab the popcorn and you’re ready for family movie watching fun!
Somfy TaHoma is now an IFTTT service! This free, web-based service makes it possible to control your Somfy-powered solutions when an event occurs in another connected service. Thanks to this integration, IFTTT can now interact with TaHoma® to launch pre-configured scenarios.
Mix and match over 600 IFTTT services to define actions and triggers that work for your lifestyle. Get started with Applets by Somfy, or create your own for a personalized experience! Here are a few examples:
1. Make my favorite lights blink, and raise/lower Family Room shades when the New York Giants score a touchdown (TaHoma / sports app).
2. If the forecast is rainy, lower my Somfy shades (TaHoma / weather app).
3. Automatically start Good Evening scene when I arrive home (TaHoma / Google Location / Google Assistant).
Use Google Assistant to launch a TaHoma Applet. Before you leave the house for work say, “Ok Google, I’m leaving.” The departure scene begins: shades go down and the smart light turns off. If a storm comes through during your work day use Weather underground to automatically close your awning when winds reach a speed of 10mph or higher to prevent damage.
The Brilliant and Somfy TaHoma integration makes it easier and more affordable than ever to control all the smart devices in your home. Using an in-wall touch screen panel or a single mobile app, you can easily control shades in any one room or all at once. Automate your shades to save on energy costs by letting in maximum sunlight in the winter and blocking rays in the summer.
Brilliant’s intuitive touchscreen panels offer easy-to-navigate menus, programmable touch sliders to open and close shades with a simple tap or swipe, built-in voice control via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, home automation scenes, and a single mobile app to control all of the smart home devices installed in a home. This allows homeowners to control motorized shades, lighting, cameras, locks, thermostats, and intercoms in any one room or all at the same time.
Secure your home at night with the simple tap of a “Goodnight” scene that closes all shades, locks all doors, turns off the lights, and lowers the temperature. Select the “Good morning” scene and wake up with the sun by scheduling your bedroom blinds to open at sunrise and turn up your thermostat.
Somfy’s TaHoma Gateway and Somfy-powered shading solutions can be fully integrated into the smart home and controlled through the SmartThings application. Simply link TaHoma to SmartThings app by adding the device “Somfy Window Treatment” and start controlling your shades, blinds, draperies, screens, awnings, and pergolas.
Somfy-powered products are “Works with SmartThings” certified, and allow users to seamlessly integrate Somfy into scenes and automations to work together with devices already within the SmartThings ecosystem. This integration improves smart home accessibility/usability by offering one convenient application to control and automate Somfy motorized shades and blinds along with other smart home devices such as lights, speakers, or security cameras.
Use your SmartThings certified thermostat along with your Somfy-powered motorized shades to make your home more comfortable without higher cooling bills. During those hot summer afternoons, simply program SmartThings to close the blinds and turn the air conditioning OFF once your house reaches the desired temperature. Say goodbye to high energy costs and hello to a ray of savings!
The TaHoma Driver for Control4 gives C4 system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
Connect your Control4 interface remote, wall keypad, or touch screen to the Somfy TaHoma app and start controlling your blinds, shades, and screens in unison with your audio equipment, thermostats, cameras, speakers, and more. Somfy and Control4 provide an enhanced smart home experience with emphasis on security, comfort, convenience, and entertainment. Start now by setting up individual channels of Somfy RTS products and create tailored schedules with tens of thousands of devices from over 300 Control4 integrated brands.
Create a home that works for your life and instills confidence while you’re away. The doorbell rings while you're at work, no problem – the outdoor Philips Hue lights illuminate and Ring Door Bell Camera starts recording. Easily grant access to a service worker and watch your Nest thermostat turn on from away mode, simultaneously your Somfy-powered blinds open for natural sunlight as the guest enters the home.
The TaHoma Driver for Crestron gives Crestron system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
Crestron Home™ OS easily integrates with Somfy TaHoma for greater security, comfort, and convenience. These intelligent ecosystems paired together confirms the perfect position of blinds, shades, and screen with Somfy’s “my” position in synchronicity with Creston Home integrated products. Control your door locks, alarms, gates, garages, security cameras, lighting, thermostats, home audio/video, and Somfy motors all through one monotonous application.
Create your own personal sanctuary by tapping “Sun-Down Scene.”. Adjust your garden entrances to have the perfect lighting during the evening; Allow your main entrance light to fade to low as the garden patio and backyard pool become the spotlight. Watch the ambience appear as your Somfy motorized shades slowly open in the kitchen, showcasing your outdoor oasis!
The TaHoma Driver for Savant gives Savant system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
Somfy TaHoma puts you in the driver’s seat and allows you to control your motorized window coverings, awnings, screens, and rolling shutters with a smartphone, tablet, or the sound of your voice. When you combine this Savant’s luxury and personalization in your home you are granted the gift of having your home work for you. Integrate the stunning look of Somfy’s blind automation in harmony with Savant’s smart home theaters, speakers, lighting, door entry, and security systems all personalized for the home you love!
Pair your Somfy smart solution with Savant’s intelligent lighting system and start supporting a healthy sleep and wake cycle. Feel refreshed in the morning as your shades open and lights adjust based on personalized Circadian schedules. Reinforce health, improve well-being, and nourish your mind using a system that aligns the inside of your home with the lighting, brightness, and color temperature of the outdoors.
The TaHoma Driver for ELAN gives ELAN system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma™ North America app.
The TaHoma bridge can control up to 50 channels of RTS motorized products and is be easily merged with ELAN's home user interfaces, controllers, surveillance, doorbells, speakers, and 4K HDMI solutions. TaHoma provides an unparalleled integration for ELAN’s residential and business properties by granting users the power of communication to their homes. Be astonished when you pair Somfy blinds, shades, and screens in a coexisting ELAN security, lighting, climate, and media system for an intuitive user experience that makes automation simple.
Create the perfect family evening by tapping the “movie night” scene on the TaHoma app. Watch the magic begin as ELAN’s home automation system locks your doors, sets alarms, and closes your Somfy blinds. Now that your mind is at peace and your home is protected, sit back and relax as the projection screen in the home theatre slowly comes down and the lights dim, all with one -touch of a button or a simple voice command.
The TaHoma Driver for URC gives URC system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
URC’s award-winning residential and commercial automation platform and TaHoma gateway hub allows for seamless control of Somfy powered shades, blinds, and curtains via URC’s control products. Build the perfect home theatre with Somfy motorized projection screens combined with top-of-the-line smart speakers and premium electronics. Use the TaHoma app to pair your bedroom blinds to sync with URC’s high-definition audio products and listen to your favorite artist, podcast, or news report right when you wake up in the morning. Finalize your setup with precise control of your kitchen, living room, patio, and hallway lighting for style, comfort, and safety of your house.
Whether it’s time to begin your day, take a late-night swim or have a family bonfire, you will enjoy the convenience of motorized shade control right along with all the amazing features of URC products. Don’t waste any time! With one touch you can close your motorized blinds for the evening and head outside. Watch your backyard dream become a reality as Philips Hue stargazing hue light sequences showcase your pool, illuminating the water to create a timeless aquatic ambiance.
The TaHoma Driver for RTI gives RTI system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
Integrate your Somfy TaHoma with RTI control products almost instantaneously and elevate your boardroom, classroom, or dining room to a smart environment that includes automatic Somfy blinds, thermostat control, lighting scenes, audio enhancement, and video entertainment. RTI and Somfy integrations empower your home with intuitive control of your indoor and outdoor lighting and shades with a single tap. Imagine creating lighting scenes to turn the ordinary into extraordinary. Tailored scenes for reading, cooking, watching a movie, or relaxing on the patio has never been simpler!
Generate more energy in you and your home! Picture yourself waking up to natural sunlight and putting the right foot forward in your smart home. You head downstairs to the kitchen and are mesmerized by the sunrise through your Somfy tilt blinds as you prepare breakfast. Sounds great right! But it’s even better when RTI’s technology is communicating with your thermostat, lighting and electronics to ensure you are saving power during all these operations. A smarter home starts with you.
The TaHoma Driver for Alarm.com gives system users access to RTS channels and scenes programmed by the TaHoma North America app.
TaHoma Gateway and Alarm.com is the definition of total protection with customized, professionally installed security and a home that works intuitively to keep you safe and well. Stay one step ahead when out of the home by automatically closing your Somfy blinds when your Alarm.com security system becomes active. Visualize your front/back doors locking, blinds closing, and thermostat set to cool upon you exiting the home all through one operating system with the click tap of button.
Forget to close your blinds or garage door when you left home this morning? No problem;, you received an exact timestamp that says you left the garage open at 8:40am. With one command, you can arm your home by remotely closing your garage door and Somfy-powered blinds. While at work you notice through Alarm.com’s camera view that your outdoor patio and kitchen lights were accidently left on from this morning rush. No problem! Tell TaHoma to turn off your Philips Hue lighting and tilt your blinds open for natural lighting throughout the home.