Better Cover v0.1.0
Initial Better Cover release for Home Assistant, installable through HACS custom repositories.
- Sun tracking for shade height and slat tilt.
- Day/night privacy schedules, room brightness, and outside-temperature comparison with a thermostat target.
- Individual normal and window-open limits, including reversed position reporting.
- Manual pauses with home-away, room-vacancy, and morning-reset resume triggers.
- Groups that preserve each member's configuration.
HACS installation
Add https://github.com/chstech1/ABetterCoverController under HACS → Custom repositories with type Integration. Download Better Cover, restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings → Devices & services.
Automatic control starts OFF. Configure and verify one blind before enabling a group.
Tested against Home Assistant 2026.2.3 with 31 passing tests. Physical hardware verification is still required. The attached ZIP is for manual installation; HACS installs the integration directly from this release's repository files.