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Adaptive Cover Pro

Home Assistant custom integration that controls vertical blinds, horizontal awnings, and venetian (tilt) blinds based on sun position, filtering direct sunlight while maximizing natural light, with climate-aware operation.

Builds on the template sensor from the HA community forum post Automatic Blinds.

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📰 What's new	Recent features across the integration and card · Full feature list
🚀 New install	Installation → First-Time Setup → Cover Types
🏢 Multiple covers?	Create a Building Profile first — configure shared sensors once, link all covers to it · Cover Groups · Copy Settings to Other Covers
🔄 Migrating	From Custom Repository · From Adaptive Cover
🧠 Understand the logic	How It Decides · Basic Mode · Climate Mode · Enhanced Geometric Accuracy
📐 Cover type config	Vertical · Horizontal · Oscillating Awning · Roof / Skylight Window · Tilt · Louvered Roof · Sliding Curtain · Day/Night Shade · Dual Panel · Venetian (Dual-Axis)
⚙️ Configure	Sun Tracking · Position · Position Matching · Travel Time Calibration · Glare Zones · Blindspot · Summary Screen · Debug & Diagnostics
🚦 Overrides & automation	Automation · Manual Override · Command Queue · Custom Position · Force Override · Weather Safety · Climate · Templated Thresholds · Template Self-References
🔌 Entities & services	Entities · Proxy Cover Entity · Runtime Services · Position Verification · My Position Support (Somfy RTS)
🎨 Dashboard	Dashboard Cards · Panel Card · Tile Card · Sky Compass Card · Decision Strip Card · Solar Chart Card · History Card
🔧 Advanced use cases	Overview · Dynamic Temperature Thresholds · Dynamic Tracking Window · Bedroom Sleep Mode · Handling Variable Cloud Cover · Indoor Lux Sensor Behind the Cover · Venetian Tilt-Only on Overcast Days · Forecast-Based Shading · Custom Position When Sun in FOV · Suppress Closing While a Door Is Open
🛠️ Something wrong?	Troubleshooting · Troubleshooting Findings · Diagnostic Sensors · Hardware Compatibility · Known Limitations · Tips and Tricks
🧪 Testing & simulation	Testing the Algorithms · Simulation Notebook
📚 Reference	References · Credits · Solar Math Review
👩‍💻 For developers	Overview · Setup · Scripts · Workflow · Testing · Release Process · Code Standards · Debugging · Architecture · Triage Rules · AI-Assisted Development

Highlights

• Ten physical cover types: vertical blinds, horizontal awnings, tilt, venetian (dual-axis), oscillating awning, roof window, louvered roof, sliding curtain, day/night shade, dual panel — plus the virtual building-profile and cover-group entry types
• Basic & Climate modes: geometric sun tracking + a temperature-aware strategy for winter / summer / intermediate
• Priority override pipeline: custom-position safety slot → weather → manual → custom position → motion → cloud suppression → climate → glare zones → solar → default
• Safety overrides: custom-position safety slots (rain/wind/fire), weather safety, manual override that pauses on physical/app/voice moves
• Always-on diagnostics: decision trace, sun position, position verification; debug mode without YAML
• 16 runtime services: change any setting from automations without opening the Options UI
• Enhanced geometric accuracy: angle-dependent safety margins, optional window depth and sill height

Full feature list → Features.

Upstream

Inspired by and originally forked from Adaptive Cover by Bas Brussee (@basbruss), whose ideation and base implementation sparked this project. Adaptive Cover Pro has since grown into a substantially different codebase with a new architecture and feature set, but the original vision deserves real credit.

Original forum post that inspired both projects: Automatic Blinds.