Aqara Smart Curtain Motor E1 Rod Version 1Pack, Support HomeKit Alexa IFTTT

I have a long curtain track in my house. 2 15 foot sections. These are great and will open and close fully on their on. They work as they should and the battery lasts much longer than I thought it would. The connection is extremely easy and straightforward.

I got this to replace my old August curtain motor. I am in love with Aqara products so much and I am slowly starting to move all my smart home items to Aqara products since they can also be used with Apple Home. The moto seems much stronger on this one. I wish the griping mechanism was a little tighter on the pole. It’s seems really loose, but no problems with moving the curtains and I have some pretty heavy blackout curtains. I am enjoying this product and most of Aqara products at this time

Bought these and switchbot and returned the switchbot. These are more quiet and more powerful. Aqara app is terrible, but I have them in home assistant. They connected via matter to HA, but they were buggy. They connected via Homekit as well and that works great. I have the Aqara M2 hub.

First off, let me confirm that the ROD version also works with U-rails, etc... you just get the rod adapter. Which, honestly, its silly to sell this without it because hopefully this will last a long time and who knows.. you might get a rod later. So instead of getting the U-rail version, just get this one unless you don't want versatility later. Second, it really doesn't work well with Smart-Things so I ended up having to get an Aqara Hub, and the newer model hubs are insanely over-priced. I have mine connected as dual curtains on ikea u-rails (I had to use zip ties to get them to stay on the u-rail, you cannot use the curtain clips from ikea to hold these, they are too heavy). Unfortunately, they have issues.. I have the rod and u-rail version and they both do the same things. 1) One of mine 'creeps' further down the track when it goes it close so eventually I have to recalibrate them. 2) I tried to use the light sensor and I have no idea what it was doing but it pulled my curtains apart trying to close (yes, I have them grouped in a pair in the app) so you would think that the light sensor in the pair would just tell the curtains to close but; my curtain on the left just decided to go all the way to the right side of the u-rail trying to close instead of closing the right and left curtain. Overall, I like them but even though they are supposed to be matter compatible you are going to need the hub. Smarthings will recognize them and add them but eventually they stop working very quickly. I even tried other drivers and different ways to install. I also have a problem with Alexa finding the devices on a regular basis.. and this could be Alexa or it could be the Aqara hub. Almost daily Alexa says it can't find the Bedroom Curtain.

A little tricky to set up on Home Assistant with Alexa, but once it is set up, they work really well. Please note that you do need a solid one-piece curtain rod. I put two per window because they're large windows, but you must use a solid bar for them to roll on. You can't use one that's split in the middle, or has any kind of a gap, or two different-size poles pieced together.

Works with Home Assistant via Z2MQTT. It works as intended and it was discovered on my Zigbee network quickly without the need to download the Aqara app. I have it set up with HA automations and have exposed it to my Alexa via HA, so I can just ask it to open and close from there too. I've had it for about 2 months and the battery life has been pretty good, I only charged it once at initial set up. One thing I did notice is I cannot set up the "hand open" feature on HA, but its not a big deal for me. In regards to sound, I guess it could be quieter, but I have mine set up with a U rail so it could be the wheels contributing to the noise.

Unable to pair with my fully updated Aqara M3 Hub (as req'd). Product is region locked (assuming China, based upon bottom side writing of the device), therefore it would not pair my hub (U.S. based).

They work really well and awesome to have. First world problem, not having the time to manually open the curtains. LOL I was leaving for work before sunrise and did not want to open the curtains at that time. This product saved the day, now they open on a schedule and close on a schedule…woohoo!