Home Assistant

Cover

Home Assistant can give you an interface to control covers such as rollershutters, blinds, and garage doors.

Building block integration

The cover integration cannot be directly used. You cannot create your own cover entities using this integration. This integration is a building block for other integrations to use, enabling them to create cover entities for you.

Device class

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[Learn more] can be modified in the customize section. The following device classes are supported for covers:

  • None: Generic cover. This is the default and doesn’t need to be set.
  • awning: Control of an awning, such as an exterior retractable window, door, or patio cover.
  • blind: Control of blinds, which are linked slats that expand or collapse to cover an opening or may be tilted to partially covering an opening, such as window blinds.
  • curtain: Control of curtains or drapes, which is often fabric hung above a window or door that can be drawn open.
  • damper: Control of a mechanical damper that reduces airflow, sound, or light.
  • door: Control of a door or gate that provides access to an area.
  • garage: Control of a garage door that provides access to a garage.
  • gate: Control of a gate. Gates are found outside of a structure and are typically part of a fence.
  • shade: Control of shades, which are a continuous plane of material or connected cells that expanded or collapsed over an opening, such as window shades.
  • shutter: Control of shutters, which are linked slats that swing out/in to covering an opening or may be tilted to partially cover an opening, such as indoor or exterior window shutters.
  • window: Control of a physical window that opens and closes or may tilt.

Here are a few examples of this representation in the UI:

List of cover examples Example of various device classes icons in open and closed state. The open image in this example has state_color: true specified in the Entities card configuration to receive the icon coloring.

Services

Cover control services

Available services: cover.open_cover, cover.close_cover, cover.stop_cover, cover.toggle, cover.open_cover_tilt, cover.close_cover_tilt, cover.stop_cover_tilt, cover.toggle_tilt

Service data attribute Optional Description
entity_id yes String or list of strings that point at entity_id’s of covers. Use entity_id: all to target all.

Automation example

automation:
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: "07:15:00"
  action:
    - service: cover.open_cover
      target:
        entity_id: cover.demo

Service cover.set_cover_position

Set cover position of one or multiple covers.

Service data attribute Optional Description
entity_id yes String or list of strings that point at entity_id’s of covers. Use entity_id: all to target all.
position no Integer between 0 and 100.

Automation example

automation:
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: "07:15:00"
  action:
    - service: cover.set_cover_position
      target:
        entity_id: cover.demo
      data:
        position: 50

Service cover.set_cover_tilt_position

Set cover tilt position of one or multiple covers.

Service data attribute Optional Description
entity_id yes String or list of strings that point at entity_id’s of covers. Use entity_id: all to target all.
tilt_position no Integer between 0 and 100.

Automation example

automation:
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: "07:15:00"
  action:
    - service: cover.set_cover_tilt_position
      target:
        entity_id: cover.demo
      data:
        tilt_position: 50