TaHoma North America 4+

I am so pleased with the performance of this new dual protocol hub from Somfy. It supports the new bi-directional Zigbee 3.0 standard but also supports legacy Radio Technology Somfy - RTS motors. Finally a company that is committed to supporting existing devices when introducing products! Oh yeah it's also super easy to set up thanks to the new bluetooth Set & Go app from Somfy. I highly recommend Tahoma!

This application is the classic all "Jack of all trades, master of none". It is not an application specific to window shades. Therefore, it doesn't have some features you might like for a window shade application - for example if you would like to open a shade 75%, you only have the ability to use a scroll bar and only after you release the scroll bar can you see the percentage. It might be 60% or it might be 90%, as it doesn't show you as you are scrolling. If you have pre-programmed schedules for shades to open, and find later that you need to open them slightly more or slightly less, they cannot be modified. You must delete it, and re-create a new program.

I was generally happy with this app for the first two months since our sun shades were installed, but the “Stop” button disappeared in a recent update. Now the shades go all the way down or all the way up. There is no option to stop them halfway down or only slightly down depending on the angle of the sun. We rarely want the shades lowered completely. And the pre-set option for partially closing the shades actually lowers them almost all the way down. We like them lowered just a bit to block the sun but not hide the pool and yard. I would gladly raise my rating if this option is restored.