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

The display style of each entity can be modified in the customize section. Besides the basic ones like friendly_name or hidden, the following attributes are supported for covers:

Attribute	Default	Description
device_class		none Generic cover device window Window controller garage Garage door controller
assumed_state	false	If set to true, cover buttons will always be enabled

{% linkable_title Services %}

{% linkable_title Cover control services %}

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

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	String or list of strings that point at entity_id's of covers. Else targets all.

{% linkable_title 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. Else targets all.
position	no	Integer between 0 and 100.

{% linkable_title Automation example %}

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

{% linkable_title 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. Else targets all.
position	no	Integer between 0 and 100.

{% linkable_title Automation example %}

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