u/Zebraitis

I recently purchased a Smartwings Roller shade, and I'm really impressed by how the shade was sent.

First, the box was strapped (a LOT of straps!), has corner protectors, and has the expected battery warning and fragile stickers.

One long box!

Danger Will Robinson...

Taking off the straps, I found out that there was an inner box. This was marked with the info about my shade, and the room for which it is intended. (This is really great if you are planning to do your whole home, as you will immediately know what goes where.)

Still, double boxing to protect the product. Very nice!

The inner sanctum...

You can see on the label that it is a Zigbee controlled motor. That is what Smartwings / Amazon uses to do the integration. So you will need an Amazon Eco device that has a built-in Zigbee hub to make that connection.

I already had an Amazon Echo (4th Gen) so that was an easy thing. It has a Zigbee hub inside it.

Don't use knives. You will, so be careful.

Opening THAT box, there is even more protective packaging, bubble wrap, instructions, parts, and (of course) the roller shade. They also include a charging cable (USB-C) that is REALLY long for the battery operated models.

For those that ask: "Where is the motor and connectors?"... the answer is it is all IN the roller itself.

Sanitized for your protection...

Mounting stuff and the USB -C cable

I have to say if you order a Smartwings shade, you will absolutely get what you ordered, and in great shape.

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Now, how doe it look installed?

* - In our big window, open. You can see the shade up there, tucked in right by the frame.

They really are unnoticeable when open.

Can't even tell...

* - Half shut (to give you an idea of what it looks going down, should you want a close-up.

Nicely transparent AND private!

* - video of the shade closing based on Alexa command

\"Alexa\" warning: when you play this video, Alexa will try to close your shade! :)

One weird thing: Smartwings thinks a shade is "closed" when it is rolled up. And "open" when it is fully extended.

You can change that with an Alexa command, and I did, as my wife wanted "open" to mean that... well... that the the shade was open! 😄

So, not really a problem, just a thing to know.

I have to say that I am really happy with this purchase and saved a TON of money compared to the competitors.

Ask me anything!

Vincent

Hi folks. New to JF.

I am going through my music (3000+ albums) and learning about JF at the same time.

I am embedding artwork into my MP3's so that there will not be .jpg's everywhere. I am using MediaMonkey to do manage the review and embedding of artwork. (targeting 1000x1000 dpi)

The artwork appears great in MediaMonkey. The artwork appears great in KODI. But...

When I scan the library in JF server, quite a few of the albums have pictures of the artist instead of the album artwork.

Is this a known bug, quirk of JF, mars being in retrograde, or am I just flat out doing something wrong?

Also, it doesn't seem that there is an "easy" way to correct artwork in JF... but that could be me being new to JF.

Open to suggestions. Thanks!