How to Program Somfy Motors

Words used in these steps

• Jog: a brief up-and-down movement that confirms a step.
• Limits: the top and bottom positions where the shade stops by itself.
• "my": one favorite position between the limits; while the shade moves, my stops it.
• Programming mode: for setting limits and pairing; the shade moves only while you hold a button, reception is reduced (stand close), and it ends after 2 minutes without a command.
• Press and hold: keep pressing until the shade jogs. Briefly press: the shade jogs after you let go.

Add a remote or wall switch

1. On a control that already works the shade, select the shade's channel (multi-channel controls only).
2. Press and hold its PROG button until the shade jogs.
3. On the new control, select a channel (multi-channel controls only).
4. Briefly press the new control's PROG button. The shade jogs: it is paired.

No working control? If the motor has a programming button on its head, hold it until the shade jogs once, then let go and do steps 3 and 4. On the Sonesse ULTRA 50 DC RTS, hold its three head buttons together until the shade jogs once, then let go. A second jog erases every remote, a third erases everything.

Remove a remote

1. On a control that will stay paired, press and hold PROG until the shade jogs. Never start with the one you are removing.
2. On the control to remove, select its channel (multi-channel controls only).
3. Briefly press its PROG button. The shade jogs: that control is deleted.

A lost control cannot be removed this way: erase all controls (Resets) and pair the others again.

Set, use, change or delete the "my" position

1. Move the shade and press my to stop it where you want it.
2. Press and hold my until the shade jogs (about 5 seconds). The position is saved, replacing any earlier one.

To use it, briefly press my while the shade is stopped; if it is moving, press twice. To delete it, press my to send the shade there, then press and hold my until it jogs.

Resets: programming button or power cut

• Head-button motors (Sonesse 30 RTS 24V DC, WireFree RTS, and the ULTRA 50 DC RTS with its three head buttons): hold the head button and count the jogs. One: ready to pair a control. Two: all controls erased. Three: factory reset, limits too. WireFree Zigbee motors reset only at the third jog (Zigbee reset).
• Power-cut motors (Sonesse ULTRA 50 RTS, Altus RTS): cut the power twice to that motor only, then press PROG on a control to pair a replacement, or hold it to the second jog to erase the motor. If other motors share the circuit, every motor that loses power enters the same mode, so a single PROG press re-pairs or erases all of them.
• Sonesse 40 RTS and 50 RTS: see Reset a wired motor.

Set up a new motor

1. Switch on power to this motor only.
2. Press and hold UP and DOWN together until the shade jogs. The motor is in programming mode.
3. Press DOWN. If the shade goes up, press and hold my until it jogs to reverse the direction.
4. Bring the shade to the top position you want.
5. Press and hold my and DOWN until the shade starts down, then release. The top limit is stored.
6. Press my to stop the shade at the bottom position you want.
7. Press and hold my and UP until the shade starts up, then release. The bottom limit is stored.
8. Press and hold my until the shade jogs. The limits are saved.
9. Press PROG on the back of the control until the shade jogs. The control is paired.

If limit setting goes wrong, switch the power off for 2 seconds and on again, then restart at step 2. Sonesse 30 RTS light: orange blinking in programming mode, green 5 blinks per saved step. ULTRA 50 DC RTS: the head buttons can replace the control.

Fine-tune a limit

1. Send the shade to the limit you want to change.
2. Press and hold UP and DOWN together until the shade jogs.
3. Move the shade to the new position.
4. Press and hold my until the shade jogs. The new limit is saved.

Reset a wired motor or replace a lost remote

Sonesse 30 RTS 24V DC

With a paper clip, press and hold the programming button on the motor head. Release after the third jog to erase controls and limits (the light blinks green 5 times, then stays orange), after the second to erase only the controls, or at the first and briefly press PROG on a new remote to pair it.

Sonesse ULTRA 50 DC RTS

Press and hold UP, STOP and DWN on the head together. Release after 3 up-and-down movements to erase everything (the light comes on), or after 2 to erase only the controls.

Sonesse ULTRA 50 RTS and Altus RTS (power cut)

1. Move the shade to mid-height.
2. Cut power to this motor for 2 seconds.
3. Restore power for 10 seconds.
4. Cut the power again for 2 seconds.
5. Restore power. The shade moves for a few seconds, or jogs if it is at a limit; if an Altus does not move, repeat the power cuts.
6. To reset the motor, press and hold PROG on a remote. The shade jogs; keep holding until it jogs again. All settings are erased.

Let go too early and you must start again from step 2. For a lost remote, press PROG on the new remote at step 6 only until the first jog; on the ULTRA 50 RTS this deletes the other remotes but keeps the limits and "my". Somfy's owner instructions for the Sonesse ULTRA 50 RTS and ULTRA 50 DC RTS send you to a professional to replace a lost or broken remote.

Sonesse 40 RTS and Sonesse 50 RTS

No reset is given here: Somfy's documents differ for the current Sonesse 40 RTS, and the Somfy documents behind this guide describe none for the Sonesse 50 RTS. We service and reprogram motorized systems, including ones we did not install: contact us.

Model differences

First setup

Somfy recommends the TaHoma pro app; a Ysia remote alone also works (steps below). What it takes: TaHoma pro and a Somfy Pro account, to scan the motor's QR code, set direction and limits, and adjust speed or tilting travel.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Pair a Zigbee motor to TaHoma

Somfy's TaHoma pro guide sets the order for bringing a home's Zigbee products onto a TaHoma switch:

1. Set every motor's limits first.
2. Connect the switch to 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi; a solid white bottom light means online.
3. Add wired motors (they act as repeaters, relaying the signal), then battery motors, scanning each motor's QR label.
4. Add each remote last: hold its PROG 7 seconds and release (solid green, two red blinks), then link it to its shades in the app.

Joining TaHoma deletes a motor's existing remote pairings; afterwards, manage remotes in the app.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Set up a motor with a Ysia remote (no hub)

1. Wake the motor: briefly press the head button with a paper clip, or plug in the charger or battery; the shade jogs (a brief up-and-down move). Wired motors: switch on the power.
2. The light should blink amber (programming mode, 3 minutes). If not, hold the head button about 3 seconds, until the shade jogs once, then let go; the light then blinks amber. Holding on to the third jog (about 15 seconds) resets the motor.
3. Select the channel (Ysia 5). Within 5 feet, briefly press UP and DOWN together: the nearest motor in programming mode jogs. Wrong shade? Press again. A red remote light means none was found.
4. Press UP. If the shade goes down, hold my until it jogs.
5. Hold UP to the top position, then press my and DOWN together. The shade jogs: top limit set.
6. Hold DOWN to the bottom position, then press my and UP together. The shade jogs: bottom limit set.
7. Briefly press PROG on the back of the remote. The shade jogs and the remote's light turns solid green, then off: set and paired.

Limits can be set in either order.

Add a remote

Shades on a TaHoma switch: add or remove remotes in the TaHoma app instead.

First remote on a set motor: hold the head button about 3 seconds, until the shade jogs once, then let go; the light then blinks amber. Holding on to the third jog (about 15 seconds) resets the motor. Select the channel (Ysia 5), then briefly press PROG on the remote nearby. The shade jogs.

A second remote must first join the existing remote's network, away from the motors:

1. On the new remote, hold PROG until the light goes off after the third red blink; it then blinks amber. Use a new or unused remote: this resets it.
2. Next to it, briefly press PROG on the existing remote. The new remote's light turns green.
3. Pair it to each shade as above, then test every shade and re-pair any that stopped responding.

Remove a remote

Shades on a TaHoma switch: add or remove remotes in the TaHoma app instead.

1. Select the channel (Ysia 5) and hold PROG on the remote until the shade jogs (about 3 seconds).
2. Near the motor, briefly press UP and DOWN together. The shade jogs.
3. Hold PROG until the remote's light turns solid green, then red (about 5 seconds), then let go at once. The shade jogs: removed. Holding on to a second red blink takes the remote off its network.

A motor reset removes every remote, including lost ones.

Set and use "my"

1. Stop the shade where you want it with my.
2. Hold my until the shade jogs, then release: saved.
3. To go there, press my twice quickly; one press stops a moving shade.

One "my" per motor: a new one replaces it, and a factory reset clears it.

Change a limit

What it takes: the paired remote (hold PROG until a jog, press UP and DOWN, move the shade, press my and DOWN for the top or my and UP for the bottom, then hold UP and DOWN) or TaHoma pro; Somfy says the installer should do it.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Reset the motor

1. Hold the head button until the light blinks amber and the shade jogs 3 times (about 15 seconds), then release.
2. The motor waits 3 minutes in programming mode: set it up again.

This permanently erases remotes, limits, advanced settings, "my" and network pairings, as does "Reset device" in TaHoma pro.

Leave a network

A factory reset takes a motor off its network. Resetting a Ysia takes its motors off too, keeping their limits, with 10 minutes to be paired again.

Charging, battery signs and lights

1. Plug the motor's own charger into the charging port on the motor head. The motor's light blinks green while charging.
2. At solid green, unplug the charger.

Recharge about once a year (average shade, one cycle a day); charging takes under 4 to 5 hours (Sonesse 40 WireFree Zigbee: 4 hours, USB-C charger #9028923), at 32°F to 104°F.

Model differences

• Sonesse 28 and ULTRA 30 WireFree Zigbee (Li-ion): their sheets print identical steps.
• Sonesse 30 and 40 Zigbee (wired): power-on puts a new motor in programming mode; nothing to charge. The Sonesse 40 Zigbee sheet prints no "my" steps; use the ones above.
• Sonesse 28 WireFree Zigbee (External Battery): Somfy's general Zigbee steps above apply; its battery is a separate pack.

This guide gives no steps for the Sonesse 40 WireFree Zigbee.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Add or remove a remote (RTS version)

As on any RTS motor (add, remove): hold PROG on a working remote until the drapery jogs (moves briefly back and forth), then briefly press PROG on the remote to add or remove.

Set, use or delete the "my" position

1. Press Open or Close, then briefly press my to stop the drapery where you want it.
2. Press and hold my until the drapery jogs. The favorite position is saved.

To use it, briefly press my while stopped; to delete it, send the drapery there and hold my until it jogs. DCT version: use Stop.

Turn Touch Motion on or off

Touch Motion starts the drapery when you pull the fabric.

1. Move the drapery away from the ends of the track.
2. Press and hold Open and Close together until the drapery jogs.
3. Press and hold them again until it jogs. Each hold moves to the next setting: high sensitivity, low, off, then high again.
4. Press and hold my until the drapery jogs to save.

Do not skip the second hold: holding my right after the first jog reverses the drapery's direction instead. DCT version: start with Open, Stop and Close together and let go as soon as the drapery moves once (holding on to three moves erases everything); then hold Open and Close together until it moves to change the setting, and save with Stop. Here too, do not hold Stop right after the first move: that changes the direction instead.

Change the speed or choose silent mode

Slide the SILENT / HI-SPEED selector on the motor: silent runs at 7.5 cm/s (2.95 in/s); HI-SPEED, the default, is adjustable.

1. On HI-SPEED, press and hold Open and my together until the drapery moves back and forth.
2. Press Open for faster or Close for slower: 12.5, 15 (default), 17.5 or 20 cm/s.
3. Press and hold my until the drapery jogs to save.

DCT version: start with Open and Stop and save with Stop.

First setup (RTS version)

1. Pull the drapery by hand to the middle of the track.
2. Plug in this motor only.
3. Press and hold Open and Close together until the drapery jogs. The remote is pre-programmed.
4. Briefly press Open or Close. The drapery runs by itself to record both end stops.
5. Press Open. If the drapery closes, press and hold my (about 2 seconds) until it jogs: the direction is reversed.
6. Press and hold PROG on the back of the remote until the drapery jogs. The remote is recorded.

First setup (DCT version)

1. Switch on the power.
2. Press Open (top button) or Close (bottom). The drapery makes a first run to record the end stops.
3. Press Open. If the drapery closes, press and hold Stop (middle) for about 2 seconds until it jogs: the direction is reversed.

Steps from Somfy's 2023 sheet; older units may differ.

Fine-tune where the drapery stops

1. Send the drapery to the end you want to change.
2. Press and hold Open and Close together until the drapery jogs.
3. Move the drapery to the new position with Open or Close.
4. Press and hold my until it jogs. The new end stop is saved.

DCT version: hold Open, Stop and Close in step 2 and let go as soon as the drapery moves once (holding on to three moves erases everything); hold Stop in step 4. To reverse direction later (RTS), do step 2 away from the ends, then hold my until it jogs.

Erase the remotes or reset the motor

1. Push a pin into the S hole on the motor's underside and hold it.
2. Release after two jogs to erase every remote; the end stops and "my" stay.
3. Or hold until three jogs to erase everything, end stops and "my" included, then set it up again.

DCT: hold Open, Stop and Close, or S, until three moves. Wired: hold S until three moves.

After erasing the remotes, pair one again: hold the pin in S until the drapery jogs once, let go, then briefly press PROG on the remote. The drapery jogs: it is paired. Somfy's owner instructions send you to a professional to replace a lost or broken remote on this motor.

Wired version settings

What it takes: a permanently powered live wire and a paper clip for the M (Mode) and S (Set) buttons. Hold M until the light turns green; S then changes direction, back-release position and speed, each confirmed with M.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

RS485 (SDN) module

What it takes: the module inserts into the bottom of the motor and joins an SDN (Somfy Digital Network) bus for up to 16 intermediate positions and 16 groups, reporting the real position even after a hand move. On RTS motors, the first remote is paired with the module out.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Zigbee module

What it takes: the plug-in Zigbee (2-Way) Module pairs a Glydea ULTRA 35 or 60 with Ysia Zigbee remotes and TaHoma. Somfy recommends the TaHoma pro app for setup; on drapery, UP opens and DOWN closes.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Everyday use: Zigbee "my".

Glydea ULTRA 50 WireFree Zigbee

This battery version runs on a rechargeable 21.9 V lithium-ion pack charged by USB-C (under 4 hours to 80%), with Zigbee 3.0 and Bluetooth; speed, scenes and timers are set in the app. This guide gives no steps for pairing or setting it up.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Model differences

Same steps for both sizes; the 60 carries up to 132 lb on tracks to 36 ft, the 35 up to 77 lb on 32 ft.

Set up an RTS blind motor (Tilt 50, TLW25, CL32)

1. Power only this motor, then hold UP and DOWN until the blind jogs.
2. Press UP; if it goes the wrong way, hold my until it jogs.
3. With DOWN, go to the bottom position (Tilt 50: the lower slat position); hold my and UP until it starts up, then release.
4. Stop it at the top with my; hold my and DOWN until it starts down, then release.
5. When it stops at the bottom, hold my until it jogs: limits saved.
6. Press PROG on the back of the remote. The blind jogs: paired.

Limits can be set in either order. If power is cut before step 6, the limits stay: redo step 1, then step 6.

Remotes and "my" (RTS)

Use the general steps to add a remote, remove one and set "my", holding my until the blind jogs.

• No working remote: hold the motor's programming button until the blind jogs once, then let go; a second jog erases every remote, a third erases everything. Then briefly press PROG on the new remote.
• Tilt 50 RTS and TLW25 RTS (tilting mode by default): my goes to the bottom limit first, then to "my"; to save a slat angle, start there and tilt with UP.

Fine-tune a limit (RTS)

1. Send the blind to the limit to change.
2. Hold UP and DOWN until it jogs.
3. Move it to the new position.
4. Hold my until it jogs. The new limit is saved.

Reset an RTS blind motor

1. Hold the motor's programming button (top of the Tilt 50 RTS casing; motor head on the TLW25 RTS and CL32).
2. Release at 2 jogs to erase only the remotes, or at 3 to erase everything; after a full reset, set it up again.

Tilt 50 Zigbee and TLW25 Zigbee

Plug in the battery to wake the motor, then use the Ysia setup and other Zigbee steps above. On the Tilt 50 Zigbee the limits are slat positions, and my goes to the bottom limit first.

Charge the battery pack

• Li-ion pack #9021217: charger #9025166; its light is red while charging, green when full.
• USB-C pack #9028930: USB-C charger #9028923, which flashes green, then stays green when full; the internal headrail battery #9029224 uses the same charger.
• Recharge about once a year (top-down bottom-up motors: twice). Low-battery signs: on the TLW25 Zigbee, the motor light blinks red 3 times when you press a paired remote's button; with the Li-ion pack, a motor that has a light on its head blinks it red slowly; with the USB-C pack, the blind starts late and the light blinks red twice. On the TLW25 Zigbee, a red light that blinks while the blind is blocked means an obstacle: remove it.

Top-down Bottom-up 25 and 45 WireFree Zigbee

Fits HT Window (TDBU 25 only), Turnils and Coulisse headrails; internal headrail battery, USB-C pack or 12 V plug-in supply; controlled by the Ysia 5 TDBU Zigbee or a TaHoma switch. This guide gives no steps for pairing, limits or reset on these motors.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Cord Lift WireFree TLV25 Zigbee

Lifts at 30 rpm and tilts at 18 rpm; runs on a headrail battery or a plug-in supply. This guide gives no steps for pairing, limits or reset on this motor.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Clever Tilt Blind Motorization Kit

This guide gives no steps for the Clever Tilt kit.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Who sets the limits, and how

The installer runs the shade to each limit, then sets it on the motor head: white and yellow buttons under a protective housing (Sonesse ULTRA 50), two adjustment screws (Sonesse 40 WT) or two slide switches (Roll Up Wired R28).

For the Sonesse 50 and LT50, Somfy's databook gives the limit switch type (rapid or progressive adjustment) but no setting steps; none are published here for the LT60 either.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Use the wall switch

1. Briefly press UP or DOWN. The shade runs to its top or bottom limit and stops.
2. To stop it on the way, press STOP.

What it takes to set up SDN motors

• RS485 Setting Tool (9017142): a battery-powered tool for one motor at a time. It reads the node ID (the motor's network address) and sets direction, limits, presets 1 to 16 and factory reset. Weidmüller motors need cable 9019873; the Sonesse 40, tool version 9017142C.
• Set pro by Somfy: software that scans the bus, flags motors without limits, sets limits, presets, groups, direction, speed and locks, and programs DecoFlex SDN keypads.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

Sonesse ULTRA 50 DC: limits from the head buttons

1. Press Up and Down together: the shade moves up and down (setting mode).
2. Press Up. If the shade goes down, hold Stop until it moves up and down: direction reversed.
3. Hold Down to the bottom position, then press Up and Stop together until the shade moves: bottom stored.
4. Hold Up to the top position, then press Down and Stop together until it moves: top stored.
5. Hold Stop until the shade moves up and down and the light goes off: limits saved.

Factory mode: hold all three buttons until the shade moves up and down once (about 7 seconds).

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

The PROG button

On the Sonesse 30, Sonesse 40 and Roll Up 30, a short press (under 1.5 seconds) steps the shade through up, stop, down, stop. Hold until the first feedback (about 2 seconds) to post the node ID on the network, or until the third (about 12 seconds) to reset it to factory settings.

Installer workWe do this at installation and on service calls.

What the lights mean (Sonesse 30, Sonesse 40, Roll Up 30)