How to connect IKEA smart blinds FYRTUR to Amazon Alexa

I will explain how to connect the IKEA smart blinds to the Amazon Alexa platform and how to program routines to move blinds at sunrise and sunset.

[MTBioGuy]

Here's how to use an Alexa "Echo" device to avoid having to buy/use the very problematic Tradfri Ikea gateway to control the Ikea Fyrtur smart blinds. At this writing only the Echo Show 10, Echo Studio, Echo Gen 4 (big ball) and the discontinued Echo Pro contain the required Zigbee-capable hub.

1) After mounting your new Fyrtur blind unit... Pop it off the wall and bring the "2-button end" of your blind down to within 5 cm of your hub-containing Alexa Echo device.

2) Say "Alexa discover devices".

3) While the Alexa voice is giving device discovery instructions, press and hold both the up and down buttons at the same time (on the blinds unit, not the remote) for about 10 seconds. The light should pulse or blink or ??. Sorry, I can't recall exactly what it does to show that it's in pairing mode.

4) This will erase any previous pairings and, after Alexa announces that she has found something like "Device One", your blinds will now be linked to your Alexa system via the Zigbee hub.

5) You may now rename your blinds to something more useful... like "Blinds"? It should also now show up under "All Devices" in your phone "Alexa" app.

6) You should now remount your blinds up on the wall and use the up/down buttons on the blinds unit to set the "maximum level of extension" (see instruction sheet).

7) You may now use regular "Alexa" commands like...

"Alexa, open blinds"
"Alexa, close blinds"
"Alexa, open Blinds to 50%"

The beauty of using the Alexa hub device instead of the Tradfri hub device is that you now can control your Fyrtur blinds from anywhere, even away from home, via your Alexa app on your phone. Using the Tradfri hub you would have been limited to your local home WiFi system.

Sadly the remote control unit will no longer be useable. Put it somewhere safe in case the tech changes or you sell your blinds.

(with thanks to the nice someone who posted the core of these instructions... sorry fella I couldn't find your posting again to give proper thanks)

21/01/20 Update...
1) I have since been using the blinds exclusively through my Alexa devices & Routines with ZERO failures or disconnects... it works great.
2) I have still not figured out a way to use the remote without reconnecting to the very problematic Ikea hub. Why bother, I can do it all with my voice anyway. In fact, my Echo Show (hub-capable) devices already work great with Amazon's own (optional) handheld remotes.

[Yessssz]

Good explanation of how IKEA integrates with a third part app. Thank you

[bobfindlay]

dude. just tell the blind where the fully closed position is by closing the blinds with the remote until they are where you want and then pressing either of the buttons on the blind twice. It will then never open more than that