The Motor is super quiet when it is in motion with only 33db noise ratio.

You will hear almost no noise from the Motor. You may hear a very light and low noise from the curtain moving sound. 

You can hand pull the curtain if there is no power.

The Motor has a “pull to start” function.

By pulling the curtain a few inches either direction, it will activate the Motor to move the curtain to the end.

The major difference among them is: how the motor is connected to power.

S168A:     Power Adapter   
S168-3Y: Hard Wired to 100 to 240V electrical wires  
S168-4Y: Hard Wired to a Wall Control (or a relay) where the electrical wires 110V are also connected.  
S168-6Y: Hard Wired to a Wall Control (or a relay) but the electrical wires are externally connected to 110V electrical wires.

        There is no need to consider the Motor since it is mounted inside the track. Once the curtain is up, the Motor will be covered at all time.

 For Center Opening Track, the Motor can be attached on either end of the track.

For Left   Pull (left     stacking) Track,  the Motor is on the left.

For Right Pull (Right stacking) Track,  the Motor is on the right.

The track can be cut short but it requires electric saw with special blade and it will involve disassembling and assembling the mechanism of the track. It might take a while with extreme care to avoid replacing internal parts even though we provide video instructions. Please provide the exact track measurement for the installation space (see above drawing) when placing the order. There is no service charge of having the track cut to the exact size needed. 

Ask the curtain supplier or see below as reference:

As the industry standard for drapery, there will be a hook every 4″ on a curtain.

The track is also built with an eyelet every 4″ as default. E.g.   10 feet track = 120″ / 4 = 30pcs

If the curtain is designed with more (or less) curtain hooks, please request more (or less) eyelets to be put on the curtain track.

There is no additional charge on the request.

It will be complicated to add or remove eyelets by yourself so please notify us once the order is placed if there is a need to add or deduct the # of eyelets.

Note: In case the curtain is pleated, or fabric is thick, or spacing between hooks on the curtain is less than 4″, stacking area will increase.

Please consult with the curtain maker for verification.

Single Track is for when there is only a curtain, while dual-track is needed when there is a sheer behind the curtain.

The Motorized Track is designed for the curtains with hooks, pleated or non-pleated.

The Motorized Track can be converted for Ripple Fold Curtains which must be sewed with the Ripple Fold Snap Belt we provide so that it can be attached to the Ripple Fold Runners on the Track.  

Yes. Remote Control has 1-Channel, 3-Channel, 7-Chanel, 9-Channel, 32-Channel

     Motor can be assigned many channel #s on it.

If the Motor is assigned with a unique channel# and a common channel#, then the Motor (curtain) is operated individually when the unique Channel# is selected on the Remote Control.

The group of Motors (curtains) will be operated at the same time when the common channel# is selected on the Remote Control.  A Motor can be in multiple groups.

 e.g. If you have a 3-channel Remote Control and there are 2 curtains.  They can be operated as follow:
            Channel 1 operates 1^st curtain only

            Channel 2 operates 2^nd curtain only

            Channel 3 operates both curtains simultaneously.

e.g.  If there are 3 curtains and a 7-channel Remote Control in the room, they can be operated as follow:

            Channel 1 operates 1^st curtain only

            Channel 2 operates 2^nd curtain only

            Channel 3 operates 3rd curtain only

            Channel 4 operates 1^st and 2^nd curtain together

            Channel 5 operates 2^nd and 3^rd curtains together

            Channel 6 operates 1^st and 3^rd curtain together

            Channel 7 operates all 3 curtains simultaneously.

Yes. There is a Smart Control Kit on the ACCESSORIES page which has the following functions:

                   – Schedule the curtain to open/close multiple times daily.

                   – Operate the curtain on Smart Phone (Google Android / Apple IOS) and iPad.

                   – Operate the curtain by voice if you have voice assistance device such as Amazon Echo or Google Home

       Please be noted that it only works with S168-A and S168-3Y motors.

For Simple DIY, it can be achieved using the Smart Control Kit and S168A and S168-3Y motors.

For high end home automation systems such as Control4, Z-wave, Crestron, Insteon, Savant, etc., it can be achieved by Low Voltage connecting or High Voltage connecting as follow:

      – For Dry Contact in Low Voltage, select from the ACCESSORIES page the 6-Pin RJ-12 Port to be built-in on the Motor (S168A, S168-3Y, S168-6Y)  

      – For High Voltage connecting, select the Motor S168-4Y or S168-6Y.

After the setup, these home automation systems are able to connect to those voice assistance devices (Google Home, Amazon Echo , Apple HomeKit)

For high end home automation systems such as Control4, Z-wave, Crestron, Insteon, Savant, etc., it can be achieved by Low Voltage connecting or High Voltage connecting as follow:

      – For Dry Contact in Low Voltage, select from the ACCESSORIES page the 6-Pin RJ-12 Port to be built-in on the Motor (S168A, S168-3Y, S168-6Y)  

             Here is the 6-pin port specifications:  Click Here

      – For High Voltage connecting, select the Motor S168-4Y or S168-6Y.

A “relay” or “module” of the particular home automation system you are using is needed to connect to the Motor in either case.

For DIY systems such as Samsung SmartThings, Wink, etc.,  please select the Smart Control Kit from the ACCESSORIES page.