A blind system configured to be mounted to cover a window located on a façade of a building, the blind system comprising: a headrail; a bottom bar; a plurality of slats spaced apart vertically between the headrail and the bottom bar; a lift cord extending from the headrail to the bottom bar to provide for raising and lowering the bottom bar; a tilt ladder extending from the headrail to the bottom bar and operable to support the slats and to tilt the slats; and a drive unit operably coupled to the tilt ladder for tilting the slats, the drive unit configured to selectively tilt the slats into each of a plurality of tilt positions that include at least: a view tilt position in which the slats are approximately horizontal, a slanted tilt position in which the slats are positioned to block direct sunlight from shining into the building, and a privacy tilt position in which the slats are approximately vertical; wherein the drive unit is configured to tilt the slats into one of the plurality of tilt positions at each of a plurality of event times according to a timeclock schedule, the plurality of event times determined from a predicted position of the sun, such that the drive unit is configured to: tilt the slats to the slanted tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a first endpoint elevation angle determined using a facing direction of the facade; tilt the slats to the view tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that no direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a determined second endpoint elevation angle determined using the facing direction of the facade, wherein the second endpoint elevation angle differs from the first endpoint elevation angle; and tilt the slats to the privacy tilt position between sunset and sunrise. a headrail; a bottom bar; a plurality of slats spaced apart vertically between the headrail and the bottom bar; a lift cord extending from the headrail to the bottom bar to provide for raising and lowering the bottom bar; a tilt ladder extending from the headrail to the bottom bar and operable to support the slats and to tilt the slats; and a drive unit operably coupled to the tilt ladder for tilting the slats, the drive unit configured to selectively tilt the slats into each of a plurality of tilt positions that include at least: a view tilt position in which the slats are approximately horizontal, a slanted tilt position in which the slats are positioned to block direct sunlight from shining into the building, and a privacy tilt position in which the slats are approximately vertical; wherein the drive unit is configured to tilt the slats into one of the plurality of tilt positions at each of a plurality of event times according to a timeclock schedule, the plurality of event times determined from a predicted position of the sun, such that the drive unit is configured to: tilt the slats to the slanted tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a first endpoint elevation angle determined using a facing direction of the facade; tilt the slats to the view tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that no direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a determined second endpoint elevation angle determined using the facing direction of the facade, wherein the second endpoint elevation angle differs from the first endpoint elevation angle; and tilt the slats to the privacy tilt position between sunset and sunrise. tilt the slats to the slanted tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a first endpoint elevation angle determined using a facing direction of the facade; tilt the slats to the view tilt position when the predicted position of the sun indicates that no direct sunlight is incident on the façade based on a determined second endpoint elevation angle determined using the facing direction of the facade, wherein the second endpoint elevation angle differs from the first endpoint elevation angle; and tilt the slats to the privacy tilt position between sunset and sunrise.