Setting up a garage door opener i recently installed an automatic door opener in my garage and of course i wanted to hook it up to my openhab system.
Openhab wifi garage door opener.
The wireless garage door opener is far older than the internet but today s connected technologies have added new capabilities for monitoring and sharing access to your garage from anywhere in the world.
Monitoring who is going in and out of your garage or having the ability to use your smart device to operate the garage door gives peace of mind and control.
Aladdin connect does those things and much more.
When i am leaving the highway or after i have already driven out of reach of common rf solutions it is connected via mqtt.
Will work with any mqtt setup including openhab.
No more waiting for your clicker to get within range you can simply access it through your smartphone as you re coming up the driveway.
Using this api the chamberlain myq binding can get the status of your garage door opener and send commands to open or close it.
One press starts or stops the.
Hi i am just making my first steps with openhab moving over from a self written interface.
I tapped into the buttons on the wall and ran a pair of wires to the relayboard and connected them to common and normally open.
If you are like many homeowners the garage door is the largest and most used entry point to the home.
The meross smart wi fi garage door opener adds smart controls to existing openers with just a few simple steps.
Currently have a chamberlain garage door opener and was using the myq add on to control it through openhab but they keep changing the api which renders the add on useless.
The controlling is done in one topic.
It will control up to 4 garage doors with the current config but can be expanded to more.
This tutorial assumes you have the gpio binding installed and have already gotten that working for other items.
I am using a raspberry pi3b gpio pins to control a relay board which simulates someone pressing the garage door opener on the wall.
I regularly do that remotely e g.
My first appliance is a garage door that is not only monitored contact but can also be controlled.
This binding can be configured in the file services myq cfg.
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Simply connect your wifi garage door opener to your home wireless network and you can immediately control it via the garage door opener app of your choice.
My config settings.
Not sure where to start.
Just like with previous homekit enabled releases over the past few months meross appears to have quietly launched its smart wi fi garage door opener today on amazon.
Just download the python script and follow the instructions.
This is what i did.
It comes with all the code parts list wiring diagram and instructions.
It has a actually 2 remote controls with one button that controls the opening.
With the help of mobile apps not only will your smartphone replace your garage s remote control but you ll also get reminders when you ve left the door open easily manage who can.
A switch to open close the door 2 switches for feedback for open and closed messages.