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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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OpenGarage-Firmware
- Chamberlain blocks smart garage door opener from working with smart homes
- Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API
- MyQ's horrible take on open access to their devices
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How Do We Lobby MyQ to provide a decent API?
Personally I went with OpenGarage https://opengarage.io/. I have been using OpenGarage for 3+ years now. It has been amazing.
- Ask HN: How do I make sure my mom's garage door is closed?
- Q: How does my 2-wire garage door remote know if my garage door currently up or down?
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My first Arduino project sends me a text if my garage door is open at 9:30 PM each night.
If anyone is lazy, but wants the functionality and insists on open source….check out https://opengarage.io/ ($50) which offers similar functionality. I switched to a MYQ door opener which made the opengarage need obsolete, but I’ve been happy with MYQ - however it does require cloud access.
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Meross > MyQ garage door opener
I switched to opengarage.io - after trying a few garage door automation devices that utilized door sensors.
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Matter 1.1 release – Enhancements for developers and devices
I recently got some Matter-capable IoT lightbulbs to try, and I am not impressed. They seemed to have all the same problems I've experienced with previous IoT products (connectivity issues, state de-sync between device and "edge router", firmware updates take ~10 minutes per device).
Then there are problems specific to Apple's IoT stack - like how it's impossible to set an RGB capable light to a ~specific~ white color temperature. Instead you get a shade picker and you have to guess what the color temperature is.
The best IoT experience I've had is with OpenGarage[1] using regular old WiFi, but overall I'd still never rely on IoT products for anything critical.
[1] https://opengarage.io
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Garage Door openers... can you use a wireless sensor instead of the cabled one?
I got a opengarage thing instead. No door sensor. Uses ultrasonic sensor to see if the door is open or closed. All one piece, hardwired to power. It's been rock solid.
esphome-ratgdo
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Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API
ratgdo looks really nice! I've been controlling my garage door via dry contact on my Elk security system [1] and monitoring the door status via a separate rolling door reed sensor. [2] But from following the ratgdo link, I learned that my "Security+ 1.0" garage door opener has a RS-232 interface with a protocol that will tell you about door status and obstructions. That's better!
I just clicked the buy link on the ratgdo thing to support the nice, well-documented open-source [3] project. In truth though I have the right hardware sitting around here already, so I might just use that depending on how long the "back ordered" status lasts...
[1] There's a Home Assistant integration for the Elk M1 Gold with some Python library; I also have my own WIP Rust library for interacting with it here: <https://github.com/scottlamb/elkm1>
[2] something like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Gebildet-Security-Rolling-Magnetic-Ap...
[3] docs at <https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/> but the actual code is in a separate repo at <https://github.com/ratgdo/esphome-ratgdo>
What are some alternatives?
WiFiManager - ESP8266 WiFi Connection manager with web captive portal
rat-ratgdo - Open source schematics for ratgdo PCB
ArduinoJson - 📟 JSON library for Arduino and embedded C++. Simple and efficient.
ratgdo
meross-homeassistant - Custom component that leverages the Meross IoT library to integrate with Homeassistant
secplus - A software implementation of the Security+ system used by garage door openers
tuya-local - Local support for Tuya devices in Home Assistant
SmartThings_MyQ - Integrate SmartThings with MyQ (Obsolete)
elkm1 - Elk M1 Security and Automation Controller System, in Rust
blynk-library - Blynk library for IoT boards. Works with Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi, Particle, ARM Mbed, etc.
pymyq - Python wrapper for MyQ API