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| 272 | 286 | |
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| 8 months ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C++ | HTML | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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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.
rat-ratgdo
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Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API
You may actually need a little bit of extra information to recreate the little PCB board that the ratgdo software relies on to interface the espressif to the terminals of your opener.
It's not terribly complicated but for reasons that are polarizing to many in the garage-door-automation society, the author of the software, although leaving the code completely open source is averse to publishing schematics for the PCB board itself, so others have had to step in and reverse engineer these.
I believe, although I have not verified because I haven't tried this myself, that this site provides both the schematics you need as well as information necessary to Flash the software onto your ESP device.
https://github.com/Kaldek/rat-ratgdo/tree/main
What are some alternatives?
WiFiManager - ESP8266 WiFi Connection manager with web captive portal
secplus - A software implementation of the Security+ system used by garage door openers
ArduinoJson - 📟 JSON library for Arduino and embedded C++. Simple and efficient.
esphome-ratgdo - ratgdo for ESPHome
meross-homeassistant - Custom component that leverages the Meross IoT library to integrate with Homeassistant
tuya-local - Local support for Tuya devices in Home Assistant
ratgdo
Ubiquiti
SmartThings_MyQ - Integrate SmartThings with MyQ (Obsolete)
pymyq - Python wrapper for MyQ API
blynk-library - Blynk library for IoT boards. Works with Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi, Particle, ARM Mbed, etc.
elkm1 - Elk M1 Security and Automation Controller System, in Rust