SmartThings_MyQ VS OpenGarage-Firmware

I use the Brbeard setup. https://github.com/brbeaird/SmartThings_MyQ

On the MyQ integration, it is the comment at the top of the README for this Github MyQ Groovy integration.

I found a Smartthings SmartApp and Device Handler here. It was easy to implement in the Smartthings IDE. Study your desired setup carefully. Mine includes a tilt sensor so that Smartthings can monitor and let me know if the garage door is open for more than 20 minutes.

It is just a workaround that allows Chamberlain and Liftmaster openers to work in SmartThings. MyQ Lite is the specific app, he has many others including ones for remote manage of short term rental locks. Here are some instructions, but you should probably ignore the part where it recommends using the Community Installer which no longer works for me and create everything from code in IDE. https://github.com/brbeaird/SmartThings_MyQ

I did not even know that it was broken. I use SmartThings with RBoy's smart app (Virtual Garage Door Manager) and brbeaird's device handler (SmartThings MyQ Lite.

If you're using the SmartThings_MyQ plugin, then you need the tilt sensor to integrate with routines. The tilt sensor allows the plug-in to know your garage door state, and can then present the door as a switch. Otherwise I believe it presents your door controls as a pair of momentary buttons (one for open, one for close), and expects you to use the right one based on door state.

Personally I went with OpenGarage https://opengarage.io/. I have been using OpenGarage for 3+ years now. It has been amazing.

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.

I switched to opengarage.io - after trying a few garage door automation devices that utilized door sensors.

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

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.