This solution allows you to build your own custom bespoke garage door opener using a relay and a door open close sensor or a tilt sensor and optionally integrate other sensors controls in to your virtual garage door controller.
Smartthings open close sensor garage door.
Virtual garage door manager and controller on overwhelming requests from users.
Hi folks i think i m being a bonehead but i m just checking here to make sure i have a st multi on my garage door it s mounted in a way where i can use the magnetic open closed sensor or the angle of the door as a sensor.
Key features of this solution.
You can also set up automations to open or close the garage door as you arrive and leave home.
My goal here is to have it notify my evolve lfm 20 to shut the door if left open for too long.
The gd00z 4 will act as a z wave repeater for other z wave devices on your smartthings network.
Fortrezz s documentation about setting this up as a garage door opener discusses how to install the door sensor and that using a sensor connected to their device will provide the zwave network a status of the open close state of the door.
Originally part of the enhanced z wave garage door controller device handler it has been enhanced and made compatible with a wide variety of garage door controllers including myq virtual garage door controller and other.
If your sensor is stuck on open flip the contact around so the other face is making contact with the bigger sensor portion.
Configure and automatically install up to 5 virtual.
Make sure you have the flat larger face of the sensor mounted on the door vertically without.
After installing the relay switch in your garage and placing a smartsense multi on your garage door which senses if the door is open or close you ll be able to trigger your garage door to automatically open close when you arrive leave.
To connect the gocontrol linear garage door opener gd00z 4 in the smartthings app.
The evolve works great btw when i tell the sensor that it.
Evolve relay switch how it works.
I just bought one of these along with an open close wired door sensor.
In looking at the works with smartthings page it seems that there isn t an opener that inherently connects to smartthings as there are only 2 add on devices that connect to it gocontrol and iris.
Originally part of the enhanced z wave garage door controller device handler it has been enhanced and made compatible with a wide variety of garage door controllers including myq virtual garage door controller and other smartthings.
A smartthings hub a smartsense multi sensor a compatible garage door opener recommended.
On popular request request here is a smartapp to have the garage door open and close automatically when people arrive or leave with an optional timer and actions.
Receive alerts from smartthings if your gocontrol garage door opener detects that your garage door has been left open for too long or opened unexpectedly.
It looks like my current garage door opener is failing and as i replace it i would like to get something that works with smartthings.
On popular request request here is a smartapp to have the garage door open and close automatically when people arrive or leave with timers actions and motion detection.