Hopefully this fits here? Its self hosted, but not quite what the usual self hosted post would be. I’ve not seen any real reviews of these, so I figured I’d post

    • OverBiasedAndroid6L6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      Agreed. I do not have MyQ by choice, and I’m actively looking for a new solution now that I can’t connect via Home assistant, but honestly I don’t love either solution shared in this article. Perhaps someone in the community will reverse engineer the MyQ controllers or MIM the API to enable local network control (see local tuya)

      • jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        Our solution that we set up years ago was to connect a Shelly to circuits on a normal, dumb door opener. The Shelly triggers open/closed itself and since the signal comes from the opener, there’s no crypto nonsense to figure out. It always works, no matter what MyQ/Chamberlain/LiftMaster do. Bonus, it also works if you have a very old opener.
        We also supplemented this with a tilt sensor so we know the state of the garage door. The door can still be cracked and not registered as opened, but that’s a compromise we’re okay with since we never leave it intentionally cracked.

      • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        That would be neat, but I really doubt it will ever happen

        What don’t you like about ratgdo? It seems pretty good on paper, I’ve not yet got one in my hands. Hopefully soon

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Right? I got half way through it before realizing I don’t actually have a use for it right now. I love the detail and organization

    • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      What I can’t figure out now is if I want to replace OpenGarage when my Ratgdo arrives. It has a lot more features, but do I care now I have OpenGarage setup? Unsure

  • rouxdoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    94·
    10 months ago

    lol, just get a dumb opener and a shelly relay or use a meross unit. Super cheap and flawless local control that is cloud-connected if you want it.

    • JoeHill@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I use a Meross. Works very well with HomeKit.

      MyQ was always a piece of garbage for me. Damn thing would error out and become non responsive after 5-10 openings, and would require a reboot. Could never figure out the root issue. Tech support was worthless. My hunch is that it doesn’t play nicely with Unifi equipment, or I’m getting interference from industrial sites nearby.

      • Madagarian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I have the same issues as you; to make matters worse, it doesn’t like any of the Android phones I have so I have to borrow someone’s iPhone just to hook the damn thing back up.

    • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      I don’t know about him, but I really don’t want to be screwing around replacing my openers

      • rouxdoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        10 months ago

        Most openers have a dumb switch interface. A simple close-to-change circuit - I’ve never had one that wasn’t that way. If MyQ is so complicated (serial interface!?) then it needs to go anyway.

        • GiantPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          Right, but the opener is already there and installed. Plus, it does give you all the information and control over that interface. Buying a ratgdo for $30 and adding it into your Liftmaster opener is still a better situation than a dumb opener and a dumb switch. The dumb switch doesn’t give you open/closed/stopped status, lights, etc.

          If I were to buy a new opener, I would probably get a liftmaster + ratgdo again anyway

    • Contend6248@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      There is more to it with garage doors, what about the current state of the door, do you only want to open it a little bit for more fresh air and close it afterwards, bonus, is a car in there

      One relay doesn’t fix this, it is simple but not that simple

      • jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        We added a tilt sensor to our door that shows the state of the door for the most part. The threshold we have it at doesn’t detect if it’s partly open, but that’s okay for us because we never leave it cracked

  • Wojwo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been using an open garage device I ordered from https://opengarage.io/ for years. It works great with home assistant or by itself. (their opensprinkler control is great too)