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
This is elite self-hosting, lol. I want more of this content.
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)
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.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
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How so? It’s all of github, and even has an esphome flavor.
Look into ratgdo. No need to replace the whole unit, and a much cheaper solution overall.
The ratgdo seems to do everything MyQ did but locally. What’s the issue?
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
Ordered two Ratgdos yesterday. Hopefully the wait isn’t too long.
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
After all that work and documentation?! I say stick with Open Garage!
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.
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.
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.
I don’t know about him, but I really don’t want to be screwing around replacing my openers
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.
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
The cheap-as-dirt meross does, it has an open/closed sensor.
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
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
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)
No idea what this is about but upvoted for the cats
I thought you were calling me a cat
