Home Assistant Garage Door Switch
Connect your garage door opener s switch contact to the input i and output o of the shelly.
Home assistant garage door switch. Example configuration yaml entry cover. Connecting the shelly to your garage door opener and the contact sensor is relatively easy. Chamberlain s myq smart garage hub is a 20 system to add smarts to a wide variety of garage door openers. Template switch the template platform creates switches that combines components.
For example if you have a garage door with a toggle switch that operates the motor and a sensor that allows you know whether the door is open or closed you can combine these into a switch that knows whether the garage door is open or closed. If you had it for example at the top when its open then the door could be 3 4 open and still register as closed which is hardly ideal. So i am just getting my home assistant setup and just got my alexa working using the cloud assistant. Whether or not your information goes to the cloud is under your control.
Shelly 1 the shelly 1 is a 10 15 device capable of triggering a dry contact relay. For example if you have a garage door with a toggle switch that operates the motor and a sensor that allows you know whether the door is open or closed you can combine these into a lock that knows whether the garage door is open or closed. To enable opengarage covers in your installation add the following to your configuration yaml file. You can use the shelly 1 to make a garage door opener smart in addition to a smart light switch or a smart gas fireplace switch.
The reed switch is best when the door is closed. With myq installed you can check your garage door s status and open or. Connect the contact sensor to sw and ground of the shelly. You could buy a commercial smart garage door opener but using the shelly 1 relay is easy and affordable.
The re5v1c is a 2 99 wireless dry contact relay which is perfectly suitable for activating your garage door. Left garage door garage2. Power the shelly with 24 60v dc. My hope was that i could put the reed sensor near the second garage door opener itself eliminating the need to stretch the cable out and route it so far.
Downsides no easily accessible gpio for a reed switch. This can simplify the gui and make it easier to write automations.