Hello, Short of buying two new “smart” garage door openers or two new GoControl devices, what are the other alternatives out there these days for automating my existing garage door opener. The units have the typical symptoms upon failure. They report open / closed and seem to function properly asid…

Some people have reported that when the LED on the main controller dies it causes the control features to quit working. If you’re handy, you can solder a resistor in place of the LED and it might fix your issue. Less than a $1 fix which is obviously not for everyone, but figured I would mention it …

[image] Eighty7Lx: I just want something more reliable than these go control units I use to use a FortrezZ Mimolite until I switched to the Linear device. I kinda wish I never did that to be honest. When mine dies I’ll go back to FortrezZ.

Similar to @johnconstantelo I switched from a Dry Contact Relay to the Linear Z-wave openers. Looking at my Amazon order history, it looks like I used a GoControl Dry Contact Relay and a Ecolink Tilt Sensor . A lot of people really like the Qubino 1D Relay which is a dry contact relay that also has…

Hmm. This is interesting. Any chance you could help find a link to relevant conversations about this. I know how to solder and have even fixed my TVs replacing the caps. I’m guessing you’re referring to the power/status LED? Bc the white light that blinks before “opening/closing” still works. Than…

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After reading that “fix” thread, I’m optimistic I may be able to fix these things! I’ll be heading to get resistors tomorrow and give it a try. Thanks! I searched for repairing them back when my first one failed a year or so ago and never found anything.

Smart Things just announced that Tailwind now works with ST. Tailwind website

Tailwind and Nexx both work with SmartThings now. But they don’t allow you to automate opening the garage via SmartThings like the GD00z does

[image] Automated_House: Tailwind and Nexx both work with SmartThings now. But they don’t allow you to automate opening the garage via SmartThings like the GD00z does But then you may not need to, as tailwind has its own Geolocation feature. It’s patent pending and very clever: it checks for…

The Z Wave Switches used to control my Garage Door: GoControl Z-Wave Isolated Contact Fixture Module - FS20Z-1 Z-Wave Plus Gold Plated Reliability Garage Door Tilt Sensor Video here: Automated Garage Door With SmartThings & Stringify! I also have an article on this on my website. It incl…

Firbro realy contact sensor and this. Just hook up.the dry relay to the open close push button [image] New smart app to link the virtual/simulated garage door device with two actual devices SmartApps & Automations Relased, this should be final version, two DH’s one for a g…

Alternative to GoControl / Linear. 2nd unit failed. Done with these things

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mark_cockcroft (Mark C) September 21, 2019, 1:32pm 12

Firbro realy contact sensor and this. Just hook up.the dry relay to the open close push button

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Alternative to GoControl / Linear. 2nd unit failed. Done with these things

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