Another Garage Door Controller question

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You have a couple of options:.

1. MyQ is an option as you said and that works best with the Digital MyQ devices and requires a MyQ Gateway device or a built in gateway in your garage door controller.

@Billb1981

Linear/Go Control that used to be sold at lowes

You can check the compatibility of your garage door controller with these devices from this post:

[OBSOLETE] Enhanced Z-Wave Garage Door Controller GD00Z-4/GD00Z-5/Linear/GoControl/Iris/Nortek Device Handler with Switch and Automated Garage Door Open/Close when People Arrive/Leave/Timer [OBSOLETE]

Here is a list of garage door openers that these Linear/GoControl/Iris Z-Wave controller are likely compatible with: Manufacturer Model APC CB-SGX12 AHOUSE EM SWING GATE AHOUSE RAM 100 ALLSTAR AC9000 Series ALEKO 13XX ALEKO 22XX ALEKO AC1400 ALEKO AR1400 ALEKO AR900 ALEKO AS 1300 ALEKO AS 450 ALEKO AS 650 ALEKO AS 900 ALEKO GateGuard 1300 ALEKO GateGuard 1700 ALEKO GateGuard 450 ALEKO GateGuard 650 ALEKO GateGuard 850 ALEKO GateGuard 900 ALL-O-MATIC All O Matic SL-100 ALL-O-MATIC SL-100DC ALL-O-MATIC SL-150DC ALL-O-MATIC SL-45DC ALL-O-MATIC SL-90DC ALL-O-MATIC SW-300 ALL-O-MATIC SW-350 AVANTI T-Series Apollo 1050 Apollo 1500 Apollo 1550ETL Apollo 1650 Apollo 1650ETL Apollo 3500ETL Apollo …

These are fairly reliable devices, the battery lasts between 5-10 years but the require a stable power connection, a UPS is recommended is you have power fluctuations at your place.

@Billb1981

get something simple and somewhat cheap

You can also build you own garage door controller fairly easily with a contact sensor and a relay and add on more stuff like beepers, motion sensors etc to make is more feature rich/compliant with local regulations with this Virtual Garage Door solution (see the second post for a list of device you can use to put it together):

[RELEASE] Virtual Garage Door Opener/Controller with Relays and Contact/Tilt/Door Sensors

Virtual Garage Door Manager and Controller On overwhelming requests from users: 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. It can also work with Gates, Sliding doors / Patio doors to detect if it’s partially open or closed. Key features of this solution: Configure and automatically install up to 5 Virtual Garage Doors Controllers (Required) Use a relay/momentary and door/window/contact/tilt sensor to create a virtual garage door controller (Optional) Use dual contact sensors to detect if Gate / Sliding door is partially open/closed (Optional) Separate Open/Close relays for controllers with Open/Close/Sto…