Best garage door opener to purchase for use with smartthings?

[billcsho (Bill Ho)]

@Philippe_Portes

@billcsho

Can your garage door be voice controlled?

I removed the control from Alexa as I don’t want someone shouting from outside “Alexa, open the garage” and break in my house.
I also have Alexa on a smart plug that switches off when I leave to avoid any unwanted interactions.
My genuine ST sensors all work. My Honeywell wifi thermostat works fine, GE motion sensor, Philips bulb (without Philips hub), Sylvana bulb (without osram hub).
Not working yet: Aeon siren, Sonos, Zooz 4in1 and other homemade

My Ulitech siren works fine with the new app , so as all GE switches dimmers, and sensors. WEMO works even with multiple location (hub) as it is WiFi. You must live in a small community or have windows open. I never worry that someone from outside my house can activate my Echo in the kitchen or garage. I also have two Google Home and multiple devices with Google Assistant. In our region, the insulation in building code may be better than yours due to extreme temperature.

[Philippe_Portes (PPO16)]

Well… California South bay just has one model of 1 floor house made of plywood for the last 50 years so indeed… Never become an architect here… hahaha

[coolpfeif (Mark P)]

For those with MyQ openers… Why do you need the tilt sensor? I am looking at switching from Wink and Wink is able to determine if the door is open or closed.

Thanks, Mark

[HAL2000 (Ed Urbaniak)]

@coolpfeif

Why do you need the tilt sensor?

You don’t. I set mine up without and it worked fine. The tilt sensor just gives you an open closed reading to confirm if the door is open or closed as the MyQ does not have a readable open/closed. For example, if the door hits something on the way down and reverses, without the tilt sensor, you wouldn’t know without going outside to look. (Or looking at your MyQ app).

[xraycat (Ryan Munday)]

Why not use a dry contact z-wave relay and a contact sensor? Combining those with RBoy’s Virtual Garage Door Manager SmartApp seems much simpler and cheaper.

[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…

[Smarthomepursuits]

Here’s a step by step guide for anyone interested in the MyQ/SmartThings integration: https://smarthomepursuits.com/smartthings-garage-door-opener/

[billcsho (Bill Ho)]

Just an update. After migrating to the new app, my GoControl/Linear/Iris garage door opener is still working well. However, my garage door opener is near 18-year-old now and I have already bought a replacement unit by Genie which is on wifi. I don’t it is compatible with the GoControl, but the Genie Aladdin app is Smartthings compatible.