Chamberlain MyQ Trouble

Robert_09 · January 9, 2019, 3:41pm

I’m having a few issues with my Chamberlain MyQ App and getting it to sync with my smartthings app.

Firstly - I’m currently using the chamberlain app to open and close the door. It seems to be taking a very, very long time to respond if the door is opening, or doing anything. I’m thinking my wifi range may be to blame. Has anybody else had this issue?

Secondly - I haven’t found a way to sync it with my smartthings app yet. I’ve done some research on the forums but haven’t come across anything that made sense (to me) regarding a simple solution. I’m not trying to do anything overly fancy or complex, just open and close with the smartthings app.

Thanks for any help

aruffell · January 9, 2019, 3:45pm

I use this and it works very well:

[OBSOLETE] MyQ Lite Door and Lamp Control (for Liftmaster/Chamberlain) Community Created SmartApps

This SmartApp integrates Chamberlain/LiftMaster MyQ doors and light controls into SmartThings. It creates a garage door or light switch (MyQ light module, not the light on the door itself) device in your list of Things and allows you to control the device… By tapping the device buttons in the SmartThings mobile app Automatically by your presence (coming or going) in a Routine or other SmartThings rules app Via switch tiles in a SmartTiles dashboard By asking Alexa or Google Home to turn the on the door or light [image] [image] Installation and Usage Follow the instructions and get the code here: GitHub - brbeaird/SmartThings_MyQ: Integrate SmartThings with MyQ (Obsolete). Make sure and install the SmartApp code as well as the applicable device handlers An optional (but strongly re…

It was simple to set up and has never failed me.

Robert_09 · January 9, 2019, 3:52pm

It looks like this app won’t tell you if the garage door is open or closed?

aruffell · January 9, 2019, 4:03pm

Chamberlain has been very “unfriendly” with regards to letting apps poll status. The current iteration of the app does a good job considering limitations imposed by Chamberlain. I have an ST multi sensor on my garage door and the app tells me whether the door is open or closed reliably. Either way, I have an alert in the Chamberlain app that alerts me if the door stays open for more than X minutes as a backup. I do not think there are many (if any) other solutions that work better than this and are not “overly complex”.

My Chamberlain MyQ garage door opener is the type that has a device wired via Ethernet that talks to the opener via their regular wireless protocol (it does not have WiFi baked in). To see if you are having coverage issues, you could use a ‘WiFi analyzer’ app on your phone to do a heat map of that area. That might give you an idea of how good or bad the WiFi signal is in general. Does the garage door opener give you any indication of the signal strength anywhere? If it does, I would not bother with scanning the area with your phone.

Robert_09 · January 9, 2019, 4:27pm

Thanks so much for all the help. You mentioned an ST sensor - is this the same one that comes with the MyQ door opener? This one

brbeaird · January 9, 2019, 4:39pm

Nope, not the same, unfortunately because SmartThings can’t natively communicate with that sensor. You’ll need to either buy a separate sensor that can pair with SmartThings or do some clever virtual switch/IFTTT magic as described here: How to: SmartThings_MyQ SmartApp using MyQ Sensors with IFTTT

Robert_09 · January 9, 2019, 4:40pm

Ah, I see, do you guys have a cost effective switch in mind you recommend?

dfisher · January 9, 2019, 4:54pm

I bought an ecolink/monoprice zwave tilt sensor for amazon for this exact reason ~$30.
Works without any issue. You might find a multi sensor that will give you vibration and temperature as well for the same price or cheaper.

aruffell · January 9, 2019, 5:39pm

I use this one:

It’s last year’s ST multi sensor:

The DTH will ask whether the sensor is being used as a garage door sensor. The magnet shown is not used in this configuration.

sainsworth · January 9, 2019, 7:54pm

I use the monoprice tilt sensor. Flawless operation.

Glen_King · January 9, 2019, 8:01pm

How precise and sensitive is the monoprice tilt sensor?
I tried using the Smartthings multisensor for a motorized skylight, to create an open/vent/closed device handler, but could not get the thing to report changes because the motion of the skylight was apparently too slow for it to register those changes.

sainsworth · January 9, 2019, 10:13pm

The tilt sensor simply switches and it orientation changes from vertical to horizontal. Its not a vibration detection. I don’t see the sensor on Monoprices website right now though. I’m sure you find the same switch elsewhere. https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Z-Wave-Garage-Door-Sensor/dp/B00V5IQ8E8

Some users have set up a regular door contact sensor with the magnet on a hinge so when the door goes up, the magnet swings/hangs down away from the sensor and it reports open. You can find photos in one of the MyQ threads. This is essentially what the tilt sensor does but built in.

Robert_09 · January 11, 2019, 4:38pm

Sorry guys, I’m very new to all of this but can someone explain how to install it in smartthings? I was looking through the thread mentioned above and my head is spinning a bit. Obviously you can’t just tap “add thing” and chamberlain appears, but what can I do? Thanks in advance

dfisher · January 11, 2019, 4:52pm

There is a readme at the github site that hosts that program. It has very detailed instructions on how to install it. If you follow those, it’ll work for you.

Look here under “Installation Instructions - Manually”

github.com

brbeaird/SmartThings_MyQ/blob/master/README.md


# SmartThings MyQ Lite SmartApp

### Current Notes
* Please note this SmartApp cannot read the status of the MyQ door using the MyQ tilt sensor. Getting the door status will require a separate SmartThings-compatible sensor. It's an unfortunate hassle but is the only way we can do this without polling MyQ for status (which they will not allow done from the SmartThings cloud).
* This SmartApp is currently only supported in the **SmartThings Classic mobile app**; the new app does not yet support custom apps like this
* If you get an error saying "No supported devices found," the most likely cause is you're running an older version of the SmartApp. Double check to see you're using the latest code. If you're still having trouble, there's a small chance your IDE info is not sync'd properly across all SmartThings cloud shards. One way to tell this is by checking the Hubs link and noticing your hub missing. Another  way to check that is to reset all cookies and log in again (or try from a different computer) to see if it logs you into a different shard at that point, which will let you verify if things are out of sync. If there's a problem with that, SmartThings support can help.

### Overview
This SmartApp integrates Chamberlain/LiftMaster MyQ doors and light controllers into SmartThings. It creates a garage door device and/or a light device in your list of Things and allows you to control the device...

* By tapping the device in the SmartThings mobile app
* Automatically by your presence (coming or going) in a Routine or other SmartThings rules app
* Via tiles in an ActionTiles dashboard
* By asking Alexa or Google Home to turn the device on (open) or off (close)


### Device and ActionTiles
![Door device](http://i.imgur.com/zBXS6nQm.png "Door device")  ![Routine](http://i.imgur.com/fmDa1t6m.png "Routine")

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Robert_09 · January 11, 2019, 5:25pm

Post edited: Figured out the problem

sainsworth · January 11, 2019, 5:40pm

Start by logging into your the IDE at https://account.smartthings.com

Under My Smart Apps select settings add a new repository with this information:
Then select Update from Repo. You should see the MyQ app in the right most column. Select it. Select publish and then select Execute Update.

Now go to Device Handers and do the same thing.

You can now add the App to Smartthings in your phone or tablet. It should show up the MyApps category at the bottom. Please note I’m writing this from memory so I may have missed some steps or detail. I posted primarily to put you onto the method that links your IDE account to the code in Github that Brian maintains. As he does fairly frequent updates and improvements installing the code this way will save some headache later when getting updates.

JD has good general tutorial on installing custom code here:

[OBSOLETE] FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code) FAQ

The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud. As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable. All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those: The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …

pscobee · April 26, 2019, 6:23pm

I was going to integrate MyQ garage opener into smarthings but now i am not sure i need to? can’t figure out the use case?

What i do want is that if i open the garage door, I want my garage lights to come on, closed, lights turn off (BigAssFan lights ) i think i can just use a tilt sensor for that…

what other use cases do you all use?

Thanks, Peter

Marc-Andre · April 26, 2019, 8:52pm

It is written that it is only working with smartthings app CLASSIC… I use the new app… do you have something for the new app?

jkp · April 26, 2019, 9:00pm

It works in STSC (the new app).

bindedig · May 7, 2019, 4:54pm

I have both the classic and the new app, and installing this app is odd. Had to install it on the classic app.

I got it to work, and then it stopped…then I read that I need a separate tilt sensor… got it… and trying it again. Lets hope this works.

Before finding this fix, I took apart a remote and soldered the leads to a GO Control GD-004Z, only issue with that is the battery on the remote would die every 3-4 months.

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