Create a device for MyQ garage door

steveganz · June 3, 2014, 3:49am

Awesome sauce. Now I can cancel my order for the tilt sensors for my other two doors!

essidle · June 3, 2014, 3:53am

Sorry for leaving you guys hanging; the forum migration, holiday weekend, travel and their app update ruined my timely delivery.

The thread I started for the project is here:

MyQ Garage Door Device Type Community Created Device Types

I just finished and published a complete Device Type for integrating MyQ garage doors into SmartThings. You can get the code for it here: It’s a 1.0 version, but it should be pretty stable. The newest major release of the SmartThings app has caused a few issues, specifically some odd behavior when reporting the door status while on the overall “Things” window; refreshing or opening the detail view for the door will display the correct status. For this to work you will need to have doors that you can already control via the MyQ mobile app, as well as the username, password and door name’s used in MyQ. The type exposes an attribute that contains the current door status: Open, Closed, Opening, Closing and Stopped; as well as two custom commands: Open and Close. It also implements …

If you have any questions, comments or feedback let me know - thanks!

Adam

essidle · June 3, 2014, 3:56am

I should notate that on GitHub as well; since their app update I had issues using the iPhone app to change the preferences as well. Mine was an issue with the password.

Adam

a2thejay23 · June 3, 2014, 6:10am

no matter what i do it always says door not found and im positive i got the login info correct and door name correct as well. i made sure all the info in the preferences were correct in the IDE as well and tried deleting the device and recreating a few times…no luck

this works with this device right?
http://www.chamberlain.com/smartphone-control-products/myq-garage

chevyman142000 · June 3, 2014, 2:36pm

Also, I’m wondering if there is another or different capability we could add so that we could add this to the door dashboard? I would like to get alerts or be able to set auto open/close stuff with it, but it doesn’t seem like I can do that currently.

Thanks!

steveganz · June 4, 2014, 1:07am

@essidle mentioned that he would look at adding contact sensor capability in MyQ Garage Door Device Type

chevyman142000 · June 4, 2014, 2:18pm

Thanks Steve. I’ll keep an eye on that thread too.

retlas · June 26, 2014, 1:08am

@chevyman142000 I can add it to the dashboard but it doesn’t seem to work.

@essidle are you able to open or close the gdo from the dashboard? I can only get it to work from the things page.

Btw - awesome.

steveganz · June 26, 2014, 1:14am

@retlas, you can only see the status of the garage door on the dashboard. Open and close commands do not work from there.

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retlas · June 26, 2014, 2:04am

Thanks @steveganz does that also prevent any smart apps from working as there isn’t an “app” page anymore, only dashboard based apps.
Looking to automate an opening when my presence tag arrives home.

steveganz · June 26, 2014, 4:41am

Apps still work. I modified the Ridiculously Automated Garage Door Opener for MyQ. Check it out at

github.com

steveganz/smartapp.ridiculously-automated-myq-garage-door/blob/master/ridiculously-automated-myq-garage-door.smartapp.groovy

/**
 *  Ridiculously Automated MyQ Garage Door
 *
 *  Author: SmartThings (modified by Steve Ganz for MyQ Garage Door Openers)
 *  Date: 2014-06-06
 *
 * Monitors arrival and departure of car(s) and
 *
 *    1) opens door when car arrives,
 *    2) closes door after car has departed (for N minutes),
 *    3) opens door when car door motion is detected,
 *    4) closes door when door was opened due to arrival and interior door is closed.
 */

definition(
    name: "Ridiculously Automated MyQ Garage Door",
    namespace: "smartthings",
    author: "SmartThings (modified by Steve Ganz for MyQ Garage Door Openers)",
    description: "Monitors arrival and departure of car(s) and 1) opens door when car arrives, 2) closes door after car has departed (for N minutes), 3) opens door when car door motion is detected, 4) closes door when door was opened due to arrival and interior door is closed. Based on Ridiculously Automated Garage Door by SmartThings and modified for MyQ Garage Door Openers.",
    category: "Convenience",

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retlas · June 27, 2014, 11:30pm

@steveganz very strange, I can open and close the door from the things page but can’t get it to open or close when using smartapps. Any idea?

steveganz · June 27, 2014, 11:42pm

@retlas, what apps are trying to use?

retlas · June 28, 2014, 12:02am

@steveganz configuring it through the dashboard > open when people arrive

steveganz · June 30, 2014, 10:10pm

@retlas, the MyQ cannot be controlled via the standard Dashboard apps. It will work with the Ridiculously Automated MyQ Garage Door Opener linked to above though.

dkkipfer · January 4, 2015, 6:21pm

A cheaper and more reliable method seems to be installing a Z-Wave Relay (Evolve LFM-20) that’s compatible with SmartThings. Just a bit of wiring involved, but simpler (for me) than fussing with code. Combined with a door open/closed sensor, it’s pretty easy to create a SmartApp that opens/closes based on your installed presence sensors (a common use scenario). Wish I had known this before spending the $ on the MyQ system.

retlas · January 4, 2015, 6:41pm

Best make sure that your GDO will work with a simple switch. I have two; an old one and a new one. I installed a LFM-20 on the old one without issue. The new GDO needs a special wall switch to activate the opener which is not compatible with the LFM-20. Simple way to check this is to remove your wall switch and cross the wires, if it opens you are good to go.

dkkipfer · January 4, 2015, 7:37pm

Yeah, mine opens when the wires from the wall switch are crossed. Thanks for the heads up!

Nanclus · September 5, 2015, 4:29am

Hi @steveganz, for someone that knows nothing about any of this, even where I would put your code above to make a device in then ST app, would you be willing to give me real dummy instructions? Thanks!

steveganz · September 5, 2015, 1:04pm

A lot has changed since this thread was created, @Nanclus. Please go to https://github.com/copy-ninja/SmartThings_MyQ for the latest code and instructions.

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