Frustrated by the state of things

bamarayne · December 15, 2015, 4:59am

Reading the posts about the garage door got me wondering about mine… for some reason it works great and does everything I want it to do… including respond to Rule Machine, Alexa, and not open when told to close or none of that silliness.

I have a Genie garage door opener and I’m using a NuTone Z-wave Garage Door Opener.
The device type is not a stock one, I think. I honestly do not remember where I found this one.
But this is it:

This is what it looks like in the app:

At any time in the ST app I can press one of momentary buttons and the door will either open or close. Pressing the same button again (ex: open when the door is already open) does not cause the door to trigger again. It does nothing.

The Alexa app sees the door as a “SmartThings: Device” ( I have no idea what that means ).

All of this is because someone said that Rule Machine has no garage door capability. But, it does. I just use the “Switch” capability and choose the “Garage Door” switch.

So, I created this rule to check it out and see what happens. The rule uses the “Switch” labeled in the picture above. While the switch is on the door opens. When the switch is off, the door closes.

All of this is just to let others know that there is a garage door capability built in, sort of. I guess it matters on the door opener, the device type and all that jazz…

Edit:
This is the github link to where I got the device code.

github.com

gouldner/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/devicetypes/gouldner/rg-linear-gd00z-garage-door-opener.src/rg-linear-gd00z-garage-door-opener.groovy

/**
 *  Z-Wave Garage Door Opener
 *  Z-Wave Garage Door Opener Modified for GD00Z by @Garyd, Copied and modifed by @Ron
 *
 *  Copyright 2014 SmartThings
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */
 

preferences {
    input name: "enableSwitch", type: "enum", title: "Enable Switch Capability?", options: ["Disabled","On=Open","On=Close"], description: "Enable Switch Capability?", required: true

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And this is the link to the thread that I found all of this in when I installed the door opener:

N00bs guide to ST & GD00Z (Garage Door Controller) FAQ

Current as 09/25/16 So like many of us getting started I couldn’t figure out how to REALLY get the SmartThings (ST) and Garage Door Controller to work. After help from other users I figured I’d put together a nice spoon fed thread on how to get it working. First off we’re talking about the GD00Z Garage Door Controller, there are MANY different companies that make this device, mine is a NuTone (NGD00Z), there’s a version by GoControl, Linear, Iris (Lowes) etc. My understanding they are all Linear devices just rebranded. With the unit you should find a small sensor with an arrow. Installation is VERY easy, tape / screw the the small sensor onto the garage door, I placed mine in the middle of the TOP garage door segment all the way to one side. Reason: I BELIEVE it will ensure that t…

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