Garage door sensor - what's everyone here using?

[xmfan]

Hey folks,
getting ready to research a garage door sensor to tell me its open and close status, etc., and any other features, capabilities that I can’t think for.

Just a casual poll to ask what is everyone here using, and would you recommend ?

thanks !

[Glen_King]

I’m using the chamberlain app, with a couple of non-authorized methods to supply open- closed status to Smartthings. Specifically I’m utilizing an android control tablet. It runs Tasker with AutoNotification and Sharptools, and the notifications that come from the Chamberlain app are intercepted and feed status to Smartthings. I can also use Alexa to tell it to open/close.

[sainsworth (Scott Ainsworth)]

Works well with the MyQ app on my doors

Monoprice Z-Wave Garage Door Sensor, NO LOGO - Monoprice.com

[JDRoberts]

I think the majority of people are using garage door controllers that come with a sensor. That could be the Iris/GoControl, which is on the official “works with SmartThings” list, or a couple of the other major brands.

SmartThings.

For those who just want a sensor, or who are using a smart garage door opener which has its own app, I think the ecolink tilt sensor is probably the most popular, but that’s likely just a matter of cost.

Ecolink Z-Wave Garage Door Tilt Sensor TILTZWAVE2-ECO

[Ex70s (Rich)]

I use the same one that @sainsworth uses.

[Flukster (Chris S.)]

Just using the samsung multi purpose sensor. have it stuck to the top of the garage door. when it goes up it sets open and when it goes down it changes to closed. using classic smartthings app. it asks is this a garage door. you say yes and it does the rest for the device type. simple and cheap. the are $17 today on amazon

[lmosenko]

Hi @xmfan,

I use something similar.

[Cbarth3 (Chris)]

I am using a standard go control sensor mounted to the top of the garage and the door frame

[bhath2]

I use the EcoLink Zwave Tilt Sensor mentioned by JDRoberts above.

Garage Door Sensor Adjustment Solution

Hi Folks, I recently installed the Econolink Zwave Plus garage door tilt sensor. I know there are a lot of discussions about adjusting tilt sensors, but I haven’t seen this method yet and figured I’d share. Like others, I wanted the sensor to detect a slightly open door as soon as possible while minimizing false “open alerts”. This means you need a method to fine tune the sensor position instead of the normal flush mount that comes in the instructions. I’ve seen others mount sensors with boards or metal plates that you can bend. However, most garage doors have extra holes on the arm that attaches the door opener to the door frame. I attached my sensor to the side of a small piece of 2x4 and then used a bolt to attach the tilt sensor to the opener’s attachment arm. I was then able …

[B_Smith]

I am using the v3 multi sensor and I guess the NEW Smartthings app so the instruction I was directed to by Smartthings (https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/205463033-How-to-set-up-the-Samsung-SmartThings-Multipurpose-Sensor-as-a-garage-door-open-closed-sensor) could not be followed, this ability is one of the main reason I bought this system and need to know what I need to do to get this working.

Thank you for your assistance.

[lmosenko]

I recommend to look at my post above.

[B_Smith]

That is one way but if using the Classic app it just works with the setting option, I just do not see any setting options in the NEW app.

Just starting out, should I use the Classic app instead of the NEW app?

[jkp]

yes, it is recommended that you use the Classic app at this point.

SPECIFIC differences between "SmartThings Classic" (the V2 app) and “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)” (the V3 app)

this thread is intended only as a listing of specific differences between the two apps, not for complaints, suggestions, discussions of design philosophy, bug reports, questions about migration, joke memes or anything else. Just individual feature differences. We originally used the abbreviation STSC for “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)”, but that never caught on, so now we are calling it the V3 app since it came out with the V3 hub. The V3 app is changing rapidly, so feel free to edit this as needed. The official knowledgebase FAQ is at the following link. Read it. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ The “how to” official articles for the V3 app are at the following link: https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/categories/115…

[B_Smith]

Thanks for setting that straight, both are about the same to use for a novice it seems. Once you get into it Classic seems the way to go. Can you link me a starting point to learn more about SmartApps and how to add in some user created stuff (hoping to get some wyze intergration of some kind or some other cheap camera)

[jkp]

good thread on the wyze cam

WyzeCam interesting

I picked up a couple of these. You can view the SD recordings from the app. Although I can’t seem to figure out how to go to a particular time easily. I think the video is ok. Night vision worthless. I have one in the garage and It shows nothing but blackness at night. I tried the various settings for night vision and nothing really worked. But for $20 I guess I can’t expect too much.

there is a faq page on installing smartapps @JDRoberts can probably provide the link before I find it I am falling asleep after driving all day

[B_Smith]

Thanks I will check into that - quick question about devices I have a device named Thing that uses the uses the same icon as the Phillip Hue hub but I can not connect to it, can not delete it, and have no clue when it was installed or for what purpose. I was setting up sensors today might it be something that I added by mistake or is it a link to the Classic app or my last guess might it be the remote light switch that came with my phillips hue? Kinda worried that a new device is there without me intending to add it.

You help for this novice is greatly appreciated

[jkp]

login to IDE at https://account.smartthings.com click on My Devices and locate that Thing and click on the name, see if it may offer more details there. Then edit the device and select the appropriate device handler for it.

Also look in the Classic app, I bet you will be able to open it there.

That icon in my STSC is used for hue bridges, logitech harmony hub, a somfy controller and all my weather related items

[jkp]

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

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 …

[jkp]

@B_Smith

my last guess might it be the remote light switch that came with my phillips hue?

did you connect it to the hue bridge or directly to the ST hub? if you connected it to the hue bridge, ST would not see it.

[B_Smith]

I went into that page you said and clicked edit and it should it as a 2015 Samsung Smart TV so I deleted it lol, I guess I will find out if i was wrong soon enough.

Thanks for the great information.

(As far as I know i have not setup the lightswitch that came in the kit yet, have yet to decide how I want to use it, not sure if it can be something I use with Smartthings instead of Hue to control something, would you happen to know?)