Garage Door Simulator

[dcwilsonuk]

Hi, Can someone please direct me to a garage door app that works with only a contact sensor and a switch. It will need to keep the garage door status in sync with the door as the door is often opened via the remote. Cheers

[fieldsjm (Jon)]

I’m using LGK Virtual Garage Door without any sync issues for a few months. Just follow the instructions, I did edit the delay down to 1 sec and set the timeout to 25 sec to prevent syncing errors.

New smart app to link the virtual/simulated garage door device with two actual devices

Syncs a Simulated garage door device with 2 actual devices, either a tilt or contact sensor and a switch or relay. The simulated device will then control the actual garage door. In addition, the virtual device will sync when the garage door is opened manually, \n It also attempts to double check the door was actually closed in case the beam was crossed. create a virtual device (see elsewhere for instructions) for device type use the simulated garage door. You can also create a modified version for yourself I recommend decreasing the runin time to 1 sec, otherwise it takes 6 secs before the door starts closing or opening when you toggle the simulated device icon. (That is what I did) install this smart app. select your relay /switch, and actual garage door sensor in the app, Also s…

[dcwilsonuk]

Thanks for the advice. How do I reduce the run time to 1 second?

Cheers

Daniel

[RBoy (www.rboyapps.com - Making SmartThings Easy!)]

If you have access to RBoy Apps check out this Virtual Garage Door, it can use your contact sensor and relay/switch to create a Virtual Garage Door device that can then be used with any SmartApp or Routine etc:

[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…

[dcwilsonuk]

Thank you. I have read about the RBoy app but was hoping that someone would share a free one with me. All sorted now. Cheers

[fieldsjm (Jon)]

You have to create your own smartapp. Starting with the template from the Simulated Garage Door device. Steps detailed in the forum.

New smart app to link the virtual/simulated garage door device with two actual devices

Go into my device types in the ide, select new device type select from template select the simulated garage door device in the list make your changes to the code… recommend you also change the name so you can tell the difference from the stock one. go to my devices in the ide select your virtual or simulated door device select edit in the device type pulldown change it to your own custom device type you setup earlier with the change ( it will be in the bottom of the list) save changes retest

[dcwilsonuk]

Thank you. I did have a look at that however the ‘add your own code’ instruction is well beyond my current capabilities

Cheers

[mohitmathew]

I built something similar and have been using since 2013. Now that the classic app is coming to an end the new app does not support my device. Is your opener working after migration to new Samsung app?

Thanks
Mohit.

[dcwilsonuk]

LGK virtual opener is still working

[fieldsjm (Jon)]

Not sure if @Lgkahn updated his version of the DTH but to get things working in the new app, I added vid: “generic-contact-4”, ocfdevicetype: “oic.d.garagedoor” to the metasdata sometime ago and it is still working. It’s not as asthetically pleasing as the classic app tiles but it works.

There is more discussion here and a screenshot of what it looks like in the new app.

Any updated Garage Door DTHs out there?

Mine looks similar [Screenshot_20200815-210502_SmartThings] I don’t think the issue is related to the new app. Sounds like the virtual state is having issues syncing with the state of your sensor. Given that the multipurpose sensors are notoriuous for going offline, can you confirm that it is still functioning as expected.