Is it possible to close my garage door when I leave home and my wifi disconnects?
There are a few options like this one:
I have created a pretty solid wifi presence solution for when my phones connect to the wifi network, its very quick to update ST.
I use this alongside the ST app, Life360 & my own Tado presence device type, i use Rule machine to flip a virtual presence sensor when any of the 4 change state, this is a first past the post setup and it works really well, before i put this in presence was really an issue. this however always triggers when all the others fail to update (regularly) but the range of this is not very far, only within the wifi range (obviously!)
ive seen other solutions for DD-WRT, but these don’t work with the Newer Asus routers, RT-AC87U or Newer as the command to list mac addresses with the new 5G hardware no longer uses wl
ok so the first thing i did was install the latest A…
Benji
May 17, 2018, 4:18am
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Yes, just add it to the “Goodbye” routine:
Fuzzyligic
May 17, 2018, 6:12am
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If you don’t have an Asus router that you can use. And standard smartthings presence doesn’t work well for you. But you have an Android phone. You can always use tablet to send the events directly when it disconnects. You can even make it simpler by using @joshua_lyon sharptools which has a tasker plugin and you can turn on and off devices that way.
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RBoy
May 17, 2018, 7:33pm
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Simplest way is to use a routine like @Benji pointed out.
If you are looking for more advanced features to open / close the garage door (delayed timers etc) and you have access to RBoy Apps then check out the Garage Door Open/Close SmartApp
On request:
GoControl/Linear GD00Z-4/others Device Handler - Version 02.05.01
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Garage Door Open and Close Automatically - Version 02.00.00
Added ability to close garage door if left open for a specified time
Updated SmartApp to latest specifications
New user interface to make for a streamlined experience
Garage Door Open and Close Automatically feature summary:
Open garage doors when people arrive
Delay opening
Turn on switches/lights
Turn on lights only if it’s dark outside
Close garage doors when people leave
Close garage doors when left open for a specified time
Define operating schedules for each operation
Define operating modes for each operation
Notifications for actions
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Would like to try that but I don’t have access to the server
Benji
May 17, 2018, 9:11pm
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@RBoy ’s apps are well worth paying for in my opinion but if you’re not comfortable with that, just add it to the routine like I mentioned above.
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Definitely will at some point
