I did manually run the door through a couple of cycles to get it to sync.
Not sure I understand your first sentence. How do I ensure the sensor is connected to the gd00z?
When you ppt the battery in the included sensor and you press the include button on the controller, the sensor should connect to the controller, not ST.
ST will see this controller and sensor as one device.
Thanks Jason. I didn’t think it was the tilt sensor, but you were right (as usual). As soon as I installed the provided sensor the garage door status changed to closed and I am now able to open and close the door.
I am confused though. I read here where many users of the gd00z use the ecolink sensor because it seems to be more reliable, and quicker reporting the open/close status of the door. Is the pairing process different for the two sensors? what am I doing wrong/different? I suppose I could have a bad ecolink sensor.
still confused.
The GD00Z relies on it’s own sensor so you have to install it or it will never know the state of the door. It doesn’t communicate with the sensor via z-wave so it can’t tell you have other sensors installed instead.
Your SmartThings apps on the other hand can rely on another sensor if you wish. I personally just use the state of my GD00Z using it’s provided sensor and have never had it be wrong. I have a camera on my garage door just in case but I have never had a false report. So you may not need another sensor.
The only issue with the GD00Z and it’s own sensor is when you lose power because the included sensor only reports when the door status changes. So if you lose power the GD00Z will report unknown status until you manually open/close the garage and the included sensor reports it’s state. I fixed this by attaching my GD00Z (not my garage door) to a UPS so it never loses power and therefore can maintain its state at all times.
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Thanks Ron. That makes sense. I’m still fairly new to ST and HA. I read and re-read all the posts I could find about installation and issues with the gd00z and never picked up that you have to use the supplied sensor. Saw so many references to the ecolink I assumed people were replacing the provided sensor. Shame on me.
On the bright side, once I installed the correct sensor and got the garage door opening through ST I set up a trigger in RM to open the garage when I arrive home and it works!
What UPS do you use for your unit and where did you install it?
Exactly what Ron said.
I’ve seen folks use the other sensors, but not with the gdooz that I can remember.
Mine has been connected for about six months, not a single glitch.
It is the most reliable Zwave device I have.
I bought the cheapest ups at BestBuy I think this one
It doesn’t have enough power for the opener, so plugged in the liner to the battery backup ports and the garage opener is just on the power strip side.
It’s mounted like this.
With the liner on the other side
With this setup my GD00Z is 100%, no issue at all.
Hi,
I am using your changed code for opening my gate (my thanks to you as well as all that contributed). I am also using Gary9/Ron handler (thanks guys 
)
Since I wanted to use the GD00Z with a gate, and not with a garage door I begun by attaching a ST multipurpose to replace the original tilt sensor but… unfortunately, without the original tilt sensor, the handler/smartapp apparently fails to read the open/close state from ST multipurpose sensor on gate door… and, maybe for that reason, prevents the commands open/close to work properly 
To solve the problem and get back to using the original supplied tilt sensor, I have invented a mechanical mac-giver adaptation in which the gate movement tilts the original GDZ sensor.
Not pretty, but it working! Now, as expected, when the car sensor detects movement, gate opens, when car proximity sensor is out of STv2 reach, gate closes
Even more cool: when car proximity sensor is within STv2 reach, gate opens, and when my internal door closes, gate closes. How cool is that
Bul not all are roses and I have some doubts issues that I will list below hopping that someone can help (i start with an image):
#1- Manual “Open gate” command from withing the app can apparently be triggered from 3 different locations: A,B, and C but when I try to close, only B seems to work… Why is that?
#2- After gate is open, is there any minimum time I have to wait before I can close it again? if so, can we change it??
#3- Is it imperative to have to wait for the 5 seconds alert from the GD00Z?
I have GD00Z module inside same waterproof box where the original gate electronics are, so neither the light alert, nor the sound are useful. If you consider that using original keyfob remote/trigger is immediate, and that full Open (or Close) operations is complete in around 8 sec., to add 5 additional seconds does make some difference (especially when selling the new “smart” solution to the wife :/)
#4 What is the meaning of the outlet (marked “F” in image) in app? also “D” and “E” meaning? anyone can help to understand?
Thanks in advance to all helpers
Not sure Close should work as well, Also note there is a 4th location (On/Off) (F) I can test mine to make sure but I am pretty sure all three worked for me with close.
Yes, See the GD00Z manual. It will ignore commands for a period of 30 seconds. This is a safety feature to prevent double tap from starting an open and then closing. I think it’s required for UL 325-2010 safety requirements. It is not configurable. It is mentioned on the GD00Z manual if you have a look at it.
Yes, Required for UL 325-2010 safety requirements. Technically even for a gate you should have the sound audible light visible to meet safety standards. What if a child or elderly person in standing next to the gate when you close it remotely ?
This was added so the Garage door acts like a “Switch” On=Open, Off=Close. So you can use smart apps in Smart Things that control a switch. It’s easily disabled or hidden if you don’t like seeing it.
To hide it change (remove “button” form details)
details([“toggle”, “open”, “close”, “lastBatteryStatus”, “batteryStatus”, “batteryReset”, “button”, “refresh”])
to
details([“toggle”, “open”, “close”, “lastBatteryStatus”, “batteryStatus”, “batteryReset”, “refresh”])
To disable it as well (remove the capability) so smart apps will not see the device as a switch anymore.
Remove this line
capability “Switch”
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Hi! Thanks for your feedback really helped me to understand better the system 
I will try to update the code!
Regarding battery info (which I presume relates to original GD00Z tilt sensor) I still fail to understand usefulness of values…
I understand that “batteryReset” resets battery, and “lastBatteryStatus” shows only when last reset was made is is so?
Can you help me to understand In which situation would I need to reset the battery?
And regarding to “batteryStatus” is only “OK” or “NOT OK”?
Please forgive if my questions are out of line but altugh I’m the family geek, I am not a programmer and undertanding code is very (very very very) long stretch for me.
@gnomolx Battery Status is sort of beta. The documentation for the device doesn’t say if it supports battery status. So I added the capability and coded the methods. It only supplies good or not good status not percentages so that is why I only implemented OK/Not OK. I can’t really test not-OK because my battery is still running strong. I am waiting for it to change to Not OK or for my door to stop working and I know the battery died and this feature doesn’t work
Don’t know another way to test it.
@RBoy includes “Battery Status” in his paid for version of this device code, perhaps he can help you understand how this works. I have never seen rboy’s implementation because he doesn’t share access with other devs and I just can’t seem to talk myself into paying for access. since I can code myself so why would I want to do that LOL Maybe since he is charging for his version he has made more effort to figure out a way to test it.
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Worked great. I must have messed up the time calculations, however, as the auto close starts within 15 seconds. Anyone else have that problem?
I need some help here. Does the battery for the tilt sensor that comes with the linear garage door opener is the battery go on top of those metal prongs or underneath it?
I’ve got the garage door opener installed. And I got the Smartthings app to recognize it. However after cycling the door open and closed a couple times the status still says unknown. What am I doing wrong?
And when I push to open and close buttons in the app, nothing happens.
Post a picture of the inside of the sensor please.
I can’t get the SmartThings app to recognize if the doors open or closed. It still says unknown and when I try and activate the garage door through the app nothing happens.
I was able to successfully at the garage door opener to the Smartthings app but that’s it.
That tab should be beneath the battery. The bottom of that battery is the negative and the top and sides are the positive.
If you remove the battery you will see that the tabs are separated.
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Has there been any updating or modifying of the auto close section? When i was using it no matter what I put on the wait time it would close within 2-3min.