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…

the check status timeout has nothing to do with how long… it can goto open or close intermediately depending on what kind of sensor you have… … the check status is how long to wait before checking if it failed to open or close… (ie the door got stuck and reversed or something crossed the beam etc. …

[image] Lgkahn: the check status timeout has nothing to do with how long… it can goto open or close intermediately depending on what kind of sensor you have… … the check status is how long to wait before checking if it failed to open or close… (ie the door got stuck and reversed or something cr…

yes with a door sensor it should show open immediately but should say closing for awhile and then eventually say closed…im not sure it works that way… i believe it will say closed and if after 25 secs. the real sensor still says open it should resync and say open… try it… hit the close see what hap…

[image] Lgkahn: yes with a door sensor it should show open immediately but should say closing for awhile and then eventually say closed…im not sure it works that way… i believe it will say closed and if after 25 secs. the real sensor still says open it should resync and say open…try it… hit the …

[image] joshuairl: Alright, great! Just making sure I wasn’t crazy. Haha.Wondering if there is a way to make it say Closing and hold at closing until the contact reports closed? Not like it really matters, as long as it resyncs back to open that is all that matters to me. :smile: the probl…

[image] Lgkahn: the problem is the virtual garage device type would have to do that… not the smart app… and one device type cannot access another device type ie say to check the status of the contact… otherwise you would not need this smartapp at all. When i get a chance i will look at it more t…

Also, I made this to demonstrate it’s usage and how it appears in the app. Kind of neat to see side-by-side. Thanks!

great app and thanks everyone for posting and supporting each other Can someone post complete steps for this app (including how to setup virtual devices) for ST Hub2?. I have the Garage Relay (LFM-20 relay) and Ecolink Z-Wave Wireless Tilt Sensor - ECO-TILT-US but through trial and error still can…

Larry, I just installed this and is working perfectly :slight_smile: Thanks for the link from my roll up door thread. You might save a few questions if you link to a few tutorials (like the virtual device FAQ: FAQ: Creating a virtual Device ) and also perhaps the runin code tweak…assuming your use…

You the man. I changed my relay device type to Z-Wave Virtual Momentary Contact Switch and now my Virtual Garage Door works. However there is a pretty good delay between pressing the button and the actual Garage Door opening. I’m guessing that is the 6 seconds delay you are talking about. Where in t…

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

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joshuairl (Joshua Rountree) January 26, 2016, 8:34pm 102

Yes, I agree it’s sufficient the way it is. Thanks again for your help!

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