Alright, great! Just making sure I wasnât 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. 
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 to see if i can figure something out. i could continually poll but i am superficially avoiding that⊠once the app gets the notification that the door state changes it updates immediately.
Yes, I agree itâs sufficient the way it is. Thanks again for your help! 
Also, I made this to demonstrate itâs 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 canât get to work getting litany of errors.
Thanks for everyoneâs input!!
Larry, I just installed this and is working perfectly 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 tweakâŠassuming your user is a complete newbee. I am a relative newcomer, but have been through the custom device and smart app route a few times getting my 50 odd devices online.
Again, thanks so much for the app. It completely adds the intelligence I was looking for to the setup
Cheers,
Dennis
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. Iâm guessing that is the 6 seconds delay you are talking about. Where in the code can I modify that so that it opens and closes faster?
The 6 sec delay is in the virtual device type. read my post 20 in this thread for instructions
I just stumbled on this and I have to say that it works great! This is exactly what I have been looing for. I hooked up a Linear FS20Z relay to old as dirt garage door opener and am using an Ecolink tilt sensor on the door. With the Linear relay set as a momentary contact switch the whole thing worked OK, but it in no way looked like a garage door.
Using this app, I now have something in SmartThings that looks and works like a garage door - like it should. I do not know why this is not more prominent in the forums than it is.
Just wanted to thank you for writing this.
There is one thing that I would like to see added - the ability to turn notifications on/off within the app and not have to go back into the IDE and publish again. Just a thought.
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Nevermind⊠I found it. Itâs been a long dayâŠ
I found it after a bit of digging, after seeing the same problem. Create a new device handler type, from the template of âgarage door simulatorâ. change the name in the definition line 17. change the runin times from 6 to 1 on lines 56 and 61.
save it and publish.
then create a new device for your virtual garage door, using the device handler type you just created.
follow the rest of the instructions for setting up in the app.
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Recently having a terrible time with syncing issues.
It always gets confused and now one is stuck in âopeningâ state.
Any ideas how to improve its reliability?
Iâm using contact sensor.
Just found this - works great. And the fix for ALexa is awesomeâŠNow to install the dot in my wifeâs car(With wifi) - and she can just ask âopen garage door #1ââŠBetter than telling it to turn a relay onâŠthanks
Wondering if there should be something in the smartapp code statements for âopeningâ or âclosingâ states. Since you have if statements for âopenâ and âcloseâ but sometimes it seems it gets stuck in the âopeningâ state or âclosingâ state occasionally. Need a failsafe I think to have it go back and check to see if the state is stuck in opening / closing maybe?
Iâm an experienced programmer but have little experience working with this system but I might be able to help out.
Also, trying to think if there is a way we can put a manual refresh button on the Virtual Device if it gets jammed up.
No matter what happens, if I manually toggle the garage from the physical switch on the wall a couple of times it stays stuck in âopeningâ.
Guessing Iâll have to delete everything and re-add it if it doesnât go away.
this is usually due to issues with the devices you have installed not working correctly, or the smartthings back end dropping messages⊠check that the contact sensor is reporting reliably.
Hi, thank you for this great app. I got it working on my smartphone and would like to integrate it into Alexa. However, Alexa doesnât understand when I said âOpen/Close Garage Doorâ, however, saying âTurn on/off garage doorâ would open/close the actual garage door. Itâs usable but sounds really awkward. Is there a way to make Alexa understand âOpen/Closeâ?
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Hi, thank you for this great app. I got it working on my smartphone and would like to integrate it into Alexa. However, Alexa doesnât understand when I said âOpen/Close Garage Doorâ, however, saying âTurn on/off garage doorâ would open/close the actual garage door. Itâs usable but sounds really awkward. Is there a way to make Alexa understand âOpen/Closeâ?
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try having alexa use the virtual garage device which has both open/close and on/off instead of the actual switch⊠it then should understand open.
I name the switch cindy garage door opener
and the virtual garage door âcindy garage doorâ this is the only one i have in the garage room
the other is just floating aroundâŠ
make sure the virtual device ie :cindy garage door" is the only one you authorize in the amazon echo smartthings smart app.
Thank you for your reply. I am in fact using a virtual garage door named âgarage doorâ. I said âOpen/Close garage doorâ always got somthing like âIâm not sure how to help you with thatâ response from Alexa. However, âTurn on/off garage doorâ always work.
I checked itâs the only one allowed in the amazon echo smartapp.
May be the generic name âgarage doorâ is a problem. Tonight Iâll try to rename it to something more uniqueâŠ
This is just strangeâŠ
I rename it to âhome garage doorâ, now alexa would respond to âopen home garage doorâ but still donât understand âclose home garage doorâ.
It happened to me several times that after I closed the garage door thru a physical remote or the master switch, the garage door opened on its own after several minutes. Can anyone think of a reason why this may be happening? It makes us feel very insecure that the garage door would open on its ownâŠ