Awesome integration… wanted to let you know about a neat trick that worked for me when you can’t get a reliable sensor for open/close. In my case I have an exterior gate with a Liftmaster swing opener. Since the gate swings open a tilt sensor is not a viable option… and as I found out there are not really many(or any) reliable outdoor rated z-wave/zigbee contact sensors. So here is what I did:
- Enabled email notifications from MyQ for open/close
- Setup Gmail filters that label the open/close emails separately(ex: gate opened, gate closed)
- Setup a virtual sensor using the Universal Device Type/Translator([RELEASE] Universal Virtual Device Type and Translator)
3.1 Set the input of the virtual device as a on/off switch
3.2 Set the output of the virtual device as open/close (on = open, off = close) - Head over to IFTTT and setup a If This rule based on new Gmail w/ label(ex: gate opened label) and Then That to toggle the virtual switch(again gate opened = switch on)
- When setting up MyQ lite just set the sensor as the new virtual sensor and voila… fully working myq lite w/ sensor
Hope this helps someone else…