Telegard GDC1 as Garage Door and Not Switch

[Everette]

Does anyone know how to have the GDC1 show up as a garage door instead of a switch?

I’m finding some information on on a linear switch, but not specifically the GDC1…

[johnconstantelo]

There are several discussions on that device. Take a look here:

https://community.smartthings.com/search?q=gdc1

And specifically here:

[OBSOLETE] Telguard GDC1 Device Type

I wanted to share the device type for the Telguard GDC1 that I have been using in my SmartThings setup. The device type is based off of the Smarthings Zwave Switch template and I added in some of the logic from @johnconstantelo’s MIMO lite device type. See the instructions in the README.md to get install it into your own SmartThings environment: Change log: 2/28/2016: Fixed formatting issues in the action tile for Android (not sure if it existed on Apple devices). Removed “Garage door state” information as it was ambiguous with the main tile information.

[Everette]

Thanks John for your help and I was able to dd the device handler, but still when I try to add the GDC1 it shows up as a switch…

Am I missing something in regards to after I add mjarends devicehandler associating it with the GDC1?

[Everette]

Nevermind, I added it as a regular z-wave switch and then went into “My Devices” to edit that newly added switch, changing the type to a “Telguard Garage Door Switch”.

Thanks again for your help!

[johnconstantelo]

@Everette

Thanks again for your help!

Anytime, glad you got it working.

[Everette]

I know this is years later, but I am now unable to access my GDC1… Do you know if there was a modification to how it is now handled in the latest version of ST?