Definitely do your paper clip tests. And if shorting the terminals works, there are many options for you.
- You can still do RATGDO, and following the dry contact wiring instead.
- You can find zigbee or z-wave or wifi dry contact relays of your choice, and use that to simulate clicking the wall switch.
2.1) Ideally you can find something that offers the momentary switch feature, where the relay would engage for, say, half a second, and automatically disengage, just like what human finger would do to the wall switch. If not, thatâs less ideal but fine also, because you can setup the relay to behave that way via automation.
2.2) So tuya has maybe two dozens of zigbee options out there - here are some examples I googled. I personally did z-wave and shared my project here in this forum. And then you have wifi options such as Meross, Tailwind, NEXX, OpenGarage, Shelly 1, Shelly Uni, ⌠I like Athom also. With many of those packaged options, you might be able to get door status locally without relying on any Alladin cloud. - Or you can build your own ESPHome based solution, there are tons of examples here in this forum or on Youtube. Taking full control of your garage door locally. (And have fun!
) - Not recommended but still a feasible option: check whether Aladdin talks to Homebridge and how well that works. If yes, a convoluted way to approach this would be to get Alladin to talk to Homebridge instance in your home server, and then get your Homebridge to talk to HA via this integration. A lot of hoops to jump through, and you will have to know what you are doing, so not for everyone; plus doing so still would not help you if/when Alladin changes or breaks something again / would not help you break free from Aladdin. Hence not recommended.