Got the expander board for $100 from gate company in florida. Works perfect
off-off-on → NO → ratgdo open
Off-on-off → NC → ratgdo close
Ratgdo ground wired to common on the two relays.
Are you able to share the full wiring with the add-on board?
Thanks!
Will need to try that!
Edit: Success! Opening/closing status works when using both relays.
You must be using a custom hardware version? I have the 2.5 and I don’t think this will work for me right? Would love to have 2.5 on ESPHome for the CSL24UL though.
Thank you, this was helpful. My 2.5i worked with this wiring and MQTT firmware. Wish it was ESPhome, but I’ll take what I can get for now.
Thank you!
I think you said you don’t have the LA400, but I assume with the add-on board, it shouldn’t matter right? I have the LA400 and then the add-on board
From what I’m reading, the add-on board allows the best configuration?
I do have the la412 which as I found out later uses the la400 board. You can almost see the la400 on the blue label below the wiring nut. To be honest, both the relay and the add-on board worked identical in my test. However, I can see the relay causing issues as the relay sometimes flickers until it gets to the open state and voltage drops. However, you do have to use at least 1 reed switch. The way I looked at it, if you are going to use some kind of magnetic sensor for the close state, you might as well run 2 and you have open and close state reliably without the add-on board. The add-on board was dead simple though and not extra wiring outside the box.
Thanks for posting this
I just got mine hooked up and figured I’d try this route before hooking up the add-on board
It functions just fine, however I never get an “Opened” status. If I hit Open In HA, it then reports that its closed a few moments later, despite actually being open. Any ideas? do I need configure something on the ratdgo?
So with your config and the add-on board, you are using a magnetic reed switch too?
I wired up the control board like this
I hit open, it opened! Hit close, nothing! Hit a regular fob, nothing, hit close, nothing!
Now if I hit close, I just get a beep and error code 73. It appears my board learned of an entrapment devices from the blank addon board! Very weird
I thought I destroyed it, as when I removed the addon board I then got code 82. In the end I fixed it
Press and hold Set Open and Set Close at the same time, and release. Do the same again
Now, no more entrapment errors!
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@HamBandit - I don’t have the expansion board installed on my gate. So I have no idea how to unpair the expansion board. I assume you tried searching the internet. Have you tried connecting the vendor where you purchased the expansion board?
Here are some YouTube videos on your error codes,
Error 73 states CLOSE EYE/INTERRUPT reversal, preventing close or resetting TTC (Expansion Board).
Error 82 states Close input (EYE/EDGE) fault (expansion board).
I suggest you remove any connections to the ratgdo and confirm your gate is still operation before re-installing the ratgdo.
Just edited my post right as you posted, thanks for the help anyway!
I will now WAIT FOR THE WEEKEND and try all this again
If anyone else runs into the same issue, Press and hold Set Open and Set Close at the same time, and release. Do the same again, and it will remove the old entrapment devices
Great to hear you resolved your issues.
Is the ratgdo working as expected when the expansion board installed and open & close limits wired to ratgdo board?
I couldn’t tell, as I was stuck on that error right away. It did Open just fine and reported open, so it seemed to work well. But, of course then no closing. So I spent the next few hours hassling with that
At this point, I’m wondering if I have the right expansion board. It “worked” so I assume it was, but I don’t think it is. I bought Liftmaster K1D8080-1CC
But now finding that board on other websites, it says “The expansion board (K1D8080-1CC) is compatible only with pre-2016 Liftmaster operators with model # ending in ‘V’ or ‘VDC’.”
Well, mine is not! I got mine in 2019. I think I actually need K1D8387-1CC, which says “K1D8387-1CC is a UL325 Expansion Board. For use with various LiftMaster Commercial Swing and Slide Gate Operators; manufactured after 2016”
So thats $120~ down the toilet. If anyone on here needs a K1D8080-1CC, let me know! I will give it to you for the cost of shipping or whatever
I have the k1d8080-1cc with my la400 and it works fine.
Did yours come with a piece of paper telling you check the colors of you power wires on the board? There are 3 versions of the la400 and they changed the power wiring. My board is all green with green connectors.
You can see my power is red black black red in my pic. Some boards are red black red black.
Found a copy online
My power wires are correct, but if you have the green board, I bet its pre 2016 right? I have the Red/Pink board with was after 2016
Apparently, that means I need the K1D8387-1CC
I really don’t know how I didn’t catch that first time around, live and learn I guess!
board generations
https://www.gatecrafters.com/product_detail_31697_15241.aspx
if you have red board it requires photo eyes to ensure nothing is blocking. Not sure if when you add the add-on board you have to maybe move the photo eyes ? I have no idea.
I think you are right though and you need the board that is for 2016+.
I tried connecting my LA400 as described in @Chmynard 's diagram to no avail. The status reports unknown and the gate does not open/close. I do have 2 control arms, could that be the issue?
