MyQ/Homekit integration problems

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Hi,

I’m using HA with both Homekit and a MyQ Chamberlain garage door component. The MyQ shows up in HA as a generic cover, not a garage door cover. If I leave it that way, then Homekit recognizes it properly. However, if I customize the device_class to garage, then the device no longer shows up in Homekit. Here’s the customize code in my configuration.yaml:

    cover.garage_door_opener:
      friendly_name: Garage Door
      device_class: garage

Any ideas how I can fix that? I want it labeled as a garage door explicitly so Homekit will not allow it to be opened without authorization.

Thanks for the help!

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I had this problem too, and I solved it by removing the bridge device from Homekit and then re-adding it. Hopefully that works for you too.

It looks like this will be the default device_class for MyQ in an upcoming release, according to this change: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/14602

Incidentally, I also built a workaround specifically to bypass this authorization, since it worked better for me: Open Sesame: Garage Door Automation with HomeKit