MyQ to Home Assistant via IFTTT

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I have been going over the issues of MyQ interfacing with HA. One possible work around would be to use IFTTT as a stepping stone. Do people think this might be doable? Am I just barking up the wrong tree? I do get going to IFTTT would probably mean that there would be a monthly charge for the service. This is fair enough if the fee is not too expensive, and it facilitated getting control of MyQ back.

For me the three important functions I need are:
Sensor: Is the door open (or Closed)?
Control: Open Door
Control: Close Door

I am still a little bit of a NOOB, but if people who know more about IFTTT think this might work, I am willing to put in the time to write the scripts and docs to do this.

Greg

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Fee is not the problem. The myQ service changes and may break at any moment.

I found a $30USD 8ch ip controlled relay. This will always work unless the device itself breaks

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I just tried to set up an applet in IFTTT (before even trying to link to HA) with MyQ (door opening) as trigger and a Kasa device (light on) as action. Supposedly the applet showed no error but it did not work.

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No first hand experience, but my understanding is MyQ/IFTTT does not support opening the door, only closing.

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Even just being able to have HA know if the door is open and be able to close it would be good. in a way better, as more secure.

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That is very true, and a good point. Might end up going that way.

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