The custom board is there for the reed switch/sensor to detect open/close state of the door.
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Shameless plug for GarHAge: https://github.com/marthoc/garhage. Version 2.0.0 will be out this week with full support for MQTT discovery in Home Assistant, meaning you build it, put in your wifi info, connect to your garage door opener, power it, and entities will pop up in HA automatically.
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I followed the instructions in this video:
Except, obviously I used the Xiaomi smart switch instead of the WeMo:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Xiaomi-Smart-Socket-Plug-Bacic-WiFi-Wireless-Remote-EU-US-AU-Socket-Adaptor-Power-on/32649617506.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.hnhVWo
This is the relay I used - although anything rated for 12V should be fine.
http://www.narva.com.au/products/browse/mini-2
I had a 12V adapter spare, just like the one in the video.
This is my automation.yaml:
- action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.garage_door_smartplug
- delay: 00:00:01
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.garage_door_smartplug
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
entity_id: input_boolean.garage_door
alias: Toggle command switch to control GD
id: '246864543689754'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: input_boolean.garage_door
to: 'on'
And this is my configuration.yaml:
# Smart Plug controlling garage door opener circuit
switch garage_relay:
- platform: xiaomi_miio
name: Garage Door SmartPlug
host: 192.168.60.9
token: <token goes here>
# Front end switch for garage door
input_boolean:
garage_door:
name: Garage Door Opener
initial: off
icon: mdi:flash-circle
Hope that helps
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Thanks a lot mate!
I really appreciate the effort 
Cheers!
Hi. Just want to say that I installed my @garadget last night and it’s great so far (short time, I know).
I had been planning to build something much cheaper myself, but after 2 years of “planning”, I realised I should just hurry up and buy something… Sweet.
I would have appreciated a more “all in one place” guide to setting it up in HA. I had to read too many posts to get it to work. I copied the sensor config, then found I could just set up the cover properly and it works as a sensor - and means I can ask Siri if the door is open and it knows (so I removed the sensor).
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@lindsayward,
Happy to hear you were able to configure Garadget to your satisfaction.
Please share your final setup so it can serve as all-in-one guide or a starting point for something custom.
I’m only a few hours into this, so I don’t want to be the one to say, “here’s how you do it”… However
- I did all the HA stuff before realising you also had to connect to the garadget settings interface and enable MQTT (since the link here points down the thread, not to the top).
- I also copied the provided code, not realising that “Home” was a variable, dependent on my setup.
- As mentioned, you don’t seem to need the sensor… just the extra attributes for the cover.
- Two more things need to be set in HA customizations (mine through the web interface):
Setdevice_class: garage
Sethomebridge_cover_type: garage_door(if you’re using homebridge for “Hey Siri, open the garage door”)
These details are all there, just not in one place.
Here’s what I’m using now. Replace “XXX” with the name/topic you set in the garadget settings.
cover:
- platform: mqtt
name: "Garage Door"
command_topic: "garadget/XXX/command"
state_topic: "garadget/XXX/status"
payload_open: "open"
payload_close: "close"
state_open: "open"
state_closed: "closed"
value_template: '{{ value_json.status }}'Awesome, thanks for sharing your config.
I’ll cross-post it in Garadget’s community if you don’t mind (credit where it’s due).
[EDIT] When I said ‘old garage door opener’ I meant a garage door opener remote control, not the opener itself.
My remote garage door solution is a little different. I connected an ESP8266 to an old garage door opener. The ESP has an MQTT client that subscribes to door open/close commands from HA. HA is configured to see the door-controller as a switch.
Assuming you have an old, unused garage door opener laying around, the cost is essentially the cost of the ESP.
While not necessary for opening/closing the door, I added Z-wave door tilt sensors so that I could monitor the door state.
I took a fairly easy way out, using a FortrezZ MIMO2+ z-wave dual relay to control two garage doors. Right out of the box each relay is set up to actuate as a 500 ms momentary switch, which is perfect to emulate a pushbutton (though you can also configure it to latch if you want to use it for something else). I chose this because I already have z-wave tilt sensors on the doors and I only needed to handle control.
I have one door working already - the traditional style with just an LED-lit button connected via two wires and nothing else. I just put one of the relays in parallel with the pushbutton.
My next task is to tap into a LiftMaster 880LM panel for the other door - this is a digital panel and I’m pretty sure I can’t just use the outward-facing terminals, so I will have to find the microswitch that’s behind the open/close button and put the second relay in parallel with that.
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I have Garadget and can’t complain. Works great!
Anyone has a configuration using a zwave outdoor plug, a relay switch and a door sensor? Used to have this configuration with homeseer…
Anyone automated it via nodered?
I finally went back to using my Linear Z-wave garage door opener since it’s now supported, but here is what I was using for over a year with no issues.
For parts, I used an old Z wave on/off module (non-dimmer), a Monoprice Z wave tilt sensor, and THIS relay.
For setup, connect the normally open and common contacts of the relay to the garage door opener. Then connect the AC power to Z wave switch.
For the Home Assistant side, I basically set up a cover template using the tilt sensor for the position and scripts for open/close. Each script would do a few things:
- Call a notify script that checks if the alarm is on. If so, it sends a notification. I used a separate script for this just to simplify the whole if/then/else scenario in the script.
- Use a conditional statement to only proceed if the alarm is off.
- Turn the Z wave switch on, wait 3 seconds, turn the z wave switch off
- Wait 30 seconds
- Conditional check to see if the door is open/closed
- If the door is not in the position it expected, send a notification
Here is my configuration (NOTE: was having issues getting code to paste with proper formatting. You may need to validate indenting)
Covers.yaml
- platform: template
covers:
garage_door_backup:
friendly_name: "Garage Door Backup"
value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.d32_garage_door_main_sensor', 'on') }}"
open_cover:
service: script.garage_door_open_backup
close_cover:
service: script.garage_door_close_backup
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.d32_garage_door_main_sensor', 'on') %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %
Scripts.yaml
garage_door_open_backup:
alias: 'Garage Door Open'
sequence:
- service: script.garage_notify
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.mode_armed
state: 'off'
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.d12_garage_door_switch
- delay: 00:00:03
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.d12_garage_door_switch
- delay: 00:00:30
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.d32_garage_door_main_sensor
state: 'off'
- service: notify.gregg_pushover
data:
title: 'Garage Door Failure'
message: 'The Garage Door did not open or there is an issue with a sensor'
garage_door_close_backup:
alias: 'Garage Door Close'
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.d12_garage_door_switch
- delay: 00:00:03
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.d12_garage_door_switch
- delay: 00:00:30
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.d32_garage_door_main_sensor
state: 'on'
- service: notify.gregg_pushover
data:
title: 'Garage Door Failure'
message: 'The Garage Door did not shut or there is an issue with a sensor'
garage_notify:
alias: 'Garage Notify'
sequence:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.mode_armed
state: 'on'
- service: notify.gregg_pushover
data:
title: 'The Alarm is On'
message: 'Cannot open the Garage Door while the Alarm is On'
The only issue I ever had was that you cannot call another open/close within 30 seconds since the script is still running to check for the door position. This was an issue maybe once or twice.
As a side note, I used a similar cover template approach for the Linear opener as well to allow for conditional statements.
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I’ve finally uploaded the files for a multi use breakout board I put together in Eagle. I currently use two of these; one for my garage door opener and the other for retrofitting my existing alarm PIRs and sensors to HA. It was a bit of a rush job when put together but it works.
The most common brands, at least around here, are Chamberlain and Liftmaster. Chamberlain is the DIY brand, Liftmaster is the pro brand (I think there is another one, maybe Ranor). Both the same company. The Craftsman, if they still make them, are just rebranded Chamberlains.
I think the biggest functional difference between any of them are the rail system–I think the DIY’s (probably yours) have a split rail; the pro units are a solid rail.
In addition, check here, if you want to read more about them.
I used the Linear/Nortek GoControl GD00Z-4 device in the past and had a good experience with it for a long time.
But, it died, so I went looking for a replacement. I bought an OpenGarage, and had a really ugly experience with the folks there. I would not recommend OpenGarage strictly from a customer service perspective.
Hey Gregg, thanks for posting this code. I’m trying to understand how to use this. I’ve been using the same setup on SmartThings for a couple years but that code is not portable over to HA. It looks like there is code missing in your post. Can you confirm all of the code that is used to do this? Also can you tell me once I get the code in those files, do I have to add anything to the configuration.yaml file to get it to use it? Thank you for you time!
-Alli
Its been forever since I used this code, but it appears to be complete. It requires a tilt sensor or some other open/close sensor (my tilt sensor is the binary_sensor input in the code) and also an external relay (switch.d12_garage_door_switch in my case - linked in original post with code). The input boolean is basically alarm on/off.
You could simplify the entire setup to just call the switch for 3 seconds. In my case, my door would open and if I forgot to disarm it, it would go off. So I added the conditionals and notifications to prevent operation unless disarmed. I always still have local control via a keypad at the door just in case (not tied to HA).
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Hi Gregg,
I was hoping I could pick your brain if you are still active. I’m looking at the code you exported above and this is something I’ve been trying for weeks now to no avail. I just can’t seem to wrap my brain around some of the terminology so it’s creating extreme confusion for me.
Here is my ask and it’s only an attempt to make sense of the code in my brain, thanks for your time in advance:
a. Covers.yaml - Under covers: garage_door_backup (is this just the name of the covers ? But also, is it used to call out via “voice assistant” - of which the friendly_name would be the voice activated ?
b. I don’t get the alarm reference! I mean, I do I think but I’m not sure how that factor’s in with the garage door (unless the garage door is connected to your alarm panel/system, is that the case ?) and the alarm - if the garage door is connected to the alarm, I think I get it.
c. I don’t see any condition for “garage door is open” - or did I not understand how the scripts are functioning. I see a main_sensor listed, but it says “on or off” - shouldn’t it be open or close ? I’m lost.
I’m also just probably overwhelmed with jumping into this stuff, but I really want to understand how these things work/fumction for automation and do some really cool stuff.
Sorry to break you eye drums! If it’s too much I understand I’m just trying to pick pieces here and there.
Ok, enough of my OCD, have a good day