This thread should have a warning at the top that it may raise your blood pressure! I got really angry reading this as I’ve bought 4 MyQ hubs specifically for its ability to integrate with Home Assistant.
I would really like to see a law imposed that mandates manufacturers must provide a local control option if they want to offer paid or free cloud-based control. It’s insane that manufacturers are allowed to charge us monthly (or monitor our use) of the hardware we already paid for.
It reminds me of the time that Rogers Mobile wanted to charge me $10/month to flip a registry setting in Windows Mobile that would turn on the hardware GPS in my pre-iPhone smartphone (Samsung Blackjack). They offered no value-add. No map software, no A-GPS, they just wanted to charge for it because they figured they could. If this sort of thing continues, one of these days we’ll have to pay a monthly subscription if you want the automatic ice cub maker in our fridges to function - or maybe even to use the freezer.
As long as they didn’t advertise it as a feature when you bought the product you have no recourse, unfortunately.
I know for a fact that they never advertised Home Assistant support.
Careful what appliances your using / connecting. I have a couple Monogram Dishwashers and a Monogram built-in fridge… those things are “tattle tales”… right down to the opening & closing of doors (albeit kinda neat to use those triggers for automatons)! My only gripe is they are cloud-dependent to get anything from (just like MyQ). Seems GE opened up they code some time back, but once Harier (spelling) bought them all the links to Open interfacing their stuff has disapeard… only some fragments of some peoples existing work.
And one wonders how law enforcement builds a case against your alibi
MyQ. I understand making changes, but the people spoke and you didn’t listen. You will never have my business ever again. (i know they wont see this but its the principle)
Exact same results (one operation then nothing) with same model of opener and a ratgdo (instead of Konnected) that I just installed. Did you ever resolve this?
Sorry, somehow I missed this back when you posted it.
It took me a long time to actually get it done. I wanted to wire up everything internal to the opener, so it took me some time to get around to it.
I wish I had seen this before I did it, though! I had the same experience as you, as far as preferring the ESPHome version over the MQTT version. (Even though it said the ESPHome version for 1.0 is still beta.) So it took me a bit more cause I fought the MQTT version at first before switching.
Even with the 1.0 security version, the ESPHome version of the software provided control and indication of absolutely everything! I was very happy and impressed with it. I have no complaints, and not even suggestions for improvements on it. End of the day - it was a very good choice and I’m completely satisfied with it.
I just set up Meross MSG200 (not the homekit version), it was easy and works great. Simple integration with HA (via HACS), and no “cloud fees”.
Highly recommended.
What is the alternative? I need new garage door openers and I dont want to give this company my business. The problem is, I dont see any garage door openers that are supported by a home assistant integration!
correct, however the only other brand i am familar with is Genie which i assume also doesnt play nice with HA since there is no integration, so it seems there are no good options here.
There is a new HACS integration for the Genie Aladin system (cloud dependent). There was previously a Genie Aladin integration in core, but Genie changed the protocol and broke it. Supposedly Genie has/had plans to update the HA integration, but a user got tired of waiting and did it in HACS.
There is also a cloud dependent Linear integration in core.
But…
Most openers (including Genie) other than Security 2+ Chamberlain/LM are compatible with dry contact relays, and therefore any number of third party or DIY addons. All some variant of dry contact relays combined with some sort of door position sensor.
For local control, nothing comes close to the functionality of ratgdo with Chamberlain/LM Sec 2+ openers. It’s almost enough to make me consider Chamberlain for new openers, but like you I don’t like what they did. For older Chamberlain/LM Sec 1, there can be some benefit to ratgdo, but there are compatibility issues with some wall panels.
For non-Chamberlain openers, I don’t see any benefit to ratgdo over other solutions.
Yeah based on my initial research unfortunateely Chamberlain is the way to go because the Ratgdo makes it so functional. It allows using all the built in sensors/position sensor so it looks like I am forced to give them my money. I would suspect next they will encrypt their serial bus.
Its pretty obvious what happened here is they make smart home comppanies pay them a fee to integrate and the ones who were paying bitched why t hey are paying the fee when HA was avoiding it and working around it.
Chamberlain also makes the best openers, so I guess they have us stuck and they know it.
Buy a ratgo and it connects directly to your opener. You mentioned something about the serial bus being blocked. That can never happen if you garage door opener is not connected to the internet.
