Ah I see, ya I won’t have anything Chamberlain and don’t have Security+ in my home so there’s my confusion on your comment.
They use screw clamp connectors, I didn’t have to solder anything for my non Security+ doors.
Does LiftMaster MyQ Home Bridge
Item #: 819LMB still work with home assistant?
Yes. Only worry as an already discontinued product is continued support from Chamberlain.
They have stated it will continue to be supported, but some don’t trust that statement.
Ratgdo offers more functionality for Security+ doors.
It seems the tweet about upcoming native Homekit support for MyQ was deleted. What did it say?
I soldered in to the button on the LiftMaster switch and connected it to the Aladdin Connect. This was super easy and bypassed the security 2.0 crap. I picked up the Aladdin Connect at Home Depot for $50.
I am very impressed that Ratgdo is able to interface with garage door openers with Security+2.0 like Chamberlain and Liftmaster.
But the real long-term solution is to ditch these proprietary appliances all together.
What is the best option for a garage door opener for new construction? I would prefer to not give my money to Chamberlain/Liftmaster…Obviously I want to automate it with HA.
I’ve been curious of the same thing for whenever I have to replace mine. I have a LiftMaster, but it’s pre-2011 so the button is just a simple dry contact, not the rolling code version their new interior buttons have. I have it all automated with HA using a relay, several sensors, and a z-wave switch.
Ironically, I started doing that because I used to have the original MyQ system and twice it failed on me and it failed in the OPEN position. Chamberlain was not concerned. But I have a lot of money in motorcycles, vehicles, and tools in my garage.
Chamberlain is awful.
I went with SkyLink. They were reasonably priced on Amazon. Quiet belt model was still good power and speed for a two-car garage door opener. Didn’t have proprietary “learn” nonsense so I could just attach a zwave relay (Zooz) to integrate with HA. What was also important for me was that it could also disable all RF wireless remotes. It’s normally used on a timer, but I opt to keep it disabled and use some ESP boards with LoRa and fingerprint readers to replace the weaker rolling code opener designs.
It’s a tough market because Chamberlain has acquired and now owns the most popular brands including Liftmaster. They’ve cornered over 70% of the garage door opener market.
I went with a SkyLink. They were sued by Chamberlain 20 years ago because they sold a “universal” remote opener that could work with the proprietary Security+ remotes. Chamberlain lost that court battle but they’ve always been very adversarial to any competition to their total dominance.
I have an older LiftMaster that I can still use a Dry Contact switch with and this has been amazing for me. MyQ was always finicky and I ultimately just gave up on it when I move to HA. The beauty was being able to create a cover template for the garage using door contact sensors and the dry contact sensors combined. Allthis comes into Google Home (my front end of choice) pretty seamlessly.
I had MyQ and the integration was removed but the removal does not seem to have been successful. Every time I restart HA it warns me that MyQ is deprecated. There is no MyQ listed in my integrations but I keep getting the warnings. Are there any manual steps I can take to get rid of the last remnants of MyQ?
I ran into the same issue recently. The integration was removed but the devices and entities weren’t. To fix this I noted all the MyQ devices and entities, then shut down HA. I then edited the core.device_registry and core.entity_registry files under the .storage folder, removing the leftover MyQ devices and entities from each respective file. After starting HA back up everything was back to normal.
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This is a reminder for those who have moved away from the MyQ integrations, please block internet access to your MyQ devices so we are not giving MyQ free data about our openers. Small thing to do but since they shutdown access to their servers they damn as hell won’t be getting access to my openers.
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Agreed. But don’t just block at your router.
Fully disconnect them from your WiFi so they never accidentally update or phone home.
Delete from MyQ app.
Delete your MyQ account completely.
Just took the day to install my ratgdo device(s) and delete the MyQ stuff.
Alternative rat-ratgdo
video for rat-ratgdo
There are other options. But why?
The paranoia is strong here…
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About what?
About @NathanR and his approach to stupidifying his opener, not just trusting that blocking the ability for the opener to communicate with the Internet would be enough.
Honestly, the only reason to block the opener’s access is so that Chamberlain doesn’t get the data to mine. I prefer to have the option of quickly getting it back into my MyQ account, in the event some important update comes along.
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I am wondering if Chamberlain could send an update that would make the Ratgdo not work.
I customized, ordered, and built several rat-ratgdo boards and then sold my 8 year old Liftmaster gateway on eBay. I ended up still making a net profit from getting off MyQ. Good riddance.