Smartthings Simulated Garage Door

As far as i know this would only be useful for the linear gd00z device and variants including the iris opener this will allow you to select your garage door device as both the open close sensor and the garage door opener relay at that point from within the.

Smartthings simulated garage door.

It seems that samsung doesn t have many options for garage door openers. To connect the iris z wave garage. Create a virtual device see elsewhere for instructions for device type use the simulated garage door. Key features of this solution.

You can also automate your garage door to open and close based on a schedule your mobile presence or other smartthings connected devices whatever suits your needs. In addition the virtual device will sync when the garage door is opened manually n it also attempts to double check the door was actually closed in case the beam was crossed. After installing the relay switch in your garage and placing a smartsense multi on your garage door which senses if the door is open or close you ll be able to trigger your garage door to automatically open close when you arrive leave. Evolve relay switch how it works.

Control your gocontrol garage door opener and other connected devices with the smartthings app for iphone or android. The simulated device will then control the actual garage door. It looks like my current garage door opener is failing and as i replace it i would like to get something that works with smartthings. Create a virtual device see elsewhere.

Clare only works with integrators dealers. The simulated device will then control the actual garage door. A smartthings hub a smartsense multi sensor a compatible garage door opener recommended. I ve modified the st default z wave garage door opener to better work with the doors locks module.

This solution allows you to build your own custom bespoke garage door opener using a relay and a door open close sensor or a tilt sensor and optionally integrate other sensors controls in to your virtual garage door controller. Receive alerts from smartthings if your gocontrol garage door opener detects that your garage door has been left open for too long or opened unexpectedly. I have switched to a samsung hub for a clarecontrols hub so i can be in total control of my hub. There are other implementations with a similar purpose but they either rely on smartthings simulated garage door device which isn t optimal for this purpose or they support a bunch of complicated automations which can already be accomplished with other more generic smartapps once you have a coherent virtual garage door device available.

In looking at the works with smartthings page it seems that there isn t an opener that inherently connects to smartthings as there are only 2 add on devices that connect to it gocontrol and iris. Syncs a simulated garage door device with 2 actual devices either a tilt or contact sensor and a switch or relay. Configure and automatically install up to 5 virtual. So far no luck incorporating it with samsung smartthings.

In addition the virtual device will sync when the garage door is opened manually n it also attempts to double check the door was actually closed in case the beam was crossed.