However recently maybe associated with the last hub update i m not sure i have noticed that the routines that i have to ensure my garage doors are closed at night no longer actually close my garage doors.
Smartthings garage door routines.
These routines do other things like turn off lights lock doors.
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.
For this what you ll need is a garage door sensor for smartthings and smartthings hub.
My entire home is pretty much fully integrated.
The best idea i ve had which i haven t tried yet is to great a virtual switch in st have alexa turn the switch off and on and then create an st routine that controls the door based on the virtual switch.
Ifttt and smartthings to open or close the door.
Not worried too much when is being opened but when it.
I hvae 3 linear gd00z 4 z wave garage door devices hooked up to my garage doors.
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.
When the routine is told to run it will operate the devices you tell it to.
Automate other connected devices with smartthings and set them to turn on or off when your gocontrol garage door opener detects that your garage door has been opened or shut.
I created a routine in which when i leave the house itsecures and when returning it unsecures.
A garage door is a big heavy mechanical device and before ul standards were released and became widely adopted accidents were common.
Easy enough to do in the smart things app on my phone however when i.
I have been using my 2 garadget garagedoor opener devices integrated with my smartthings 2 0 hub for a while now.
Manage your gocontrol garage door opener and other connected devices with smartthings routines for good morning goodbye good night and more.
Well and a garage too of course.
They all work great and i have no issues with them detecting the status and opening closing the garage doors until i put them in a routine i tried to create a routine where at a certain time if any of them are open it would close them.
I purchased a myq garage door opener and integrated with st.
Under the doors locks section select new door.
Turn on or off lights and switches lock or unlock doors and open or close garage doors.
Then you have the option to pick either garage door or conventional door.
You can also use routines to change the status of smart home monitor armed home armed away disarmed and smartthings mode home away night.
Now that i have an echo in the garage it would be really handy to be able to tell it to open or close the door.
The problem i m having is when the front door is being manually locked or opened the garage doors opens.
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