Rpi3 Garage Door App

This instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone.

Rpi3 garage door app.

Raspberry pi garage door opener. Nextdoor is the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information goods and services. Garagesmart door opener app is a universal tool that can control up to 3 garage doors. Mkdir garage door cd garage door nano app py.

Integrated video camera features 1080p hd video with 2 way audio communication and optional cloud storage. Know see and hear what s going on in your garage with live streaming video only from myq. This tutorial assumes you have the gpio binding installed and have already gotten that working for other items. Steve placed one sensor near the ceiling and the other is on the ground.

This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure. Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door. While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution. The app can be connected to the ip address of a raspberry pi.

It works with all garage doors in pair with a garagesmart device purchased separately. My config settings. Requires chamberlain garage door opener models b4545 or b6765 or liftmaster garage door opener model 85503 or liftmaster camera myq sgc1wlm. Can control 3 garage doors from one device.

Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones. All other required folders should be in this folder only. A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone. Please read the blog for instructions on how to set it up.

Run below commands to make folder and the create python file named app py inside this folder. Complete python script for door opener is given at the end here we have explained few parts of it. I am using a raspberry pi3b gpio pins to control a relay board which simulates someone pressing the garage door opener on the wall. First make a folder.

After only writing software for many years in web development creating something that interacts with the real world was a special kind of excitement for me when i saw it. With a magnet attached to the garage door the pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status. This app is the result of the tutorial i published on my blog and at codeproject. I tapped into the buttons on the wall and ran a pair of wires to the relayboard and connected them to common and normally open.

If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a.