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Use garage door opener to set switch?

Posted: Wednesday 29 December 2021 19:11
by JeroenG
To open the garage door we have a hand-transmitter with 4 buttons. According the print on the backside is operates on 868.3 mhz.

Button 1 is used for the garagedoor, the other buttons are not used, so I see some oppertunities. What do I need to get the signal into domotic if 1 of the buttons is pressed?

Probably some kind of receiver, but then the signal needs to be send into Domoticz to flip a switch (or start a script).

Any suggestions/tips and/or pitfalls?

Thanks,

Jeroen

Re: Use garage door opener to set switch?

Posted: Wednesday 29 December 2021 19:49
by EddyG
https://www.nodo-shop.nl/nl/42-rflink-868 but there is no guaranty that the signal will be decoded for Domoticz.
Search this forum for the type of the transmitter. May be somebody already found the solution.

Re: Use garage door opener to set switch?

Posted: Thursday 30 December 2021 10:43
by rgroothuis
I had something similar, also a garagedoor remote control which sends out a RF signal.
What I did to automate this, to control this from Domoticz is to use a Fibaro Smart Implant (https://www.fibaro.com/nl/products/smart-implant/). This small device has 2x potential-free outputs (for controlling external circuits), I soldered two wires over the buttons on the remote control and added the Fibaro to Domoticz and now I can control the garage door through Domoticz. Works perfectly and stable :-)

Re: Use garage door opener to set switch?

Posted: Saturday 01 January 2022 18:06
by JeroenG
Probably will look into the solutions EddyG mentionend.

@rgroothuis, my requirement is just the other way around, I want to use the garage opener to activate a switch in Domoticz, not control the garage from Domoticz.

Happy new year,

Jeroen

Re: Use garage door opener to set switch?

Posted: Saturday 10 December 2022 12:10
by galinette
I had the same need. I purchased an extension to my Hormann garage door opener which provides input/output dry contacts for getting the door state and triggering open/close. And I added the Fibaro Smart implant inside. This means I have an input to check the door state, and two inputs for opening and closing, in ZWave. Works like a charm.