Garage Door Detectors
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Hello everyone.
I installed sensors on my garage doors.
I would like to display on the mirror information like “Door 1 open (or closed)” and “Door 2 open (or closed)”
Could someone help me make a module like this?
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You need more than just a module. The module needs a way of knowing if the door is open or closed. You need a door opener or sensor that can connect over home WiFi or other network to communicate with your mirror. You’ll need a module + hardware solution.
Those types of sensors do not talk to anything other then the opener itself… and they are generally hardwired.
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I already installed physical sensor like the picture in the first post.
I can connect it to the GPIO.The whole hardware part is already done. It is currently running on an arduino but I would like to move it on the magic mirror (and therefore have a module that reads if the contact is open or closed on a pin of the GPIO).
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@istepgueu you may find this project relevant and interesting https://github.com/davidgeller/hodor
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@istepgueu said in Garage Door Detectors:
I already installed physical sensor like the picture in the first post.
I can connect it to the GPIO.The whole hardware part is already done. It is currently running on an arduino but I would like to move it on the magic mirror (and therefore have a module that reads if the contact is open or closed on a pin of the GPIO).
Then that sir is a doable thing!!!
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@istepgueu Please share your findings and code if possible. I’m looking into modding my garage door and using project that I mentioned above. Would be interested in getting info on sensors hookup and anything that you find while building it.
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Yes please share! :) Funny things about modules… they can be modified to work with other things!
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I have a Chamberlain myq which will send a signal over wifi determining if my garage is open or closed to what i’m guessing is their server. Similar to Nest for the temperature. I wonder if there’s an API I can use to display the status.
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@ooom416354 this may get you started http://docs.unofficialliftmastermyq.apiary.io
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@morozgrafix wow. this is a great find, thanks!
