Garage Door Detectors

[cowboysdude]

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.

[istepgueu]

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).

[morozgrafix]

@istepgueu you may find this project relevant and interesting https://github.com/davidgeller/hodor

[cowboysdude]

@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!!!

[morozgrafix]

@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.

[cowboysdude]

Yes please share! :) Funny things about modules… they can be modified to work with other things!

[ooom416354]

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.

[morozgrafix]

@ooom416354 this may get you started http://docs.unofficialliftmastermyq.apiary.io

[ooom416354]

@morozgrafix wow. this is a great find, thanks!

[istepgueu]

Hello.

Here is my current “installation”.

My 2 door sensors send 1 or 0 if there is contact.

Depending on the result, LEDs 1 and 2 light up red or green.

What I would like is to replace the leds with a logo on the mirror.
(I have a door on the street side and a door on the garden side which explains the logos)

Here is the code of my Arduino project.

#include   

const int  C_buttonPin = 12; // Door 1 
const int  H_buttonPin = 13; // Door 2

const int ledsPin = 2;
const int nombreLeds = 2;
const int intervalleTemps = 200;
Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels = Adafruit_NeoPixel(nombreLeds, ledsPin);

int C_buttonState = 0;         // Etat actuel Door 1
int H_buttonState = 0;         // Etat actuel Door 2

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
  // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // make the pushbutton's pin an input:
  pinMode(12, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(13, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pixels.begin();
  pixels.show();
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {

 int sensorValC = digitalRead(12); Serial.println(sensorValC);
 int sensorValH = digitalRead(13); Serial.println(sensorValH);

  
if (sensorValC == 1) 
{
pixels.setPixelColor(0, 255,0,0);  
}
else
{
pixels.setPixelColor(0, 124,252,0);
}

if (sensorValH == 1) 
{
pixels.setPixelColor(1, 255,0,0); 
}
else
{
pixels.setPixelColor(1, 124,252,0); 
}



pixels.show();
delay(intervalleTemps);

}

Ho and sorry for my bad english (i’m from Belgium)