Ditching MyQ for OpenGarage - Open Source Garage Door Control

3 years ago by GiantPossum to c/selfhosted

This posts details how I ditched Liftmaster MyQ and switched to a much better, completely selfhosted and local way of controlling my garage door with OpenGarage, and the problems I ran into with both solutions, and how I overcame them. MyQ In my garage I have a Chamberlain Liftmaster Garage

Hopefully this fits here? Its self hosted, but not quite what the usual self hosted post would be. I've not seen any real reviews of these, so I figured I'd post

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rezz 64 points 3 years ago

This is elite self-hosting, lol. I want more of this content.

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OverBiasedAndroid6L6 16 points 3 years ago

Agreed. I do not have MyQ by choice, and I'm actively looking for a new solution now that I can't connect via Home assistant, but honestly I don't love either solution shared in this article. Perhaps someone in the community will reverse engineer the MyQ controllers or MIM the API to enable local network control (see local tuya)

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jemikwa 10 points 3 years ago

Our solution that we set up years ago was to connect a Shelly to circuits on a normal, dumb door opener. The Shelly triggers open/closed itself and since the signal comes from the opener, there's no crypto nonsense to figure out. It always works, no matter what MyQ/Chamberlain/LiftMaster do. Bonus, it also works if you have a very old opener.
We also supplemented this with a tilt sensor so we know the state of the garage door. The door can still be cracked and not registered as opened, but that's a compromise we're okay with since we never leave it intentionally cracked.

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CmdrShepard 7 points 3 years ago

The ratgdo seems to do everything MyQ did but locally. What's the issue?

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GiantPossum 4 points 3 years ago

That would be neat, but I really doubt it will ever happen

What don't you like about ratgdo? It seems pretty good on paper, I've not yet got one in my hands. Hopefully soon

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KairuByte 1 point 3 years ago

Look into ratgdo. No need to replace the whole unit, and a much cheaper solution overall.

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otter 4 points 3 years ago

Right? I got half way through it before realizing I don't actually have a use for it right now. I love the detail and organization

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