Aeotec Garage Door Controller (Gen5) - Hubitat - Trying to Integrate to Google Home

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I'm trying to get my Garage Controller from Aeotec connected to Google Home.

Second attempt at setting it up to Google Home (excluded, then included back to Z-wave). It works with the hubitat - I can open and close via the dashboard and device settings via Hubitat.

However, I cannot get the device connected to the Google Home. It states that the device is a generic z-wave garage controller. I tried toggling the device under Google Home, but it won't stick. Is there a driver or something else that I can do?

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I think garage doors and locks are intentionally not used by Google if I remember right. I had to creat a virtual switch and use RM to control the door

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Thank you, I didn't know that Google had that policy. Appreciate the quick response!

Is the virtual switch through the dashboard (new Hubitat user)?

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Oh ok. Top of device page you can add a virtual device. Virtual switch is what I used. And yes they can be put on the dash board. And seen by Google. Do look into rule machine is a steep learning curve but it's the glue of everything in HE.

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They actually work great with HASSIO -> Google Voice -> Garage Doors and Locks.

I was under the impression it was a limitation on the Hubitat side.

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Not sure when they might have added this support, but it does look like Google Home supports this device type. Any chance that it could be included?

https://developers.google.com/assistant/smarthome/guides/garage#request

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This should be possible now using the community integration: [Alpha] Community-maintained Google Home integration

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Whoa! Thanks! I had no idea this existed.

Looks like I have something to do this evening!