[Broken] MyQ Lite Application

steve.maddigan · September 11, 2021, 12:23am

There are already a few threads about local alternatives

Here is one

vmsman · September 12, 2021, 9:19pm

I was successful in providing local control to my garage doors in Hubitat. I took your lead and it worked out great. https://discussion.scottibyte.com/t/remove-the-cloud-from-myq-garage-door-openers/

steve.maddigan · September 12, 2021, 10:45pm

Glad you got it up and running but you didn’t follow my lead. Lol. I’m still working on mine.

I realized that my chamberlain had a separate up and down buttons !!

Well then I just had to check that out.

vmsman · September 12, 2021, 11:02pm

I just have to say that local control rocks. Yet one more cloud service I have dodged.

Abhijeet_Ghosh · September 13, 2021, 11:30am

We got myq for $10 but received a $30 credit for using Amazon key, so we got myq for cheaper than free. I’d rather not spend any more money on a non-essential part of my smart home. My main worry about this integration breaking is Alexa control of the garage door, not Hubitat control. My current setup:

Hubitat Myq lite with a no-tilt device (even though my device has a tilt sensor, it doesn’t work when I put a tilt device). I get separate open and close buttons.

Then, I can ask alexa to open or close the Hubitat garage door, but I cannot ask it if it open.

Is there any way to restore this link (preferably I’d be able to get the state of the device)? I’ve heard of simple commands but it seems complicated.

rlithgow1 · September 13, 2021, 11:33am

The myq tilt sensor doesn't properly work with anything else but myq. I would recommend an ecolink garage tilt sensor. That will give you proper readings.

aaiyar · September 13, 2021, 12:16pm

You can use the approach described by @thebearmay:

Integrate MyQ with Homebridge, and Homebridge with NR
Integrate Hubitat with NR
Use the Homebridge garage device to update the state of a Hubitat virtual garage door

eaton.blumenstein · September 13, 2021, 4:08pm

There really are easier ways to get the garage to go up and down with one button.. like using a remote and a dry switch..

Abhijeet_Ghosh · September 13, 2021, 8:37pm

Thanks, ill try this. I already have it set up in home bridge, so this will be my first dive into node-red.

JustinL · September 14, 2021, 1:32pm

Has the MyQ changes impacted the ability to uninstall MyQ Lite? I get this:

There was a problem removing your device(s). Check the IDE logs for details.

But the log doesn't have details...

Should I just click the looming red Remove button? Or is that as bad as the color makes it seem? I want to keep the door sensors since I'm using them in the local work-around.

ritchierich · September 14, 2021, 2:55pm

They aren't related. How did you install MyQ Lite? Manually or via HPM? If manually clicking the remove button will do it, cannot remember if the linked/child garage door is removed automatically when you uninstall the app. If not you might need to remove that too. Once done you can remove the app and driver code.

I would suggest downloading a backup before you remove these just in case it gets rid of something you need as you can always restore the backup.

The sensors are separate devices so those should remain around.

dman2306 · September 14, 2021, 4:02pm

Not accurate. No one said this. In fact they said they’re trying to add it.

No one is stopping anyone from doing this. I’m just saying I don’t want to do it.

eaton.blumenstein · September 14, 2021, 4:25pm

I don;t think they did, but at the same time, I do not see them going though any certification process for MyQ in anyway. I just don't see them being able to collaborate with Chamberland or whoever. .

dman2306 · September 14, 2021, 4:30pm

I’m not sure what you’re talking about. None of that is needed. A simple change to a Hubitat API method is all we need.

eaton.blumenstein · September 14, 2021, 4:35pm

right, and they could, but 1. doing it for 1 service, that only very few use, we'll see, also , I can see MyQ breaking it again by coming up with some new method.

I guess what I am saying and many others have, there are better ways to get this to work without playing cat and mouse .

dman2306 · September 14, 2021, 4:37pm

Ok. Not sure what to tell you. When they add this feature I intend to update the app. I do not, however, plan to port the ST version. Anyone else out there though is free to do so!

aaiyar · September 14, 2021, 4:40pm

This isn't true. The same Hubitat change (or a very similar change) has been requested by developers of other integrations (i.e. non MyQ integrations).

mitchswpt · September 15, 2021, 2:56am

Don’t feel too bad, just last week my wife wasn’t paying attention, she pulled into the drive with the door already open, and Elon was late detecting her arrival. She started backing up to fix her parking job just as Elon realized she was home and helpfully “opened” the door right into the trunk — and that’s not a HE hobby job, that’s a 745B company that says it’s gonna be self driving next week .

cj_rezz · September 15, 2021, 4:44am

Wow, for the price of a Tesla they should clearly come with a tilt sensor to put on your garage door to work more like HE apps do and detect whether the door is open or closed before it tries to open and close it!

jpe81 · September 16, 2021, 9:29pm

@Jasonrwise77 - Not sure if this is of interest to you...but I was copying your idea using HA and made a slight change...I added the following to configuration.yaml

# Virtual switch to expose garage door to HE
switch:
  - platform: template
switches:
  garage:
    friendly_name: Garage Door Switch
    value_template: "{{ is_state('cover.garage_door_opener','open') }}"
    turn_on:
      service: cover.open_cover
      target:
        entity_id: cover.garage_door_opener
    turn_off:
      service: cover.close_cover
      target:
        entity_id: cover.garage_door_opener

...and then presented the switch to HE from HA.