Keep in mind none of the z-wave controllers (to the best of my knowledge) will work correctly with the latest Chamberlain/Lift-Mastere Secure 2.0 garage door openers.
Another interesting newcomer is https://gotailwind.com/
It seems to offer some pretty cool automation, easy installation, and compatibliity with the latest openers. It also features IFTTT integration which should allow HE integration.
Using Garadget with my ST currently and read a bit that someone got it working here. From a usability standpoint I love the Garadget device and how it works.
https://community.garadget.com/t/hubitat-support/3953
It is cloud, but they recently updated it to do local LAN via a local MQTT server.
@NoWon Do you have any issues with your Mimolite not reporting back to Hubitat when the garage door opens and closes? I am using the same device driver for my setup and when I open the garage door, the device status in HE never refreshes on its own unlike other zwave devices. The same goes when I close the door. I am even using Hubi-poll to refresh the device every 45 seconds and it still wont report back the proper status until I go into the device and click the refresh button.
Linear GD00Z-4 for sure.
Side note, I broke a tilt sensor too.. Contacted them and they sent me a new unit (sensor and main unit) no questions asked for free.
@sdonaghe the actual open/closed state always report correctly but I do get opening/closing transition sometimes but the state never changes from the correct open/closed. I assumed the magnetic might be to far apart.
But I have not looked into what was causing transition mode
If I selected poll instead of refresh it cleared the transition mode
I have had absolutely zero issues with the Go-Control Linear device. Works flawlessly every time.
GoControl/Linear GD00Z-4 Z-Wave Garage Door Opener Remote Controller, Small, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M75TEIU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LDa4CbF0ESTJS
Same here. I know there were some issues on units a couple of years ago where failure of the warning led caused the units to no longer open/close. I haven't been affected by that and my unit has been rock solid. I'd definitely buy again if I needed another.
Hi there
Did you get to try this, did it work?
Did anyone tried Aeotec Z-Wave Plus garage door controller, is there any issues using it with Hubitat?
Hi @sruty9
I did try it. I bought the peanut plug and it connected to hubitat while in my kitchen for testing. It took some time to do the rest. When i did the rest of the setup and moved peanut plug to the garage since i think was 40 feet away from the hubitat hub something happened and peanut plug got disconnected from the hub. In general peanut plugs were designed to work with Almond router. But they can connect directly too to hubitat. While i think the setup would still work the temporary setback in my setup is not fixed up yet since i need to find the time to troibleshoot it.
For anyone trying this my only suggestion is to get better smart outlet plug than peanut plug which is better supported in hubitat.
During my first attempt to set this up it did actually work as i controlled the garage door by setting the state of the device to on or off. But then i think the distance to the hub messed it up
I know this post is a bit old, but I've set this up and have had zero issues. My only real issue is setting this up on the Dashboard. I'd like to have one button that actuates and utilizes the state of the garage door.
Setup:
Does anyone have a solution for the Dashboard? I'd like to use the "Garage Door (control)" template on the Dashboard, but I'd like to use the sensors to update the state of the template/button (green when closed, red when opened).
Hubitat Devices:
So far, I have the following rules:
Unfortunately, I have two buttons on my dashboard. I have one that shows the state (open/closed using the Garage Door template), and the other is the Virtual Garage Door to actuate the Garage Door Control Outlet using the switch template.
Any ideas on how I could combine these two?
There's a Garage Door Hybrid driver that you can perhaps use via RM to combine the disparate devices into one virtual device.
Thank you! I'll give this a shot. Appreciate it!
I am considering changing my traditional panel rollup door to a door that rolls up like a window roller shade. https://www.smartgarage.ca/
It seems that the garadget's laser method would work fine with this type of door too. It gets around the problem that tilt sensors can't be used on a door that rolls up on itself. Am I right about that?
Anybody aware of a z wave laser sensor? I'm thinking I could possibly make my own with a 1-sided beam break sensor and a z wave dry contact module. (I say "possibly" not from experience, just having read a few posts.). Am I on the right track? Any advice?
I rolled my own for less than the price of a beer.
a) Sonoff relay, etch-cut and soldered to make it a dry-contact relay, loaded with Tasmota.
b) A magnetic-reed door/window sensor mounted on the door, with the magnet attached to an old hinge mounted directly above the sensor. When the door is open, the hinge hangs "open" (straight down), and the magnet is out of range for the sensor, which detects "open". When closed, the hinge is "closed" and the magnet is near the sensor, which reads "closed".
The SonOff must be toggled momentarily for a half-second or so, as it is wired in parallel with the garage wall pushbutton. The SonOff is mounted next to the garage pushbutton, so only a few inches of wire was needed.
The "programming" required was minimal. Event Engine or Rule Machine is all one needs.
This approach works with any garage door opener, of course.
Excellent, thanks. This has given me some ideas. Any chance you could post a pic of how you mounted the hinge and sensor?
@ ezeedub
Here are photos:
Pretty basic.
@ mircolino You do not need custom code, all you need to do is to move the wire on the screw terminal between "NC" and "NO", and you will reverse the logic in hardware - "NC" = Normally Closed "NO" = Normally Open. Leave "COM" be, that's the "common", called "ground" where most folks come from.
Yes it should be fine with that. As long as you can stick a sticker to it. You just need reflective tape on there.
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