I had the Linear (but it won't work at my new house with the smart buttons so I got rid of it). It worked fine. Maybe it is just me, but under no circumstances would I ever do ANYTHING app or cloud based. I absolutely do NOT trust any company to have control over my doors or locks. I disabled cloud access to the dashboards on my Hubitat (and should probably firewall them off from the internet completely, with occasional checks just for firmware updates). If I want to control things remotely, I can connect my phone to my home network via VPN to my router and access the dashboards that way, which works fine. So things like Tailwind, Garadget, myQ -- just not gonna happen at my house.
I think people are perhaps misunderstanding how the Tailwind setup works. It doesn't use the cloud. It uses a combination of your phone's navigational GPS (for better accuracy) and either your car's built-in Bluetooth or a separate device. So it will only activate your door(s) if you have both. It can also be set to only open certain doors for certain cars. My understanding is that if you are using voice assistants, it also requires a pin code. The also come right out and say you shouldn't rely on the auto close features, but rather use it as a backup in case you forget.
I don't see this as any less secure than using my door opener remotes. More secure really. Also potentially more secure than the other options. If someone steals you car (and you didn't leave your phone in it) they can't just drive up and ave the doors open. Same goes if someone steals your phone.
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Their website says "Open, close, check the door status, and receive alerts anywhere in the world using your smart device and the free Tailwind iOS or Android app" That sounds like cloud to me. If I can open and close the door remotely via their app, then they have a connection to my garage door. I'm just not comfortable with that.
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More good news about Tailwind then just the new lower price is I see they also released support for SmartThings today. So hopefully Hubitat support should be pretty easy to add now as well.
Over the past couple of years I have had two Go-Linear fail on me in the exact same way in that it stopped communicating with the hub. They both lasted approximately one year before the failure occurred.
I really like the functionality of the product and have no complaints except it wasn’t a robust and reliable product for me. When my garage door opener finally bit the dust last month I ended up going with one that had MyQ built-in with a motion sensor to turn on the light and auto-close the door.
I do not experience any significant delays on MyQ status as you described.
I just had my 1994-ish Chamberlain chaindrive rebuilt (bad capstan gear). I have the usual master control switch, a couple of remotes, and the usual doorbell-style pushbutton like @april.brandt posted upstream. I'm going to add @aaiyar's Peanut-based momentary contact in parallel with the pushbutton. The relay just arrived today.
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This works great. WAF is high as this allows door operation even if the remotes are blocked or forgotten. The only 'modification' was to connect another pair of wires to the existing pushbutton. About 90 minutes, start to finish.
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Revive an old discussion????
Everyone still liking the Linear / Go Control options? OR are we leaning more toward the the DIY style?
I was originally looking at a Chamberlain Smart Opener, but if there are better more reliable options I would like to go that way.... Thoughts????
My parents have a MYQ and it sometimes takes up to 30 minutes to notify him that the garage door is open. I went with @aaiyar momentary switch and relay solution. I have a 97 garage door opener with a chain drive. Chamberlain, and it is rock solid. It was super easy to automate, but I used an iris plug instead of a peanut. I like that the button is still usable as I haven't really set up any rules to automate it other than pushing the dashboard button or asking alexa to open it. I'm not in a huge hurry to get it automated as I want to make sure that my garage door isn't opening at 2am or something from a false read. This solution was much cheaper than purchasing a linear. The relay cost me 12$. I had the plug. In respect it was about 10$ and contact sensors are abundant at my house. So probably 30$ for all the parts if I had to purchase them for this project.
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This is the one that @aaiyar advised me to buy. It worked very well for my application and you can turn it off if you need to. I like it. It's "safe" for me because I know nothing about relays either.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017743I7S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Originally recommended by @jon1
@Dauntless4rcher - check this thread out for several examples of momentary switches being used to control a GDO:
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If you are going the relay route, take a look at the Zooz Zen16. Same concept, but more compact, built in zwave plus small clean form factor and a good price. I had the relay setup at first and switched over to this to clean it all up when it came out.
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And it can control up to 3 doors.
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IF.... IF i decide to go with the Chamberlain, its on sale for $35 right now....
Is there currently no support for it within the HE? would it be strictly attached to Google Assistant instead?
And, if I go this route, could I also wire the DIY Relay options and keep both methods active????
There is a community integration for the MyQ. It requires a sensor (contact or tilt) that is directly paired to Hubitat.
I was going to write a reply but about to get ninja'd....so figured I would get a word in before the next two reply.
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I would stay away from any device that required cloud access to function. $35 may appeal today, but in the longer term, you will be disappointed. If the DIY method doesn't appeal, save your pennies a little longer.
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Especially with the number of cloud services that have announced they are shutting down recently.
I'm starting to avoid anything cloud related in my purchases.
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100% that! For one .. look at what's happening with lightify. If you're not sure about the integration, I'm absolutely positive that someone will help walk you through it here. I was scared to hook up those wires not knowing what they were for, but it proved to be pretty easy with the relay and plug. Just pay attention and work slowly.
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