How to Convert Aladdin Garage Door to Local?

[JustinL]

I've converted a MyQ to local using the Garaget Security+ 2.0 Wireless 3-Door Dry Contact Adapter and a Zen 17 relay. Is there anything like that available for an Aladdin Genie garage door opener?

[lcw731]

it’s even easier than that. you can use a. Zen17 and a tilt sensor. Zooz has a garage door driver on their webpage. I eventually took mine out. For some reason it kept tripping the circuit breaker, and generally wasn’t too reliable for me. @hydro311 was pretty good about talking me through it.

Getting Ready to Try a Zooz Zen 17 with my garage door. Wiring and general assist requested

Dang, now I just feel like I'm talking to myself! Frankly, that is how I suspect it will be for us as well. I do have some conditions set up in the AladdinConnect app, but it's very structured and limited in what it will let you do, and I just don't like it. We rarely lose internet, so I'm not overly concerned about the app losing connection to the cloud, but in general, I'm starting to move towards more local control, or redundancy to local. At least if we do have an internet outage we will s…

[JustinL]

Ok cool thanks. How do I go about testing whether I need the Security 2.0 dry contact? And if I do need it, do you have a link to it?

[hydro311]

@JustinL

How do I go about testing whether I need the Security 2.0 dry contact?

Short the input/control terminals at the GDO (paperclip, needlenose pliers, whatever will do the job) - if the door opens, no security adapter needed.