MyQ on sale on Amazon US

RichCNJ · October 31, 2019, 3:01pm

Just an FYI for anyone that wants to take a chance on having ongoing control of MyQ from HE, Amazon has the hub and door sensor on sale for $30.

jwetzel1492 · October 31, 2019, 4:55pm

To add a perspective, I have one garage door using a MyQ, and one garage door that I put a GoControl z-wave device on.

The z-wave one has been rock solid reliable.

The MyQ one has been nothing but trouble. Sometimes it has trouble talking to the garage door opener. Sometimes it drops off the network. Sometimes the MyQ cloud is slow. And its unreliability really seems to confuse HomeKit. HomeKit would lock up entirely if MyQ stopped responding. I ended up turning off the MyQ and I'm about to replace it with another z-wave device.

april.brandt · October 31, 2019, 11:18pm

My dad has a MyQ garage door opener and it notifies him about 30 minutes after the door opens or closes. Maybe others have better luck with it, but I'm steering clear. I think I'm going to do a diy button at some point. Don't get me wrong, it is appreciated when specials are posted. thanks!

aaiyar · October 31, 2019, 11:30pm

Definitely the way to go.

april.brandt · October 31, 2019, 11:34pm

Did you do this? if so, pm me

aaiyar · November 1, 2019, 2:09am

Will do

ogiewon · November 1, 2019, 3:34am

Yes, I did this as well. It was my motivation for getting into SmartThings back in 2004. It was also what led to the creation of ST_Anything/HubDuino. With HubDuino, you can create a Garage Door Control and Monitoring solution with an ESP8266, a Relay, a magnetic Contact Sensor, and a USB power supply. No batteries required. Here is a link to the example sketch that monitors and controls two doors.

github.com

DanielOgorchock/ST_Anything/blob/master/Arduino/Sketches/ST_Anything_GarageDoors_ESP8266WiFi/ST_Anything_GarageDoors_ESP8266WiFi.ino

//******************************************************************************************
//  File: ST_Anything_GarageDoors_ESP8266WiFi.ino
//  Authors: Dan G Ogorchock & Daniel J Ogorchock (Father and Son)
//
//  Summary:  This Arduino Sketch, along with the ST_Anything library and the revised SmartThings 
//            library, demonstrates the ability of one NodeMCU ESP8266 to 
//            implement a multi input/output custom device for integration into SmartThings.
//            The ST_Anything library takes care of all of the work to schedule device updates
//            as well as all communications with the NodeMCU ESP8266's WiFi.
//
//            ST_Anything_Multiples implements the following ST Capabilities as a demo of what is possible with a single NodeMCU ESP8266
//              - 2 x Door Control devices (used typically for Garage Doors - input pin (contact sensor) and output pin (relay switch)
//    
//  Change History:
//
//    Date        Who            What
//    ----        ---            ----
//    2019-01-24  Dan Ogorchock  Original Creation
//
//******************************************************************************************

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