[RELEASE] Zooz Garage Door Opener

I can also say this app, zooz relay and SmartThings multi sensor in tilt mode has worked flawlessly since I installed. I have my garage lights flash as a warning when the relay is activated. I tried MyQ and Nexx as plug and play solutions and constantly had weird sensor issues and would ge wifi drop outs every few months that caused a frustrating repairing process. This system just works! Also since it's a virtual switch in hubitat it's really easy to incorporate in rules.

@basic261. sorry was busy for last few days ...

I got the module from https://www.creativeaccesssolutions.com/ but if you have a certain garage door opener .. there is a cheaper push button module that was posted by someone else .. Let me see if I can find that link

@basic261. Here the other one from an another thread

Just be sure to check your programming button to get the right module for it.

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@techbill

I went with the Garadget button. Got it in yesterday and works perfect. My Chamberlain (MyQ) is now automated through Hubitat.

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Awesome. Glad you got it sorted

The morning, while trying to track down slowness in my system, I got the idea of turning off breakers here and there to see if it had any effect. One of these breakers was the garage sub panel which powers the Zooz relay.

So, as my wife is leaving the house, she tells me "all the garage doors are open". Well that sucks. I cycled the breaker again, and yes, that was the cause.

I went into the Zooz relay device and changed On/Off Status Recovery After Power Failure from Default (previous status), to All Relays Off. That fixed it.

I should've taken my own previous observation seriously.

Anyway, maybe someone else would like to duplicate these findings, and maybe @agnes.zooz or @krlaframboise would be interested.

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Do you happen to have the log for the relays showing their status just before you turned the power off to the circuit?

I couldn't really tell for sure, so I thought I'd replicate it. Naturally, I couldn't, lol. They wouldn't open like they did before when I cycled the garage breaker. I don't know why, but I'm setting mine to "off" anyway.

Here's a copy of all the logs from this morning:

dev:842020-12-03 12:23:17.925 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:23:02.230 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:22:47.986 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:22:47.985 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:22:47.984 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 12:21:44.006 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:21:19.518 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:21:19.517 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:21:19.516 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 12:20:37.921 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:19:20.200 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:39.225 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:39.222 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:39.221 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:26.897 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:26.896 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:26.895 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 12:18:14.461 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:17:47.257 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:17:47.256 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:17:47.255 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 12:16:35.569 pm infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 12:16:02.514 pm warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 12:16:02.512 pm warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 12:16:02.508 pm infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 11:56:47.372 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 11:56:45.174 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:39:03.180 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:38:39.766 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:37:41.553 am warndescription logging is: true

dev:842020-12-03 08:37:41.550 am warndebug logging is: false

dev:842020-12-03 08:37:41.541 am infoupdated...

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:53.537 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:51.329 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:49.621 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:47.412 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:43.698 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:41.487 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:27.879 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:27.856 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:34:25.538 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:32:02.595 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:32:02.291 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:32:02.214 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:32:00.004 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:31:59.921 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:31:22.914 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:31:22.748 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:31:20.484 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:21:58.597 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is off

dev:842020-12-03 08:21:58.401 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

dev:842020-12-03 08:21:56.074 am infoGarage Door Relays: switch is on

And what time did you turn the breaker off?

Looking at just one door's logs, below.
I think the garage subpanel got breaker was opened at 08:21:56.199 am.
Then, my wife told me about it, and I closed the doors at 08:29:29.985 am.
I think I tripped the breaker again, to test, at 08:31:20.556 am.
The rest is testing.
The recreation of this after the fact is, of course, suspect, and I couldn't recreate it.

I'm still having the relay's set to off after a power outage. :slight_smile:

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The log only starts at 8:21 so it would be great to see the switch state prior to the power outage to see if the relay was on for some reason just before the outage (the relays are in the off position at all time in the garage door application with the exception of the few seconds the turn on to activate the garage door motor to start opening or closing the doors).

Who knows the exact scenario.
I think off is best...for me.

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That's definitely the safest setting for garage door opener functionality! :slight_smile:

@krlaframboise Thanks for the work on this. I have not gotten the relay installed yet but with the sensor in place I got everything ready to go and seems to work great. Sending you a PM as well.

I set up your app tonight and was very pleased with the way it worked. I added a third garage door and could not get it to display so I'm assuming it is not in the app's capability. For the time being, I have my basement garage door set to just display the status of the door sensor. I may look at your code later and see if I can add a third garage door.

Thanks for the great app. i wish I was a good enough programmer to do something like that!

Tony

You should be able to add as many doors as you want...

What happens when you try to add the 3rd door?

Would this configuration work? It would allow me to use my wired contact sensor and also have the door movement warning. I am trying to avoid any devices that need batteries.

That's a question for @agnes.zooz

I have also been checking with Zooz. I thought you might know more on how the app would interact with the Zen16.

The SW connections are inputs, when those get closed, it will cause the corresponding R connection to react (close or otherwise depending on your parameter set). You could possibly put the contact sensor on one of the SW that is not being used as shown and monitor it that way but I don't think this app would support that as is. You would probably have to setup a virtual contact sensor and then make a RM rule to change that virtual sensor based on the status of the SW2. Then you could use the virtual sensor in the app as the contact sensor. ** As I was re-reading this, I realized you might not be able to see the status of the SW and only the corresponding R which would pose a possible conflict with what I said below **

The strobe I am assuming would need to be on an output (R) somehow not on a SW. If the buzzer and the strobe take the same voltages they could maybe be wired up together on the R3. Could probably also connect it to the R2 but you would need to setup the parameters so when SW2 closes it doesn't close R2 (I think that's available as a parameter). Again you would need some sort of rule to trigger the R2/3 to close when you wanted it to.

I am assuming the strobe and buzzer are NOT zwave or zigbee or otherwise able to connect to the hub on their own? If they are able to then just connect them to a power source and not the ZEN16, use rule machine to turn them on/off as needed.

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