This tutorial uses a particle photon to control a relay for the garage door.
Particle photon garage door opener.
I ve started a garage door project using a photon a relay shield an internet button and an iphone or several.
The opener does nothing but i get a notification on my craftsman app the garage opened closed.
I just found out that the garage door project is interfering with the car garage door buttons.
I had some problems when i moved in when my wife put a cfl in and her opener worked and mine did not i have an older car.
Smartthings garage door opener using a particle photon 2016 01 16 in home automation using tags smartthings photon i ve been integrating multiple parts of my home lately with smartthings and wanted to get my garage door opener attached as well.
I m new to this and a fair novice.
Mount your project box on the door opener using velcro tape then plug your photon into wall wart power.
Now whenever you roll up to your garage door just hit your garage button in the blynk app and you re in.
In this project we use blynk a mobile app that allows you to control internet connected microcontrollers like the particle core to build a smartphone contro.
Anyone out there tried to connect a photon with a craftsman product.
The photon itself will run you about 20 and the rest of the parts for a single door will probably set you back another 10.
This will allow you to know what state the garage door is in closed door opening open door closing instead of just closed or open.
I have a connected photon breathing fine.
Technically the project is pretty simple the most risky part for unexperienced people would be connecting the relays connection to the garage door button is straightforward since it s low voltage but connecting the garage light requires a bit more caution obviously.
I connected the photon to the opener using the common and no and used the momentary trigger.
In addition i am creating some particle variables and functions so i can a monitor the status location of the door and b send the photon button press commands from the particle console cli command line.
