WiFi Remote Garage Door Devices

[Fu Manchu]

2 birds with 1 stone.
Security cameras around the house/shed with a few in or facing the garage/shed.
thats for the visual information of it all.

Have little old Nonna from across the road on speed dial to scare away intruders.

there are ways to automate things in houses and what not, maybe look into the home automation stuff as often itll be a bigger brand that is likely to be around for a very long time.
Like Clipsal for example.

Yeah I did that but most of those don’t have garage door adaptors or if they do, they don’t have great reviews.

The Remootio does work with Apple Home kit.

Remootio has already been on the market for a long time.

 

[Skylarking]

Remootio sounds interesting but what more does it provide as compared to a Shelly smart relay @ $16. Just curious

Pity more stuff isn't POE as I prefer Ethernet cables over wifi where Ethernet can also power the connected IOT device… But if they exist, they cost silly money

Ring doorbell are just one example where ring 2 is $150 while Elite POE version is $500 yet a RPi POE hat is less than $50

 

[Fu Manchu]

This is why I sarted the thred. To see what else is out there.

How ever the Shelly system requires the user to reflash open source software with no assuring of future updates in order to work with Apple.

So there is a high level of fkery that will happen. It’s a much more involved process to install and may require a gateway hub as well.

It’s not an out of the box solution. So while it’s cheap, the other costs lay in robbing weeks of my time trying to reflash software to it (something I would say I am not confident doing anymore) and getting it to try and connect effortlessly to a gateway hub of some sort. Cost would easily blow out past that of other out of the box solutions. My time is precious.

I can’t find the App Store app either.

 

[hademall]

I roll my own with a $3 key from Bunnings.

I roll my own using chop chop

 

[Smitty]

This $85 gadget is available in NZ. Haven't dug deep but looks like you tune it to door frequency and it integrates with Smart Life app, Alexa, Google Home.

Smart Ape Wifi Wireless Home Garage Door Opener

Buy Smart Ape Wifi Wireless Home Garage Door Opener at Mighty Ape NZ. Enjoy complete control and secure access to your garage with the Smart Ape Garage Door Opener. Integrated into the Smart Life™ app, you can program, s...

www.mightyape.co.nz

also available in Oz...

Smart Ape Garage Control at Mighty Ape Australia

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[Fu Manchu]

The Shelley platform looks pretty good. Far more complex than I would be comfortable with but good.

I have found a few apps on Apple App Store, so supported in that way. I must have written it wrong or something before because I couldn't find anything.

https://www.ozsmartthings.com.au/products/wifi-garage-door-opener

 

[Skylarking]

Yeah, I can understand time faffing about plays a part but having an active open source community interested in a product helps to keep it alive with less worry of it going dark…

Insteon smart homes resurrected as abruptly as they were bricked

Insteon is back, but it still has a communication problem.

arstechnica.com

It will be interesting to see how things progress and what other members have done in this space…