When i am leaving the highway or after i have already driven out of reach of common rf solutions it is connected via mqtt.
Openhab garage door icon.
This binding integrates the samsung smartthings hub into openhab.
I am using a raspberry pi3b gpio pins to control a relay board which simulates someone pressing the garage door opener on the wall.
If you have multiple garage door openers and or lights the device index is based on the order the garage door opener light s were added to the myq app.
These are the classic icons from eclipse smarthome.
Distance reading from the opengarage controller default in cm status switch.
This is implemented as an openhab 2 binding.
The controlling is done in one topic.
See the instructions to learn more.
The visibility and custom icon is so the icon on the sitemap and the button are appropriate based on whether the garage door is open or closed.
Solution with proxy item.
Door status off closed on open.
My first appliance is a garage door that is not only monitored contact but can also be controlled.
This tutorial assumes you have the gpio binding installed and have already gotten that working for other items.
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You can also add your own.
I tapped into the buttons on the wall and ran a pair of wires to the relayboard and connected them to common and normally open.
Supported things this binding supports most of the smartthings devices that are defined in the smartthings capabilities list if you find a device that doesn t work follow these instructions to collect the required data so it can be added in a future.
There will be a button to open or close the door.
Starting openhab in debug mode will display your myq devices and the order they are listed in the api.
This will draw one item in the sitemap either with the open or the closed icon.
Door status off closed on open set invert true on channel to invert switch.
These icons can be used when describing items.
Please keep attention to the fact that the door will be shown as open when openhab starts up and the state of the door is uninitialized.
Distance reading from the opengarage controller default in cm status.
I regularly do that remotely e g.
My config settings.