This is a short video demonstration.
Raspberry pi 3 garage door opener alexa.
Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door.
Open and close the garage door with alexa have alexa tell you if the garage door is open.
This tutorial assumes you have the gpio binding installed and have already gotten that working for other items.
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.
Many thanks to all the people who actually code and took the time to share.
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I knew a majority of the time members of my household would be using this via alexa.
Voice controlled garage door opener with alexa.
Things used in this project.
I have a relay connected to that pin.
If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a.
Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones.
Raspberry pi garage door opener.
The relay is connected just like you d connect a physical button for opening closing a garage door.
I tried to link.
This instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone.
Beginner full instructions provided 1 hour 9 740.
While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution.
Raspberry pi 3 garage door opener.
This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure.
With it being my first project i really struggled to find and understand a comprehensive solution and wanted to share what i finalized on.
The garage door example is meant to run on a raspberry pi.
My config settings.
I used it to run a command that turns a gpio pin on for half a second.
For my first project i wanted to use a rpi to open and close my garage door.