For example you can combine the alexa and webhooks ifttt services to open your garage door.
Raspberry pi garage door ifttt.
Controlling your garage door with ifttt or siri.
Overengineer your garage door with your raspberry pi.
Then enter that directory by using the following command again followed by enter.
Here are some more tips for securing your raspberry pi.
After only writing software for many years in web development creating something that interacts with the real world was a special kind of excitement for me when i saw it.
This is now my base.
Maybe i d have to recycle a usb hub or fetch another webcam.
I still have to put some effort into that.
For example you can combine the alexa and webhooks ifttt services to open your garage door when you say a trigger phrase to an amazon echo.
You can do this from the comfort of your couch or anywhere in the world with an appropriate vpn connection.
Use a raspberry pi to open or close your garage door and to sense whether it s currently open.
A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone.
This made me better aware about webcam streaming to monitor the door.
Raspberry pi control from mobile device or desktop web browser by frédérick blais.
If you do choose to make your pi accessible from the open internet you can control your garage door from services like if this then that ifttt.
If you do choose to make your pi accessible from the open internet you can control your garage door from services like if this then that ifttt.
First in a terminal window make a new directory by typing the command below followed by enter.
Controlling your garage door with ifttt or siri.