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.
Raspberry pi garage door opener reset relay low.
While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution.
Then wire pin 6 gnd to the gnd on the relay.
Raspberry pi relay garage door remote controller and z wave door sensor and some python code.
Run sudo shutdown and then unplug the pi.
Where i started a simple button to command the relay.
The challenge i see here is getting some sort of feedback from your high voltage side to your low voltage side back into your raspberry pi openhab in the absence of power on your high side.
No open close buttons no feedback.
For example i have a relay that controls my garage door openers.
Here is my garage door hardware.
Door sensor installed on garage door reports open close status.
For this step we ll be hooking up your raspberry pi s gpio pin 23 physical pin 16 to a relay.
It was anyway very helpful to understand the concept around dedicated rpi to control a motor from a relay.
Relay attached to pi connected to garage wireless remote.
Plug back in the pi and let it boot.
But since the first raspberry pi launched in 2012 i started tinkering to make an automatic garage door opener using my pi board and smartphone together.
First of all let s see which things you should need to create an automatic garage door opener using 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 instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone.
If you need more details follow the guide we ve written on how to use a relay with the raspberry pi.
I like the sainsmart 4 channel relay module off amazon for about 9.
If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a.
Consult your garage manual how to do this.
The switch contacts are usually labeled white and black and will be the same ones your wall switch es are attached to.
Low conection to garage door openers.
This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure.
Now either break apart a spare garage door remote or just wire the relay directly to your garage door.
Raspberry pi garage door opener.
Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door.
Then wire the relay to the garage door opener.
Raspberry pi 3 garage door opener.
Raspberry pi garage door opener by quartarian.
Connect 2 wires from each garage door opener switch contacts to the relay.
The cabling i use now is still the same for the command part.
Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones.
No need to wire anything in the garage.
Today i will discuss the same with you.