Smart Hope Switch To Replace My Garage Door Opener Switch

Garage door opener with adapter.

Smart hope switch to replace my garage door opener switch.

This unit will not work with any security 2 0 openers or any other system requires you to press a learn button to pair your wired wall switch opener. And you might have to either replace or add hardware. Smart garage kits also usually include some type of sensor to attach. In looking at the works with smartthings page it seems that there isn t an opener that inherently connects to smartthings as there are only 2 add on devices that connect to it gocontrol and iris.

For a smart garage door opener to work well you need a stable wi fi signal in your garage. If you have a particularly old garage door opener it might be time to replace it. You can then purchase any smart button to replace your garage door button as you asked. Our liftmaster dip switch garage door opener remotes for openers made from 1988 to 1992 are older model remotes for openers with dip switches or yellow gray or white smart buttons.

In fact the switch will only work with newer garage door openers that come with myq built into the opener. In most cases you ll need to attach two small wires to the open and close command nodes on your existing garage door opener. Depending on the model most work by connecting two to four wires onto terminals mounting the device on the wall and then plugging the unit into an electrical outlet. These remotes are also compatible with chamberlain and sears craftsman openers made before 1995 with dip switches or yellow white or gray learn buttons.

It looks like my current garage door opener is failing and as i replace it i would like to get something that works with smartthings. Replace your garage opener. The description stated the switch would work with myq compatible garage door openers. A wall console unit for a garage door opener is not a complicated device so it s fairly simple to troubleshoot when something seems to go wrong.

I don t automate my garage but i like that i am alerted if i leave it open and i can open and close it from basically anywhere.