Works like a charm.
Smartthings garage door left open.
I know you said you are afraid to have the control also but i love having it so i can close if left open without the return trip.
In the smartthings app.
A safer course is to also have a camera in the garage get a notification if the garage door is left open for more than 15 minutes and then to manually check the camera and if warranted to close the garage door.
You can also automate your garage door to open and close based on a schedule your mobile presence or other smartthings connected devices whatever suits your needs.
On popular request request here is a smartapp to have the garage door open and close automatically when people arrive or leave with an optional timer and actions.
Automate your gocontrol garage door opener with smartthings and set it to open when you arrive home close when you leave and much more.
Receive alerts from smartthings if your gocontrol garage door opener detects that your garage door has been left open for too long or opened unexpectedly.
If you have access to rboy apps you can also check out this app which provides notifications in addition to automating the garage doors.
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.
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.
You should see a lot of application possibilities including know if door is open or closed and alert me if left open or closed.
I have the gd00z garage door controller and i love being able to close it remotely if left open.
However if you re using the rboy apps lum app it has a built in door open monitoring function which you can use to monitor your garage door and have it notify you using a sms push or spoken announcement.
The iris z wave garage door controller gd 00z 1 along with smartthings allows you to remotely open close and monitor your garage door.
From the home screen touch the plus icon.
I have it set to notify me when opened and to notify again in 30 min if not closed.
I can but then i configured the thing as garage door no magnet from the start.
