Smartthings Relay Garage Door

Connect the ge z wave light appliance module between the garage power cable and the line.

Smartthings relay garage door.

Add a name to the new garage door to identify it in the smartapp as well as in your general smartthings app it will use this name to create a new virtual garage door device. Connect the power cable to the outlet and pair the linear fs20z 1 z wave relay. The motivation for this project was the lack of garage door support by google s assistant. Pair with the st hub and test to see if it activates the garage door.

The relay goes on and has a built in timer that once makes contact turns off after 1 second. Therefore the sensor tells if a door is open or closed. It is not code in most places. Best smartthings garage door sensor options.

On the sensor side you ll need a device that boasts a tilt or angle sensor and orientation sensor. Smartthings device handler and smartapp to convert a z wave relay into a garage door opener button. The smart plug feeds the relay and the relay goes to the two switch terminals on the garage door opener. After installing the relay switch in your garage and placing a smartsense multi on your garage door which senses if the door is open or close you ll be able to trigger your garage door to automatically open close when you arrive leave through two different ways.

Tap on select relay switch to choose the relay the child relay device so r1 r2 or r3 rather than the master zen16 multirelay connected to your garage door. Now the smart plug when activated stays on only 1 second enough to activate the relay. I do use a tilt sensor to see if the door is open or close then activate the relay to move the door.