Smartthings Relay Garage Door

The relay goes on and has a built in timer that once makes contact turns off after 1 second.

Smartthings relay garage door. Connect the power cable to the outlet and pair the linear fs20z 1 z wave relay. Pair with the st hub and test to see if it activates the garage door. The smart plug feeds the relay and the relay goes to the two switch terminals on the garage door opener. 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.

On the sensor side you ll need a device that boasts a tilt or angle sensor and orientation sensor. Connect the ge z wave light appliance module between the garage power cable and the line. Best smartthings garage door sensor options. Therefore the sensor tells if a door is open or closed.

Now the smart plug when activated stays on only 1 second enough to activate the relay. The motivation for this project was the lack of garage door support by google s assistant. I also have a camera in the garage for extra verification if i think the tilt sensor is lying to me or something. It is not code in most places.

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. I do use a tilt sensor to see if the door is open or close then activate the relay to move the door. Current code requires that an audio and visual warning fire for 5 seconds before the door moves.