Raspberry pi zero w technically any raspberry pi with wireless capability will do fine but for this application a raspberry pi zero w works really well.
Garage door status 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 work for the first time.
Raspberry pi garage door opener lets you monitor and close your garage remotely.
A raspberry pi enabled with wi fi preferably or ethernet single strand wires magnets a usb power supply of at least 1a output capacity to drive the raspberry pi things to make the custom pcb listed in the bom check the bom txt file attached for the detailed bill of materials things i.
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The consumer application should automatically find the services running on the raspberry pi and start to read the current temperature.
Case for raspberry pi optional it s a good idea to have a case for the pi and other electronics to shield it from environmental abuse.
The pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status.
Opening garage doors with a raspberry pi december 22 2016.
I ve written a few ways to open close the garage door mostly involving making the open close status available via http and making a url available to make it open and close all in my internal network.
If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a text message sms to a cell phone.
About 5 years ago i wrote about a solution i had for controlling my garage doors from my phone.
The next step is to update the operating system and install the software required to run the pi garage alert software.
Demo and tutorial on how to control your garage door from your phone using an esp8266 module nodemcu and raspberry pi.
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Go ahead and run the application.
I m looking for a way to have smartthings control the garage door opener.
Currently i have the open closed status.
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Go ahead and play with the garage door sensors to verify that the ui is updating as the garage door changes state.
Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones.
At this point your raspberry pi has the raspbian operating system installed and it can connect to the internet.
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.
It was a fun project and generally has been working well.
Design hardware that can control and monitor the status of the door.
I have a garage door opener and sensor connected via gpio to a raspberry pi.
Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door.
