In addition to this i was using a nodemcu esp8266 to act separately as the garage door sensor.
Sonoff garage door opener.
So in essence i had.
I use two reed relays connected to gpio14 to determine door position closed.
Here sonoff 4chpror2 wifi smart switch is a worthy investment.
It s easy and it ll cost you a little money.
The door is controlled by connecting a relay in parallel with the wall button and pulsing it on for 7 seconds.
For example instead of getting off your car to open the garage door imagine if you can remotely open your garage door in the car by your smart phone and then directly drive your car into the garage.
I have setup two sonoff basics running tasmota to monitor status and control garage doors.
Unfortunately that isn t true.
If it was as easy as a sonoff basic we probably wouldn t be writing this article on how to get it to work with tasmota.
It is cool but expensive.
A sonoff sv can be used to control the door but an esp board with two relays is necessary to control the door and the light.
No idea how to retrofit.
I only need one relay to pull this off.
Sonoff sv for garage door opener.
Diy a smart remote door lock is a very interesting project.
Moes garage door opener on amazon.
It is an absolutely affordable wifi garage door opener that can be triggered to open or close the garage door through your smartphone instead of leaving your car.
Sonoff garage door opener.
I was using a sonoff 4 channel pro relay in my smart garage door project however it was big time overkill.
I have been playing around with the nodemcu devices for some time now but found these sonoff devices about 6 months ago and have made a number of projects with them now.
At first glance you might be thinking that someone simply took a sonoff basic added a couple wires and repackaged it.
It would require four relays to run the light switch and lock.
The sonoff s are configured to switchmode 2 pulsetime 10 and switc.