Raspberry pi 3 garage door opener step 1.
Openhab raspberry pi garage door.
I tapped into the buttons on the wall and ran a pair of wires to the relayboard and connected them to common and normally open.
It is favored amongst existing users and a recommended choice for newcomers.
It will control up to 4 garage doors.
Hi all i just finished packaging up a simple solution for controlling your garage doors using a raspberry pi.
It comes with all the code parts list wiring diagram and instructions.
Works with any model i have it running on an original rpi 1.
All raspberry pi projects require some type of setup.
The next step is to setup your wifi from the command line.
Install wiring pi.
All activity is monitored and logged using the raspberry pi.
This tutorial assumes you have the gpio binding installed and have already gotten that working for other items.
Will work with any mqtt setup including openhab.
Install and optimize rasbian for our purposes.
I am using a raspberry pi3b gpio pins to control a relay board which simulates someone pressing the garage door opener on the wall.
Setup raspberry pi without monitor or keyboard.
172 00 step 2.
Raspberry pi relay garage door remote controller and z wave door sensor and some python code.
With a magnet attached to the garage door the pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status.
Because of its low price its small form factor and the low energy consumption the raspberry pi is a quite popular platform for openhab.
This will allow us.
If you want to learn more about the possibilities of the raspberry pi and linux in general many tutorials can be found on the internet.
Raspberry pi garage door opener step 1.
Buy or gather parts and tools prices in usd.
Bought at fry s for 4 95.
This first step is to install an operating system to your rpi.
My config settings.
Just download the python script and follow the instructions.
No need to wire anything in the garage.
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.
Relay attached to pi connected to garage wireless remote.
Door sensor installed on garage door reports open close status.
