Garage door opening instead of closing

[me23]

I have a simple scheduler event at 10:00

If garage door 1 is open

  Close garage door 1

If garage door 2 is open

   Close garage door 2

Twice now in the last few weeks, at 10:00 garage door 2 opens.  I found this out waking up in the morning to see the door has been open all night and video camera confirms at 10:00 it opened.

Any ideas?  Contact sensor going bad? Is there a log I can pull to see what the director is doing at that time?

Thanks

Mike

[South Africa C4 user]

I had the same issue a few years ago.  My guess would be a sensor going or a sensor loose / not making perfect contact when the door is closed.  The system thinks that the door is open.  Most garage doors don’t have unique open / close signals… thus your “close garage door” is simply acting as a toggle command.
 

[me23]

Ok, thanks.  Thats kinda what I figured.  I will just disable that programming for now.

[eggzlot]

did a sensor state get accidentally reversed?  

[LollerAgent]

18 minutes ago, eggzlot said:

did a sensor state get accidentally reversed?  

This is an option in the driver.  Perhaps try reversing it, @me23?

[South Africa C4 user]

1 hour ago, eggzlot said:

did a sensor state get accidentally reversed?  

 

1 hour ago, LollerAgent said:

This is an option in the driver.  Perhaps try reversing it, @me23?

If this was the problem, it would be a problem every night, not 2 nights in a few weeks.

[me23]

Correct.  Its happened only twice in last couple of weeks and this programming has been in place for years.  But I twice is 2 times too many when it leaves your garage wide open over night.

[South Africa C4 user]

If the sensor is simply failing, what you can do (not ideal but I have this in my programming as a fail safe) is as follows:

1. Add a delay that is more than long enough for the doors to open fully (eg 2 minutes);

2. Repeat the code you have above.

Essentially if the sensor is failing, your door will open when you try to close it and then close a minute or two later.

[me23]

5 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said:

If the sensor is simply failing, what you can do (not ideal but I have this in my programming as a fail safe) is as follows:

1. Add a delay that is more than long enough for the doors to open fully (eg 2 minutes);

2. Repeat the code you have above.

Essentially if the sensor is failing, your door will open when you try to close it and then close a minute or two later.

Thats a good idea.  Thanks! Ill try that