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6 minutes ago, Neo1738 said:

Issue I have is if my family has the garage open when I pull up if I forget to click "don't open" it will close the door on them or me. Sometimes I pull the car out of the garage and back in to get to things etc and it will accidentally try to close on the car. My Y got the door on it once bc I didn't realize it was closing. This eliminates that. I do like having homelink for backup though. Also I currently have 2 doors and will have a pole barn w 3rd door. We regularly go to my inlaws 15 min away and have their door programmed. Would have to give one up to do with just homelink.

This has nothing to do with MyQ, but doesn't your door have sensors that will stop a door from closing if there is an obstruction across the door?  Did they not work when it closed on your Model Y?

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FYI, there are still some subscription-free ways to get programability over MyQ stuff.  I use Homebridge (free) plus MyQ plugin (free) to get Apple Homekit / Home App / Siri control over MyQ devices.   No subscriptions, no cost (assuming you have an always-on computer on your network to run Homebridge on).  I also use the excellent DTI Homebridge Control4 Driver (not free, but good value, IMHO) to get Control4 access to MyQ devices (even though the main idea of the DTI driver is to get Siri control over C4 devices, you *can* use it the other way around with some fiddling).

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2 hours ago, cnicholson said:

FYI, there are still some subscription-free ways to get programability over MyQ stuff.  I use Homebridge (free) plus MyQ plugin (free) to get Apple Homekit / Home App / Siri control over MyQ devices.   No subscriptions, no cost (assuming you have an always-on computer on your network to run Homebridge on).  I also use the excellent DTI Homebridge Control4 Driver (not free, but good value, IMHO) to get Control4 access to MyQ devices (even though the main idea of the DTI driver is to get Siri control over C4 devices, you *can* use it the other way around with some fiddling).

Can you give more info on the Homebridge control method.  I thought that was just from C4 to Siri.  But how do you go the other way and use C4 to control Siri/MyQ?  And can it sense the door state as well?

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On 12/24/2022 at 8:11 PM, zaphod said:

Can you give more info on the Homebridge control method.  I thought that was just from C4 to Siri.  But how do you go the other way and use C4 to control Siri/MyQ?  And can it sense the door state as well?

Sure.

First you set up Homebridge and the MyQ plugin.  This exposes MyQ stuff to Apple Homekit/Siri.  "Hey Siri, Open Garage 2 Large Door," etc.

Then you install the DTI Homebridge driver in C4.   The main point of the C4 Driver is to "publish" C4 stuff to Homekit/Siri via Homebrdige.  E.g., "Hey Siri, open the shades in here" (will open the shades that you have set up in the room where the HomePod Mini is plugged in).  Very cool.

But you can get some two-way stuff going by using virtual devices and virtual buttons.   I use a virtual device for Siri to talk to C4 (to track state-- is door open or closed?) and a virtual switch/button for C4 to control Siri (open the door).

On C4 side, you add a garage door driver and connect it up to a programmable contact driver.   When C4 user clicks it, then it opens door if closed or closes it if open.   The way it controls it is by "pressing" the virtual button.  On the Homekit/Siri side, you watch for this button press and then control the door.

For state, on the Homekit/Siri side, you watch for state changes on MyQ device (really a virtual device on Homebridge, which talks to MyQ via plugin and MyQ API) and turn on/off the virtual device accordingly.  On C4 side, you watch the virtual "state" device and update the programmable contact settings accordingly.

Works pretty well, and tracks state changes from doors operated from clickers and garage door wall buttons, etc.   The key is that you don't track state on C4 side via watching C4 commands sent.  You only track state by listening for Siri/Homekit to send you a state update.

Hope that makes sense.

 

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