ajd123 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 What would be the best way to create a program block that would trigger an agent I created to email me saying "Garage Overhead Door has been open for more than 5 minutes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 When garage door opens, start a Timer (agent) for 5 minutes. When timer expires, check if garage door is still open, if so, send email/push notification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Or you could use the 'relay garage door' driver, freely available in Control4's online database. It provides a nicer Experience Button interface as well. It has an configurable 'open time' after which it will fire an event. If you have multiple contacts (door fully open and door fully closed), it can also alert you if the door takes too long to open or close. RyanE msgreenf, Tokead and DawnGordon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 18 hours ago, chopedogg88 said: When garage door opens, start a Timer (agent) for 5 minutes. When timer expires, check if garage door is still open, if so, send email/push notification. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnGordon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I did something a little different in my home. I set several light switches to show a certain color when the garage door is open. It's hard to miss those. cnicholson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 the driver referenced above has button links to do just that! DawnGordon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegration Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/garage-agent/ a full featured all in one garage door driver solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 1:13 PM, chopedogg88 said: When garage door opens, start a Timer (agent) for 5 minutes. When timer expires, check if garage door is still open, if so, send email/push notification. My programming block is not working. Can you please take a look and advise where I am going wrong? Also, my email notifications using Email to SMS is not working with Rogers. The only email to SMS extension I can find for Rogers is xxxxxx@pcs.rogers.com --> does anyone have a solution for this? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanjackson Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Do you pay for 4sight? If you don't the emails wont work. If you are paying why don't you just use the control 4 notifications? The way i have it at my place is when garage door opens - restart the timer when the garage door closes- stop the timer when the timer expires (which will only happen when the door is left open) - then send notification. I would also do a timer for the garage light. And have it reset when the man door to the garage opens and the garage door. Then when timer expires then turn off light. Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanjackson Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Ah just found this... https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Account-Support/Security-System-Email-to-Text-not-working/td-p/432662 Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, Ryanjackson said: Do you pay for 4sight? If you don't the emails wont work. If you are paying why don't you just use the control 4 notifications? The way i have it at my place is when garage door opens - restart the timer when the garage door closes- stop the timer when the timer expires (which will only happen when the door is left open) - then send notification. I would also do a timer for the garage light. And have it reset when the man door to the garage opens and the garage door. Then when timer expires then turn off light. Ryan Thanks. I tried your programming suggestion and it did not work. Does yours look like this (see attached). With respect to the lighting it was done this way in case someone is working in the garage and the light is on. This way if someone comes into the garage, the light does not turn off 10 minutes later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 What programming do you have time expired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Ryanjackson said: Ah just found this... https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Account-Support/Security-System-Email-to-Text-not-working/td-p/432662 Ryan Thanks for this. Unfortunately I am already subscribed for this service and it still does not work. It works when I send an email from my Gmail account (or any of my other email accounts), but does not work when it is being sent from Control4. Any other suggestions? EDIT: after "subscribing" to SMS again, it is now working. THANKS RYANJACKSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, msgreenf said: What programming do you have time expired? Sorry Mitch I don't understand. Why would my line "If Timer 'Garage Door Notification' expired" not be sufficient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istreich Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 1:40 PM, RyanE said: Or you could use the 'relay garage door' driver, freely available in Control4's online database. It provides a nicer Experience Button interface as well. It has an configurable 'open time' after which it will fire an event. If you have multiple contacts (door fully open and door fully closed), it can also alert you if the door takes too long to open or close. RyanE Ryan, where do you find the "open time" event? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 because that on the garage door open. It won't actually fire when the timer expires. You need to send the push notification on timer expired. RyanE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istreich Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Missed the scroll down!!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 43 minutes ago, msgreenf said: because that on the garage door open. It won't actually fire when the timer expires. You need to send the push notification on timer expired. Thanks Mitch. Got it now. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Boom boom! ajd123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekki70 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 you could also use the garage door experience driver and it has a time built into the driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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