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We inherited a MyQ opener when we moved, and I've never been very happy with it aside if these issues.
Has anyone already done the research into a smart opener that doesn't suck and allows local control via home assistant, preferably over zwave?
I'm going to do a bit of research on it myself, just wondering if anyone has a recommendation to point me in the right direction.
I don't have wifi in my garage, and I'd rather not rely on wifi to control the door.
To be fair, mechanically, the opener we have is fine, it's everything else about it that I generally hate.
I use this: https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/diy-smart-garage-opener-kit-zooz-multirelay-ecolink-tilt-sensor
It's a bit finicky. If I open the door through home assistant, it prevents me from operating the door through the manual opener until I click twice. Otherwise, local opener has no power. Not sure if I installed it incorrectly.
But it works fine, otherwise.
I don't know if my opener has the dry contacts required to make a solution like this work. I'm not keen on hacking the remote or anything. I might have to replace the opener before I have the right contacts to use something like this..... which might be the plan, I'm going to take a close look at the specific unit I have and find the model and manual tomorrow, and see what's in the manual before I do anything more....