Making progress on the home automation front on the new home! Followed up the RING video door bell with the MyQ Universal smartphone based garage door controller.
MyQ smartphone garage door controller
Got the Chamberlain/Liftmaster MyQ for $99 at Lowe's and installed it in 15 minutes. One of the easiest installations.
Mounted the unit on the ceiling above the garage door controller, plugged in the power and got WiFi connected to the home network in 5 minutes using my iPhone. You have to first download the MyQ app and make bluetooth connection between the phone and MyQ router. And then follow the prompts to connect to home WiFi network. Easier if you have WPS supported router.
Next steps are to program the MyQ base (router) to act like one of your garage door remote controls. Once this is done, you mount the wireless sensor on the door itself that notifies the base whenever the door is left open.
And that's all you have to do and now over the cell network, you can remotely open the garage or make sure it is closed if you forgot to close when leaving for work or heading out of town. I drive back around atleast once or twice a week wondering if i had closed the garage door. Now i don't have to worry about that as i can set alerts to notify me when a door has been left open for a while.
Please leave your comments/feedback if you have one of these installed. Would love to hear about the pros and cons of the MyQ controller.
Next up in my automation journey are the Nest thermostat, Wink or Nubryte lighting controller (still undecided on which one to go with), kwikset or another electronic deadbolt lock! Stay tuned for more....
MyQ smartphone garage door controller
Got the Chamberlain/Liftmaster MyQ for $99 at Lowe's and installed it in 15 minutes. One of the easiest installations.
Mounted the unit on the ceiling above the garage door controller, plugged in the power and got WiFi connected to the home network in 5 minutes using my iPhone. You have to first download the MyQ app and make bluetooth connection between the phone and MyQ router. And then follow the prompts to connect to home WiFi network. Easier if you have WPS supported router.
Next steps are to program the MyQ base (router) to act like one of your garage door remote controls. Once this is done, you mount the wireless sensor on the door itself that notifies the base whenever the door is left open.
And that's all you have to do and now over the cell network, you can remotely open the garage or make sure it is closed if you forgot to close when leaving for work or heading out of town. I drive back around atleast once or twice a week wondering if i had closed the garage door. Now i don't have to worry about that as i can set alerts to notify me when a door has been left open for a while.
Please leave your comments/feedback if you have one of these installed. Would love to hear about the pros and cons of the MyQ controller.
Next up in my automation journey are the Nest thermostat, Wink or Nubryte lighting controller (still undecided on which one to go with), kwikset or another electronic deadbolt lock! Stay tuned for more....
That's awesome! I was looking at reviews of the MyQ yesterday. I was deciding between that and the WeMo. We installed the Nest last week and its great. I was looking at the Hue system for light. Did you compare to Wink or Nubryte? I haven't yet.
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Glad to help. MyQ is great so far. On Hue, it is great system for lighting control for the whole home but i was looking for something more like a central hub. That is the real problem with home automation. Too many choices and some interoperate and some do not. Homekit, Alexa are all trying to be that central control hub but without hardware behind it. The key would be one router that can interface to all these multitude of systems - locks, lights, doorbells, security systems, cameras, lighting, irrigation etc. There are kinks and these need to be worked out. It will some day soon!
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