Diy Garage Door Monitor

The build cost 05 and only took an afternoon to complete.

Diy garage door monitor. The doorbell switch now activates the garage door opener and the light comes on when the door opens whole thing runs off the existing door bell transformer using repurposed 4 conductor telephone corded. Communicate with thinger io to send when the door opened closed auto closed or the module rebooted. Of course that all depends on whether or not you have a server a fair amount of coding skills and a few spare parts lying around. Another reader stefan sent us entry that accomplishes the same tasks using an android app and an arduino controlled sensor.

Magnetic reed switches located on the garage door rails to monitor door open and closed. We have had a few posts about monitoring your garage door but this one is a little bit different. The sensor is mounted in the garage according to manufacturer instructions. Garage door opening was a popular topic for this week s contest.

The magnet is on the door. Often you will not even need any tools to mount the sensor. Uses ifttt to update a google sheet when the status of the door changes.