Open Garage Door With Raspberry Pi

Thought i d do something a little different today and just show a demo in the video below and write out the steps to the actual project here and on github.

Open garage door with raspberry pi. The seco larm sm 226l works well. Press open button to switch on the relay or to open the garage door. This instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone. This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure.

After only writing software for many years in web development creating something that interacts with the real world was a special kind of excitement for me when i saw it. Make sure the relay module is connected to raspberry pi. Connect 2 wires from each garage door opener switch contacts to the relay. Run sudo shutdown and then unplug the pi.

A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone. A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone. Hostname i you will see a page like this. Here is what my pi looks like all.

Open the browser and enter your raspberry pi ip address and hit enter. Raspberry pi garage door opener. Diy garage door opener with esp8266 module and rpi published on. The switch contacts are usually labeled white and black and will be the same ones your wall switch es are attached to.

After only writing software for many years in web development creating something that interacts with the real world was a special kind of excitement for me when i saw it. Raspberry pi 3 garage door opener. In fact you could probably do a lot more than open up the garage door. Magnetic garage door sensor 10.

To find your ip address you can run the below command in terminal. Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones. While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution. Conection to garage door openers.

The project also lets users send a command to the door thus enabling you to. If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a. In addition to using a raspberry pi the project uses two sensors to determine whether or not the garage door is open. This should come with both a magnet to mount on the garage door and a sensor to mount on the door frame.

Welcome to the 13th raspberry pi tutorial. Unlike window sensors garage door sensors typically can sense the magnet from 2 or more away. Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door. The hack involves a raspberry pi hooked up to the door and a program called siriproxy and it s actually pretty easy to use.