How To Install WiFi Garage Door Opener - Belkin WeMo Switch
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In this video, I will show you how to connect a Belkin Wemo Switch device to integrate with your garage door opener so you will have WiFi control.
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I might suggest a 'Clamping Diode' across the coil of the relay. The Cathode of the diode, (Marked end) corresponding with the positive lead of your power supply. When the relay is de-energized, a voltage 'spike' from the coil can travel back into your PSU, and if there is an unprotected IC it can be damaged. No 'Big Deal', just something to keep in mind. .... Enjoyed your vid, ... Well done Mate.
Thank you for such a great and simple idea. I used the exact same relay and an iDevices switch instead of the Wemo and an old 12vdc transformer I had lying around. Instead of pressing twice to simulate a push button I set up an Apple HomeKit automation to turn off the IiDevices switch immediately after getting the pulse to set the door in motion. Works with Siri as well. For remote monitoring I set up an Elgato Eve window and door sensor so I can see if I had forgotten to close the door and do it remotely. Thanks again for the relay idea, I was looking at much costlier options!
This worked great for me because I already have a camera feed setup in my garage. It reacts a bit slow some times but its great if you have lost your remote and if you have family that needs in when your away from home. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for your comment!
program 2011 SRX Homelink
Nice. Very clever. I did this once with a cell phone and wired a 3v relay to the vibrate output
That can be a handy device for some things, but if you can't tell if the door is open or closed remotely, it is not a very good idea for a garage door opener. There are other products that are made for garage door openers that monitor if it is open or closed.
I agree. Chamberlain MyQ is one.
kwd57 Most people have a home automation hub like SmartThings and they purchase a tilt sensor to stick onto the garage door to receive a notification when the door is open or closed
You could install a cheap WiF IP webcam in the garage and have 100% visual
Us a sonoff cheaper
Awesome! I actually plugin my garage door opener into the wemo switch and have a schedule to turn off the switch at night to disable the garage doors.
Nice video on your setup. Just wanted to add that there's an app available called WemoRemote/WemoManager that can replace the official Wemo app and give you some additional functionality with your Wemo devices. Specific to this case is the ability to add a rule that can automatically turn off your Wemo switch a few seconds after it is turned on, so you'd eliminate having to toggle the switch a second time to shut off the relay.
I look for the app u mentioned but there is a number of them and some have a cost. Would you help me with the correct one? Thanx
Firstly, awesome video. Easy to follow. Have been looking to achieve something similar and was looking for option. I was able to get the exact setup done except using TP-LINK Smart Plug. However, I noticed when Garage Door is activated via Phone App, I have to press the button twice a.k.a. Pressing once it opens the Garage Door but the lamp blinks error until I press it again. I suspect the relay switch gets energized but does not come back to the original open position - less behaving like "push button" manual wall switch. Thoughts???
Thank you so much for putting this tutorial together. I followed your simple steps and works great.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Except it's not "smart". It's a good interim solution but for google home, alexa etc. use, it needs to be smarter
If you add this to IFTTT there’s an action that turns it on and then off right away. Connect that action to a webhook that you hit with a Siri shortcut and you can toggle it from Siri.
So everyone can connect and oper your door, waoooo very cool..
I really appreciate you sharing, great job and I look forward to watching more of your wemo setups....
I used Sonoff Basic instead of WeMo Switch and an old Toyota 4 pin 90987-02011 relay instead of that relay. Other things I kept the same. They are working perfectly.
Thanks for this video. I was successfully able to follow the process and install!
Thanks for the video, I made mine with the tp-link wall plug and set the plug to turn off 1 min later so its reset for me to close it. I was able to open and close it while on vacation and its controlled with Alexa and Google home.
I have a tp link mini smart plug but there is no auto turn off option
You can now create an IFTTT Applet, something like: If Google Assistant "Simple Phrase like Open Garage Door" then "Wemo Turn On then Off" so that Wemo always stays off
awesome instructions, just what i needed. i think i am just going to return my recently purchased smartthings V2, solely b/c i like the ifttt possibilities that wemo has to offer and also b/c i am only interested in a few USEFUL specific home automations like garage opener and doorbell trigger A question....would this concept work for my wired doorbell. i would like to get a trigger every time my doorbell is rang..thx
That's an awesome idea! Never thought of that.
+Fel Lee Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for the idea. I was able to replicate it, however the problem is that my garage outdoor stops opening or closing if I do not press off the on/off button on the wemo app immediately after I pressed it on. Watching the video it seems easy to do but in my garage opener it is not as easy!!!.
great idea with the 12v PS and relay
+Dillon P I am working on adding a timer to the circuit so it will make the contacts momentarily. Stay tuned.
Yes that would be better for the wife etc
+dial2fast I think that you can do it by app IFTTT with action that turn on then turn off your wemo...the better way is with app DO Button - IFTTT
+Francesco Chiarelli Yes I have played around with the IFTTT DO app, but very disspointing. Response can be very slow and you get no acknowledgement whether the switch actually got switched. Even the text notification from IFTTT sometimes can take an hour. Not reliable enough to be used for something as important as you house garage.
I have been thinking about doing something similar but you need something automatic that will only turn on for like 1 second then back off so there is no problem because if someone is not paying attention and never turns it back off then the wall button does not work
Brilliant!
Clever idea.
A few flaws with this. It just toggles the relay. And you have to press the button twice on the wemo app. There's no way to know if the garage door is open or closed. Also, you can't program Wemo rules like :"Close garage door at midnight" because it doesn't know the difference in the status of the garage door.
As for google home, you can always program a "Toggle garage door" routine which will turn the wemo on, count to 5 and then turn the wemo off. But as I said before: You still don't know if the garage door is open or closed before you invoke the routine.
What you need to do is very similar to this but add a reed switch (magnetic switch) to the garage door itself. So the switch itself is anchored to a wall, likely over the garage door, and a magnet is anchored to the door itself. So when the garage door itself is closed, the switch is closed. When the garage door is open, the switch is open.
The trick is to get the logic right: Wemo turned to on, opens the garage door. Wemo turned to off, closes the garage door. I'm currently working on a solution for this. I'm using Wemo minis. I'm consulting with electronics experts on how to pull this off. So far I do have a solution but it requires 2 power sources. That's ok since the plug in my ceiling has 2 X 120VAC plugs. One plug will have a regular 120VAC to 12VDC adapter which powers the trigger for the opener's terminals. The other plug will have a wemo mini with another 120VAC to 12VDC and an simple circuit with a relay, just like the one shown in this video. The relay will close a switch in the 1st circuit mentioned above which when combined with the reed switch will do the appropriate action. Wemo on = open garage door, wemo off = close garage door.
I'll post my own video once I figure it out.
Don't waste your time. This video is 5 years old and I made it work using what's available at the time. Here is the new smart garage door opener you can buy and install very easily. czcams.com/video/0gcyJC_WkRk/video.html
In order not to press the button twice making the switch off, it is recommended to use the wifi switch with jog mode, e.g. AC 110-220V WIFI Relay Switch Module Low Power Jog Mode Phone Remote Control For Wireless Android IOS Smart Home SonOff , $8.99 , lower cost than buying WeMo , Relay and AC adaptor
Hung Patrick can you be for detailed. TIA
cool project. my question is: can you still use the standard wall switch? I think the answer is yes, IF you did NOT use the Wemo switch to open the garage door. Is that correct?
Yes you can still use the wall switch. Nothing changes.
I need to click twice on the app when I want to open and close the garage door......anyway..petty good idea.. thanks
Yeh I have the same issue. It seems the relay switch gets energized but does not return to off position unlike a wall switch.
Don't do this on modern Chamberlain/Liftmaster openers! They have a device available for about $60, it allows you to open and close, but also tell you if the garage door is open, i.e. you left the house and don't remember if the door was left open or closed.
This may be a dumb question but I'll ask it anyway. Is the relay required? I understand that it flips from off to one with a 12v charge but aren't you essentially doing the same thing just by turning the WeMo on and right back off?
+James Buchanan The wemo switch turns on and output 120VAC. They is no switch to close a dry contact. That's why you need a relay.
could you use IFFT to auto switch it off so you don't have to press the button twice?
James Good Question... Dial2fast- Sorry can you restate your answer why you need a relay in a different way for those who do not know what a dry contact is please.. Maybe how about an update video to explain why you need relay?? Thank you for your video, really cool!
NOTE, this will NOT WORK with newer garage door openers.
If your opener wall switch ALSO operates the light on the door operator THIS WILL NOT WORK.
This is because the switch does NOT work by just shorting the two wires together. Newer wall switches send a signal to the door operator telling it to just open the door OR turn the light on.
To get this to work you have to open the wall switch and locate the tiny mechanical switch inside. Then you must solder 2 wires to the contacts of the switch and attach those wires to your WifFi switch.
The WiFi switch itself MUST be what is known as a MOMENTARY OR INCHING relay.
Get this WiFi switch from Banggood for about $8 is is a SONOFF switch and they work VERY WELL indeed.
This Momentary or Inching switch provides just a PULSE of power to the wall switch unlike the regular switches which just toggel from ON to OFF.
It works with newer garage door openers, but needs to press twice in order to turn off the Wifi switch every time, but the jog mode Wifi Switch Sonoff can do and solve this problem.
Hung Patrick But if you forget the second switch push it will continue to go up and down because the opener is getting a continual signal to keep going.
The other problem with newer wall switches is that just shorting the wires together DOES NOT WORK.
WITH NEWER WALL SWITCHES just pushing the button operates an internal switch that tells the electronics INSIDE THE WALL SWITCH to send a signal to the door operator. It is that INTERNAL SWITCH that must be activated.
This is not difficult, but you must open up the wall switch and solder two wires to that physical internal switch.
These wires then go to the NORMALLY OPEN connections of the WiFi switch relay, when you activate the WiFi switch it shorts those two wires together which is the equivalent of pressing the wall switch with your fingers.
This works PERFECTLY as I can attest to. It is VERY SIMPLE and takes only a few minutes to do.
However you do need to competent with SOLDERING AND BASIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT THEORY.
I used the SONOFF inching switch.
I have found SONOFF switches to be extremely good and reliable and INEXPENSIVE.
Several times while using the EWELINK APP I have received a notification that the WiFi switch firmware has an update available. So far the update process has been FLAWLESS and completely automatic.
Thanks. You are right. I understood . So I, did solder two wires from the button contact to connect the relay. in fact, I have one with Jog mode but will be replaced later.
Hung Patrick My only concern is security, what if you accidentally trigger the door opener while you are not home.
So I sent an email to customer srvc. suggesting that you should be able to require a password on certain switches.
They responded very quickly saying that my suggestion would be forwarded to the development team.
As it is I have a cheap WiFi camera in the garage so I can look to see if the door is open. Another solution is to have a door sensor that will send a message if the door opens.
Isn’t this fun?
I did what you said. I am using IFTTT to receive SMS and email once the triggers happen.
I want to do this with the new ryobi garage door opener. I have an app to opon and close remotely but I want to be able to voice control with Alexa and Siri. I bought the wiring harness three pack and was wondering which color wires to use to connect to my opener wires.
use one 110V AC relay directly instead of 12V DC adapter and 12VDC relay
pretty cool. what if you leave the wemo turn on for a while, would it short out your relay?
+congtusacto It will not short out the relay as it can stay closed indefinitely. The only possible issue is the contracts on the garage door opener stay shorted, which means someone at home can't open/close it manually.
Hi, Does WeMo Switch work on s Dual Swing Gate? In particular for a Patriot II Dual Swing Gate Operator solar powered.
Seems easier to use a chaimberlain myQ
Thank you but if you want to use Alexa you can use ifttt I just say Alexa trigger garage door and it turns on and off the wemo
A SPST relay works as well correct? As lond as it is normally open and then the power triggers the closing of the circuit?
Yes SPST relay will work fine.
Hello there.... Is it OK to use 14VDC instead of 12VDC? Thanks.
If you using 12v relay, you should use 12v power supply. Or you can check the voltage spec allowed for the relay you are using.
that's a cool ideal but how do you control momentary power to the relay
+john dough By you manually turning it on and off via the app.
Wemo maker is better choice
After doing this are you still able to use other openers to operate the doors?
Yes, no problem with other openers
Like someone else said, you never know the status of the door? Open or Closed. I have Wemo's and sometimes during a firmware update, they will engage, so you could come home and find your garage door open. Great Idea, but I would not risk my home to be open to the world.
hi i cant recognise the switch on and off on my garage.. so i have got difficulty to connect it to the relay.
theres 6 switches..
What is the spec of those wires if I have to buy one
What kind of relay does he use? Can someone provide me a link for this?
I have added the links in the description of this video.
Thank you so much. Will this work with a tplink smart plug? Also, is this safe to use with a newer garage door opener made by Genie?
It should work with any smart plug. Not sure if the new Genie works the same.
Hello I am planning to do the same project the WeMo switch is 120 Vac and you plug 12Vac coil does it not damage the relay?
Its clearly explained in the video to use a 12V power supply to connect to the relay.
Is the relay necessary? Seems like the wires that run to the garage door opener are pretty thin... Can I get away with hard wiring a 12v power supply to the clicker-wire? Thank you in advance.
+847Chicago The garage push button is simply a switch, and you need the relay to simulate the same action. If you connect the 12V power source to those contacts on the garage motor, you will fry your garage door opener.
Thanks!
should the switch be momentary?
at 4:26 I think I had a mild heart attack.
I did essentially the same thing but made a routine in Google home that turns on the outlet and immediately turns it off.
why not just bypass the relay all together, and plug the wemo into the outlet and the plug into the wemo switch?
Hi, nice idea, I have 12v but 40AMP air compressor relay. does this works? Do I really need relay? I can 12v plug directly into wemo outlet?
Please advice.
Wemo outlet is a 120VAC plug. You can do what I did here or use a 120VAC relay to do the switching for the garage opener.
dial2fast thanks for your reply, i have got 12v relay but 40amp. I show you have used 12v with 30 amp.
Does 12v with 40amp relay work.
use 110V AC Relay instead
anyone know if this can work with odyssey 1000 overhead door?
I was interested until there was wire tampering. So great idea for some. But not for me.
So basically, buy the MyQ opener from Chamberlain.
Why wouldn't you just do a WemoMaker? SOOOOO much easier
+majo2469 Cost
True
Use Wemo Widgets to turn things on and off from your Android home screen: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arashmotamedi.wemowidgets
Why not just use wemo maker?
I think the only reason is the wemo maker is more expensive.
You ended the block on your Wifi name too soon, it's not like it's a big secret though...
So excuse my ignorance but I've got a question: Why can't I just replace the garage opener wall switch with a wemo light switch like this www.amazon.com/dp/B00DGEGJ02/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1WGWY3AHASJBU&coliid=IL5IFZW1IVABJ&psc=1 ?
+Emeka Obianyor Because that light switch controls 120VAC device. Your garage door opener button is a low voltage DC switch.
So scary
LAWSUIT WARNING: While it is easy to do this the problem is that it’s unsafe and does not meet US federal or UL safety standards! In layman’s terms, people can get smashed by closing garage doors remotely.
UL 325 was revised in 2009 allowing unattended operation features. UL requirements for a residential garage door operator to be enabled for remote operation from a smart phone, tablet or other portable devices state that several key provisions be met:
1. The feature must be utilized only on an operator equipped with a secondary entrapment protection system such as a photoelectric sensor.
2. The feature must be activated only when the operator is installed on a sectional door.
3. The operator must be equipped with an audible and visual warning system indicating a pending motion for 5 seconds before the door starts moving.
If the opener is fairly recent it will have at least dual safety systems. Beam break detectors and if properly calibrated an absolute minimum close force reversal system which will reverse a closing door if the pressure is even slightly more than required.
Ah, that explains why people in videos are installing a flashing light. Seemed excessive but not now thanks to your explanation.
Guyfromhe, the second device is a power load monitor, l believe, that sends signal if motor stresses when it encounters resistance. Don't know the particular device name.