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Hopefully this fits here? Its self hosted, but not quite what the usual self hosted post would be. I've not seen any real reviews of these, so I figured I'd post

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[–] rezz@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

This is elite self-hosting, lol. I want more of this content.

[–] OverBiasedAndroid6L6@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Agreed. I do not have MyQ by choice, and I'm actively looking for a new solution now that I can't connect via Home assistant, but honestly I don't love either solution shared in this article. Perhaps someone in the community will reverse engineer the MyQ controllers or MIM the API to enable local network control (see local tuya)

[–] jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Our solution that we set up years ago was to connect a Shelly to circuits on a normal, dumb door opener. The Shelly triggers open/closed itself and since the signal comes from the opener, there's no crypto nonsense to figure out. It always works, no matter what MyQ/Chamberlain/LiftMaster do. Bonus, it also works if you have a very old opener.
We also supplemented this with a tilt sensor so we know the state of the garage door. The door can still be cracked and not registered as opened, but that's a compromise we're okay with since we never leave it intentionally cracked.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago

The ratgdo seems to do everything MyQ did but locally. What's the issue?

[–] GiantPossum@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would be neat, but I really doubt it will ever happen

What don't you like about ratgdo? It seems pretty good on paper, I've not yet got one in my hands. Hopefully soon

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Look into ratgdo. No need to replace the whole unit, and a much cheaper solution overall.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Right? I got half way through it before realizing I don't actually have a use for it right now. I love the detail and organization