Making Your Own Garage Door Remote

If you don t have a chamberlain garage door opener and want more functionality than the garage hub provides the 79 wi fi enabled garadget is a good choice.

Making your own garage door remote.

Pick two solder pads attached to the door button. Shelly 1 smart relay see my review of it and how i used it for a light switch for more details. Connect the new outlet using the provided instructions secure the new outlet back in the electrical box reinstall an outlet cover. Here s what you ll need.

Liftmaster genie allstar linear and stanley. If you re prefer something a bit more sleek and secure make shows you how to build a. Short them with a small jumper wire and verify that the garage door is activated. This will be used to connect the shelly 1 to.

If you want it wouldn t be hard to de solder the remote s factory button from the pcb. If you have an older garage door you probably have a bunch of obnoxious large remotes sitting around. Disable the outlet at the breaker remove the outlet cover and unscrew the outlet disconnect the live load and ground wires. Doorbell wire or equivalent you may have some wire you can use already.

For other models use garadget. Programming your garage door remote and clearing the current garage door remotes from the opener varies slightly according to the model of your system. I left mine in place to make it easier to restore the remote to its original condition if i want to. The following are some of the companies that sell garage door remotes.

All openers have a learn button. 12v dc adapter in my case i had. Garadget aims a laser at a reflective patch on your garage door to determine if it s open or not.