MyQ Smart Garage Door Controller

In this video, Chris installs a MyQ Smart Garage Door Controller by Chamberlain to prevent his garage from being left open all night.
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[@chrismaki8396]

Great job demonstrating the simplicity of set up and installation! Love how you set it up and tested on bench before installing. There are so many YT vids on “how to overcome set up problems” that I will throw caution to the wind and buy one.

[@handydadtv]

Thanks so much.

[@jets1722]

good video we bought the myq switch for the wall a few years ago and we setup an IFTTT procedure to close the garage door if is open at 11:00pm - pretty cool. works great!

[@handydadtv]

Why use IFTTT? The MyQ app does scheduling.

[@macsterguy]

Great video and explanation! ( awesome sleepy scene :) I have MyQ built into the opener along with the hub. Another cool feature is that if you have Apple CarPlay in your vehicle the door shows up on the screen and you can press that to open and close too.

[@handydadtv]

Good to know!

[@danielquarles6368]

I have a Chamberlain door opener made in 1984. I have wondered if this would work. Knowing I have a retrofit remote attached and your great explanation of how the MyQ works, I am confident this will work for me. Thank you for an excellent explanation of the system.

[@handydadtv]

If it doesn’t, you can always return it.

[@wyzyguy726]

I have one of these and love it .. what I didn’t know if that it would close on a schedule.. pro tip .. thanks.. I use it to let the dog walker in and out.. very handy for $20-30….

[@handydadtv]

Handy indeed 👍🏻

[@Aerialphotovito]

I really like this Thanks for sharing this great find

[@handydadtv]

My pleasure

[@Aerialphotovito]

@@handydadtv will give it a try

[@jlluck]

I've had the older version for s few years now. I have two garages and luckily my main garage opener has My Q built in it so all I had to do was connect it to the hub. I use the smaller sensor on the other door since it doesn't support My Q. I noticed your opener has My Q but you still installed the hockey puck sensor - do you need to use that? Doesn't the hub work your opener since it has My Q built in it? Still a good, straight forward video. Very well done.

[@handydadtv]

The app had me install the door sensor before identifying my garage door opener. I guess it could be getting the door status from the opener instead of the sensor, but I have no way to verify that.

[@brandonk9607]

This is awesome. I park on the street and the remote control is hit or miss. This might just solve my problem!

[@handydadtv]

If you really want to go hi-tech, you might be able to use IFTTT to trigger the door to open automatically when you arrive home. I’ve never done that, but in theory it should work.

[@HangTheBidens]

(from myQ support page). Note: For myQ accounts using a myQ Garage that requires a door sensor, the schedule-to-close feature is disabled. The myQ serial number on affected products will start with 0300 or 0400.

[@handydadtv]

Thanks for the info!

[@blackstarafro2]

4:39 your garage door already has the myQ garage opening features. That my q system is for people without it. The great thing is, that it is a universal garage opener.

[@handydadtv]

I think it was MyQ “ready” but needed a WiFi add on.

[@bspaliwal]

Actually I did that and got into the same open door problem because I opened it to take out trash after that final automation. I have now scheduled hourly automation so even if i leave the door open during the day, it is taken care of.

[@handydadtv]

Good idea!

[@richarddarrington6382]

If your actual garage door motor is MyQ ready then there is no need to install the extra hub. You can direct connect from your garage door motor to your home Wi-Fi. Save the 20 bucks you spent on sale. 🙂

[@handydadtv]

Mine was MyQ ready, not MyQ enabled. There was no way to connect it to WiFi.

[@WayneMay]

I have this and it has issues. Sometimes it tells me the door is in the wrong status. So it would say that the door is open when it is closed. And because of how it works, when you press the "close button" it really opens the door. I now have a camera that look at the door so I can verify the status.

[@handydadtv]

If it says open, but the camera shows that it’s really closed, how do you sync it with the “real” status?

[@WayneMay]

@@handydadtv I go and press the old open/close button for the door opener. Somehow doing this triggers the door sensor to sync up. It can take 15 to 20 minutes to properly sync though. It's weird. But overall I am happy with this system.

[@mmkat99]

But will this work on a detached garage? Live in Chicago. This would be fantastic. I have WiFi that reaches out there but it’s not the main WiFi for the house. It’s a google mesh system for my TV’s out there. Phones are normally connected to the main WiFi in the house. Would I still get notifications if phones are on the main WiFi and not the garage WiFi?

[@handydadtv]

If you have wifi signal with a route to the Internet, there should be no reason it wouldn’t work. You can always return it if it doesn’t.

[@lynoreabbott1010]

I have a detached garage in New Mexico and have the MyQ working in my garage. It gave me a warning and asked for a stronger WiFi signal but it did it anyway. I am connected to the house WiFi not a mesh in the garage.

[@rubenharris9241]

Nice video. Can the beeping be turned off?

[@handydadtv]

Not that I know of. But it’s a safety feature so I wouldn’t recommend turning it off.

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

yeah cut the wire or tape over it...

[@kingstonzincfence]

I have a MyQ garage door opener and everything works fine. However, I would prefer if I get an alarm instead of a notification if I accidentally left my garage open

[@handydadtv]

I don’t know how you’d do that.

[@kingstonzincfence]

@@handydadtv I was simply pointing out that instead of a notification, it should have been an alarm. We already get notifications for whenever the garage door opens or closes. Anything outside of that should have been an alarm

[@handydadtv]

I meant you might be able to do some kind of automation in iOS or Android, depending on which you use, but I don’t know how.

[@trippinwithtracy687]

It’s a shame that the MyQ hub/app doesn’t have the timed auto-close feature that the wall-mounted remotes have. Very useful. Three, five or ten minutes open and it closes itself.

[@handydadtv]

Are you sure it won’t do that? Could be a software issue. It has nothing to do with how the opener is mounted.

[@g07u80]

@@handydadtv , Yes It ONLY has timed close like close at 10:30 PM but no feature like If open for 10 minutes, close the garage (would love to see this feature in next version of software update). Also connecting to Alexa/Google home not available for home users I guess some sort of subscription is required. The only plus point I found was open/close remotely and amazon key delivery.

[@dv2441]

Will this work if you have more than one garage door?

[@handydadtv]

I believe so, but not 100% sure.

[@LanceClarke]

I bought one and I have an Android phone. The android app has fewer features than the apple version. The main difference is that the android app doesn't have the option to have it notify you that the garage is still open after 15 minutes. You only get a notification at the time the garage opens, and when it closes. 😕

[@handydadtv]

Oh wow. That’s a bummer.

[@cdnov1991]

Would you happen to know why my light flashes like 5 times before the door closes? It only does it when I closed it with the app

[@handydadtv]

That’s a safety feature to alert anyone in the area that the door will be closing.

[@cdnov1991]

@@handydadtv Ahhh. Got it! Thank you!

[@mattv1415]

My garage door has the MyQ and I did not need anything else like the smart hub. Is the hub for older models?

[@handydadtv]

It’s only needed for garage door openers that don’t have wifi built-in. Old or new doesn’t matter.

[@f_ngan89]

👍

[@handydadtv]

👍🏻

[@UnFormCirusprint]

On your garage door opener I see it's a "MyQ... isn't buying a hub redundant?

[@handydadtv]

That just means it was compatible. It didn’t have WiFi.

[@nikupatel9]

I have it for 3 years and that Sensor stop working in cold weather and gives false warning even when garage is close. I have even change batteries many times. It is waste of money.

[@handydadtv]

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll keep a eye out for that condition.

[@scott-kf1bi]

My garage opened by itself and I got no notification. Anyone else have that problem I'm still scratching my head.

[@handydadtv]

😲

[@ericx7206]

😩 Promo-SM!!

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