Smart Garage Door Opener | Shelly 1 & Home Assistant

[@SmartHomeMakers]

I waited so long to do this project! In the near future I'm planning to create a lot of cool automations with my garage opener, any suggestions?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thinking about the same thing, one thing I'm worried about is having my garage door opening while I'm not aware. So next step for me is to get an IP Camera with a screenshot notification to my phone when the garage door opens and I'm not in the home zone

[@gavinrandall1080]

@@SmartHomeMakers Had a similar set up also, used Like Aaron, have a wyze, Neos Cam to monitor the door. Had a few issues with the door opening randomly, still not figured out if it was Tasmota causing the issue or if my wifi was to busy any knocking it off and on the network. For the time being, till I can figure it out, I set up a kill switch that turns the garage power off. So even if the switch fires, the garage wont open.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Gavin, indeed it is always a bit dangerous having garage door opening at random. I'm planning to put an IP camera, just for peace of mind.

[@imwlf21]

I don't own a garage or even a car but it's always nice to see new home assistant content.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks :) there are quite a lot of use cases for the shelly 1

[@D48D]

Nice work! I just installed a Shelly 1 onto my Chamberlain garage door and have it working mint as across the local and wide area networks (cell network). Shelly supports Alexa and now I can just have Alexa open and close the garage with voice commands. I dont run a manual switch to open and close the door, I only use FOBs. I installed my Shelly 1 behind the panel door on the Chamberlain and used the 30VDC supply with in the Chamberlain to power the Shelly, this was very straight forward and didnt require any longer cable runs etc. When doing the install this way the only thing to check is that the Chamberlain (or any door opener) is not set to a "low power mode" as the 30vdc supply will turn off after a while, meaning that the Shelly will go off line.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks for sharing the info! Did you check that no one can shout from outside "Alexa open garage door" ?

[@D48D]

@@SmartHomeMakers Not as such but I don't run any active microphones or Dots in my Alexa set up. I have to hold the "Home" button on my cell phone before Alexa can be enabled to listen for prompts. If someone, unbeknown to me, manages to log into my Alexa account then I may have some problems.....🤔

[@meyndertborriebornman7798]

I see some dislikes, how can one dislike something with insight-full information and above all, for free?.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

People express themselves via the dislike button which KZbin is looking to remove in the future

[@jeffsmith9486]

I found your video excellent. I have a problem with my garage remote opening. I installed several years ago 2 Belkin Wemo maker switches. One for opening 1 for closingThere are 12 V USB connected by mini USB. Belkin have stopped supporting the Wemo devices and one of them is not working. Your system seems the way forward. I have some questions one will I need two switches which model of Shelly should I get. What did you house Shelley switches in. Thank you in anticipation

[@danybary47]

I'm also starting with home assistant and youtube just recommended this channel. Your videos are very helpfull to guide me on my first steps. I'm still gathering some sensores to collect some data to trigger my automations. Now waiting for a temperature sensor and a smart plug to controll bedroom heater. Maybe a shelly one could help on that :)

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Best of luck!

[@AirPHX]

Really great video! Question. How do you make the button trigger on a double tap instead of a single tap? What would the code look like?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

More actions!

[@fartstulling]

Perfect video! I’m wondering how to control 2 garage doors?. Aqaba and Shelly 1?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Johnny two garage doors at the same time? You can use to call actions for both garage doors

[@lelandclayton5462]

When I deploy Sensors on a Garage Roll Door I will typically modify a Wireless Reed Switch Contact to use a Tilt Switch so there is no fumbling around with Magnets. A Long press would be better so you don't open the door by accident.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

That is a good point, which tilt sensor do you use ?

[@lelandclayton5462]

@@SmartHomeMakers Just some cheap Tilt Switch I go off of Amazon. I've fit them into a few Sensors. The Wyze Sense Door/Window Sensor (very tight space), Geeni WiFi Door/Window Contact and finally a Honeywell 5800Mini I covered it on my blog. theitgarage.wordpress.com/

[@MrSilverfish4421]

Hello, I have it wired up to normally open reed switch so when the door closes, it passes power to the SW input of the shelly one. What do i need to change in the script to get it to reverse? It shows open when closed and vice versa.. I've tried moving the Open and Closed.. i've changed 'on' to 'off' (binary_sensor.garage_door_input','off').... thanks.

[@michelegatta6679]

great! but is this code already adapted to the new modern style?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Michele, what do you mean regarding the new modern style ?

[@fd3871]

Thank you for this! I am using your code and followed the directions however, my button only actuates the relay when the reed switch is open (garage door is closed)? This makes it impossible to close the garage door when it is open via the button. Any ideas?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Mmh, my shelly device and button are wired in parallel. Every tap on the button or from the app acts in the same way. My garage opener hasn't got an open or close, just move

[@Anewtube4you]

I think I have the reverse situation, but it seems related. My reed switch is closed when the garage is closed. The button card as set up in the video correctly works to open the garage, then display the open garage icon. A second tap on this same button has no effect. If I long press the button, I get that contextual menu that has the details tab and the up arrow, square and down arrow button like at 1:13 in the video. If I press the square button, the garage closes straight away. Something is not right in the code.

[@kaypatel2]

Definitely a great idea. Adding it to my smart home to-do list. Just getting started with Home Assistant.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Good to hear, if you need any help let me know, got a couple of how to videos!

[@Anewtube4you]

Thanks for the overview. I added a reed switch that is activated when the door is in the closed position. My thinking was that unless my door was all the was closed, it couldn't trigger the sensor -- so if something obstructed the closing of the door, I wouldn't get a false reading the door was closed when it was not. Long story short, when I follow your tutorial, the state of my entity is reversed. Door shows closed when open, and vise versa. I don't see a way to reverse this in home assistant or in the Shelly app. Any suggestions?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

I have a contact sensor on the garage arm on part fixed the other moves the garage door opens / closes

[@caseyr3290]

I'm experiencing the same thing. Door says open when closed.

[@gavinrandall1080]

Think I'd use it to try and automate the underfloor heating in the bathroom to come on for when I wake up in the morning. It's been in there since I bought the house 3 years ago and never used, never sat down and figured out the complicated timer!

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Nice! Keep you nice and warm :)

[@famdebruin687]

Hi, i saw in a other video that magnet door sensors are also possible to connect to the Shelly 1 including the relais switch. You have any thoughts on this, should this al be combined ?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Fam, I think I know what video you are talking about, yep both solutions are fine. I'm using a contact sensor from aqara and they are pretty stable!

[@famdebruin687]

@@SmartHomeMakers thanks for reply. But what i mean, if the shelly 1 in also the controller for the contact sensor, can you then also use the binary.sensor from the shelly in your code ?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

@@famdebruin687 potentially would need to be configured within the Shelly UI. Not sure as I haven’t got it setup that way!

[@CN-xt6cw]

I've seen people wire the sensor to the shelly to know if it actually open/close and I still don't understand why, I was thinking just stick the wireless door sensor instead of wire them to the Shelly. question, if you use voice command, do you have to say TURN ON my garage to OPEN it? and TURN OFF my garage to CLOSE it since this shelly is a switch?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

I don't have it with voice control as that might be a security concern for me :) You can setup a code when pairing up devices like locks from the google or amazon app

[@stefanwaldherr4076]

Why do you add "cover.garage_door: device_class: garage" to customize.yaml if there is " covers: garage_door: device_class: garage"?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks for the comment it seems I might need to clean up the code

[@dannegus2988]

With the “covers” integration at the end, plus the HA apple HomeKit integration, the garage door icon then apparently appears in apple CarPlay when you approach home…..I’ll test it and report back

[@youknowit158]

Thanks for this video!!! I'm new to home assistant

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Welcome aboard! Remember to enroll in my free home assistant starter course :)

[@thienvu7891]

Thanks for your video. I got an error message: Failed to call service.cover/close_cover.not a valid value for dictionary value @data['entry_id']. Can you please help me fix it. Thank you.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Thien, did you look at the blog post? I think I updated the code at a certain point

[@thienvu7891]

@@SmartHomeMakers thanks for your reply. I found my fault. I missed underscore.

[@ramdisk00]

I would also make a garage door opener if I win. Thanks for the video

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Good luck!

[@TheGeekZone]

Very helpful video. I had to swap the logic of my open and close sensors because I was using a normally closed reed switch vs a normally open. But it's working perfectly now.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks geek zone !

[@ZoHaiiB]

This is a great video honestly, I'm looking into getting one of these myself for my light switches

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Zohaib! I use it every day one of the best little devices, works really well :)

[@gambler3k]

cant for the life of me get the Garage Door entity to show up in has. Is this video outdated and i need to use the template helper from the ui? I've restarted has numberous times and the entity wont show up.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hiya! Send me an email will help you out

[@gambler3k]

@@SmartHomeMakers thnx for offer to help but i got it to work. It was my lack of yaml skills. all good now =)

[@drreality1]

Great content, thanks Is that an ev charger in the background?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Indeed it is! Gone fully electric 3 years ago :)

[@drreality1]

@@SmartHomeMakers That's amazing, good on you sir. Looking at installing a charger at my driveway also. Any advice?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

@@drreality1 Not sure what car, or where you live. In terms of charging at home you would save 5/10 mins each time compared to going to the petrol / gas station. On the contrary on long trips you are going to lose times because you have to stop more frequently and charing always takes longer than refuelling

[@WillSteeleMusic]

Great stuff! I could definitely do with automating my doors.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

You should!

[@wantafastz28]

Another well done tutorial

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Calvinastroboy]

Thank you so much！ this video is really helpful!

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Glad it was helpful!

[@markwilson5666]

Bro keep it up

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks !!

[@rrrrrrrr290]

Im too far away for postage costs but great video

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks Dude!

[@stepheng2131]

I couldn't get your code working for hours, but finally figured out what the issue was since a cover wants "open" or "closed" for a value, not "on" or "off" (like the binary sensor): value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.garage_door_sensor') }}" had to be: value_template: >- {% if is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door_sensor','on') %} open {% else %} closed {% endif %}

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Stephan, sorry for the headache issues, thanks for sharing the code. I'll double check on my end!

[@stepheng2131]

@@SmartHomeMakersoh no worries! nothing worth learning is ever easy :-)

[@SmartHomeMakers]

@@stepheng2131 I updated the blog post too, thanks again!

[@law_dawg7415]

I am very new to HA, and not a coder at all. I do have the opener working but can't seem to figure out the reed switch. no state change

[@stepheng2131]

@@law_dawg7415 If you want a second reference, check out the Shelly video by the channel "The Hookup" called "Automate your garage door", he very precisely demonstrates in the video how to hook up the reed switch and what settings the Shelly app needs

[@javituh]

Thanks, i've got a problem so i just send e-mail to you, thanks for your videos!!!

[@GijsEnde]

Make the button on the phone a long press so you not open the garage door by mistake when you are not home

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Good call!

[@SmartHomeMakers]

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[@meyndertborriebornman7798]

Leonardo, thank you for well presented presentation. I'm 71 year old old school industrial electronics technician. I just finished a load, lock out, project on a back up generator instalation. It is a 26 bedroom guest house with 30 Aircon units and 10 Geysers. In South Africa the electricity supplier Eskom can not generate enough electricity for the demand at all times and will randomly load shed big areas to decrease the demand. It happens that some days some areas will have no electricity for 12 hours in 3 hour shifts. I developed a system that will drop all the air-conditioners and the geysers from the load (4 units for the 40 devices) and lock them out while the generator runs. At the moment, when the Utility electricity comes back, each unit must be restore with a local button to over ride the lock out. I'm looking at automating the utility electricity restored action. Thank you for the information you shared with us. I will also add a sensor to indicate system restoration separate from the switching action.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Thanks for your time in watching the video and leaving a comment! Great solution for the electric supply !

[@inakidb]

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[@SmartHomeMakers]

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[@inakidb]

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