Hi folks,
I've got an electric roller-style front garage door & the key fob "zappers" have given up the ghost.
The control unit has a zero-volt connection for manual operation which I've connected up to an old X10 "Powerflash" unit I had lying around - but there's plenty on noise on my mains & this chooses to trigger itself randomly (leaving the garage door wide open to anyone wanting to steal my tools!) so isn't viable.
Obviously I want to connect this into my Idratek setup but not sure of 2 things;
1) Which module is 'best'? Would an SRH be suitable? I'm imagining its be expecting a voltage on the relay so how would it work for a zero volt operation?
2) What control options are there other than just the mobile plugin? Being the garage door, I don't want to have to get my phone out, unlock it, open the app, login, navigate some layers to the control & then select to control it every time I pull up on the drive - I want a more 'single click' option that mirrors the traditional "zapper" effect.
Is anyone aware of a-n-other wireless control input (I can only really think of an ir module and keep whatever IR controller I can find that's really small in my car, but that's maybe not all that secure)?
I'll obviously connect up a mag contact to sense open / closed (there's no real need for any kind of part open setting so it'll be binary).
Appreciate any help / advice.
Cheers
Cliff
I've got an electric roller-style front garage door & the key fob "zappers" have given up the ghost.
The control unit has a zero-volt connection for manual operation which I've connected up to an old X10 "Powerflash" unit I had lying around - but there's plenty on noise on my mains & this chooses to trigger itself randomly (leaving the garage door wide open to anyone wanting to steal my tools!) so isn't viable.
Obviously I want to connect this into my Idratek setup but not sure of 2 things;
1) Which module is 'best'? Would an SRH be suitable? I'm imagining its be expecting a voltage on the relay so how would it work for a zero volt operation?
2) What control options are there other than just the mobile plugin? Being the garage door, I don't want to have to get my phone out, unlock it, open the app, login, navigate some layers to the control & then select to control it every time I pull up on the drive - I want a more 'single click' option that mirrors the traditional "zapper" effect.
Is anyone aware of a-n-other wireless control input (I can only really think of an ir module and keep whatever IR controller I can find that's really small in my car, but that's maybe not all that secure)?
I'll obviously connect up a mag contact to sense open / closed (there's no real need for any kind of part open setting so it'll be binary).
Appreciate any help / advice.
Cheers
Cliff
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