Making Your Own Garage Door Remote

For other models use garadget.

Making your own garage door remote.

Doorbell wire or equivalent you may have some wire you can use already. 12v dc adapter in my case i had. If you have an older garage door you probably have a bunch of obnoxious large remotes sitting around. This will be used to connect the shelly 1 to.

Step 2 locate the learn button. The following are some of the companies that sell garage door remotes. Programming your garage door remote and clearing the current garage door remotes from the opener varies slightly according to the model of your system. Garadget aims a laser at a reflective patch on your garage door to determine if it s open or not.

This will be the. I left mine in place to make it easier to restore the remote to its original condition if i want to. Disable the outlet at the breaker remove the outlet cover and unscrew the outlet disconnect the live load and ground wires. Usually the steps will be.

If you want it wouldn t be hard to de solder the remote s factory button from the pcb. Liftmaster genie allstar linear and stanley. Here s what you ll need. Shelly 1 smart relay see my review of it and how i used it for a light switch for more details.

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. Connect the new outlet using the provided instructions secure the new outlet back in the electrical box reinstall an outlet cover.