Particle Photon Garage Door Opener

Mount your project box on the door opener using velcro tape then plug your photon into wall wart power.

Particle photon garage door opener.

I just found out that the garage door project is interfering with the car garage door buttons. I m new to this and a fair novice. Anyone out there tried to connect a photon with a craftsman product. The wifi on the photon is causing some noise and not allowing our garage door opener to work.

Technically the project is pretty simple the most risky part for unexperienced people would be connecting the relays connection to the garage door button is straightforward since it s low voltage but connecting the garage light requires a bit more caution obviously. Now whenever you roll up to your garage door just hit your garage button in the blynk app and you re in. I ve started a garage door project using a photon a relay shield an internet button and an iphone or several. I have a connected photon breathing fine.

In this project we use blynk a mobile app that allows you to control internet connected microcontrollers like the particle core to build a smartphone contro. For less than the price of a new remote you can follow yoyoknows s guide and get a complete iot garage door system up and running. This tutorial uses a particle photon to control a relay for the garage door. The opener does nothing but i get a notification on my craftsman app the garage opened closed.

I have ifttt and connected to the photon. This will allow you to know what state the garage door is in closed door opening open door closing instead of just closed or open. I connected the photon to the opener using the common and no and used the momentary trigger. I had some problems when i moved in when my wife put a cfl in and her opener worked and mine did not i have an older car.