Photon Particle Setup Garage Door

Cut one small length of wire and bridge the two relays on their common pin.

Photon particle setup garage door.

This tutorial uses a particle photon to control a relay for the garage door. While it s an unlikely scenario it s not so far fetched to not provide a solution. While the second was used to notify us when the garage door was open or closed. With this setup you can continue to control your garage door even when you are not at home.

We used 2 photons to regulate both parts of this project. The wifi on the photon is causing some noise and not allowing our garage door opener to work. 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. I just found out that the garage door project is interfering with the car garage door buttons.

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. The first photon was used to control the door closing and opening. If you did anytime that the power went out to your particle core the garage door would open. The photon itself will run you about 20 and the rest of the parts for a single door will probably set you back another 10.

In addition i am creating some particle variables and functions so i can a monitor the status location of the door and b send the photon button press commands from the particle console cli command line. With this particular relay breakout it s not possible to simply wire one relay.