RE: Automated Garage Doors whose got one ?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

Some openers have additional contacts for beam break sensors etc (very
exciting HA bits!). Might be worth looking for the manual to see what each
model offers?

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Cook [mailto:g@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 December 2003 12:10
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> Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Automated Garage Doors whose got one ?
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> cool - in that case, I may go with the belt drive LiftMaster 1000 -
> although sounds not too disimilar to Dilberts GruntMaster 6000 (but
that
> had no actual purpose).
>
> I'll also hack the remote switch and put a switch into one of the
blanking
> plates in the porkers dashboard to open/close !
>
> G.
>
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> ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 29/12/2003 12:05 -----
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> I've got one Gareth.
>
> Seip door opener - has a dry contact switch closure to open/close
which
> you can connect a manual switch and/or HomeVision/Comfort etc. Mine is
> linked to Comfort via one of their relay boards. You can't force it
> open/closed discreetly (I think) but it has 3 LED's on the PCB which
show
> the following states - Open, Nearly Open, mid-way, Nearly Closed,
Closed.
> I took a feed off of these LED's and fed them into HomeVision (via
some
> opto isolators - just for safety so I didn't blow up the PCB!).
Homevision
> now monitors the LED's and can tell the status of the door and in turn
now
> announces "Garage door opening/closing" etc via AT&T
Natural Voices
> through the whole-house speaker system. Works pretty well (apart from
a
> bit of dodgy pronunciation in the UK voices!).
>
> I think most door openers should give you at least basic contacts that
you
> should be easily able to interface with Comfort :)
>
> Paul.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gareth Cook [mailto:g@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 29 December 2003 10:59
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Automated Garage Doors whose got one ?
> >
> > And I dont consider an electric door opener to be automated ! I
see an
> > automated Garage Door opener to be one that can link to the house
> > controller - ie homevision, comfort.
> >
> > So, does anyone have an opener that can be forced closed (as
opposed to
> > hacking the toggle switch they come with) ??
> >
> > G.
> >
> >  Gareth Cook
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