Logging of all garage door activity.
Garage door controller raspberry pi.
This first step is to install an operating system to your rpi.
That wasn t something i was expecting since the raspberry pi is more robust and a full blown mini linux computer.
Install and optimize rasbian for our purposes.
The possibilities are really endless.
A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone.
The next step is to setup your wifi from the command line.
Raspberry pi garage door opener step 1.
The relay should be wired in the normally open position so that when activated the circuit will close and the garage door will open close.
Conection to garage door openers run sudo shutdown and then unplug the pi connect 2 wires from each garage door opener switch contacts to the relay.
Demo and tutorial on how to control your garage door from your phone using an esp8266 module nodemcu and raspberry pi.
Then wire the relay to the garage door opener.
Timestamp of last state change for each door.
Setting up the garage door controller 1 download raspberry pi os lite and burn the image to the micro sd card using etcher.
Thanks to steve from the steve does stuff youtube channel.
The raspberry pi is a versatile asset when it comes to home diy projects and this pi powered garage door control system is no exception.
Setup wifi via the command line.
Learning programming made easy.
This will allow us.
The software is designed to run on a raspberry pi which is an inexpensive arm based computer and supports.
The switch contacts are usually labeled white and black and will be the same ones your wall switch es are attached to.
3 login to the garage door rpi with a keyboard and monitor using pi as the user id and.
This raspberry pi based garage door opener is capable of controlling of your garage door which enables you to open close the door when desired and lets you monitor the status to report back if the door is opened or closed at that moment.
Wire pin 2 5v on the pi to the vcc pin on the relay.
Then wire pin 6 gnd to the gnd on the relay.
