Sonoff garage door opener step 1.
Use a sonoff to open garage door.
1 use multimeter to identify the positive and negative terminals of this power plug.
I have a few reed sensors and i d like to see if i can modify one to control my garage.
Has anyone used a sonoff basic as a garage door opener without permanently modifying it.
You wire the sonoff in parallel with that so either works.
In addition to this i was using a nodemcu esp8266 to act separately as the garage door sensor.
These devices can be purchased from aliexpress for a few dollars looking at.
Find the ip address of your new tasmotized sonoff you can look in your router put the sonoff ip address in your browser go to configuration configure module and and change the module type to sonoff sv.
Automate your garage door using sonoff 4chpror2 1 disconnect the switch from power supply.
Most garage door openers just short two terminals together on the unit for open close.
So in essence i had.
Sonoff basic for garage door opener without permanent modification.
3 take out the circuit board.
I was using a sonoff 4 channel pro relay in my smart garage door project however it was big time overkill.
Starting with the sonoff device.
5 move all dip switches on the k6 to the 1 position which.
I only need one relay to pull this off.
4 move the s6 switch to the 1 position to enable the inching mode.
2 remove all screws and open its upper cover.
Go back into configure module and set gpio 14 to switch2 save and it ll restart again.
2 attach the positive terminal of this power plug to the in side of sonoff sv with an electric soldering iron and attach the negative terminal of this power plug to the in side of sonoff sv.
A small cut using a dremel or hack saw is cut down the side of the relay disconnecting the relay.