Two suggestions/corrections: 1) make sure you have a good Wi-Fi signal at that location before installing the mount; 2) use the long screws into the drywall anchors - the short screws are for mounting the door sensor to the garage door and are too short to expand the anchor behind the drywall to secure it.
It worked, and this video was helpful. As a tip, I went ahead and plugged it in before mounting it, and then set the the smaller device up on a step ladder and then paired it and tested it before going through the trouble of drilling and taping, etc. I wanted to make sure it all worked first. It did, and so far so good, so now I have more permanently mounted it per these guidelines.
How does the sensor know if the door is open or closed or half way or anything? How is the sensor calibration to what? It’s it any movement it registers and considers that a valid open or close command
I just installed mine recently. I wish the programming was as easy as the demo here! It took me over 3 hours from unboxing to operation! Lots of glitches encountered. Had to find phone # to Chamberlain and call tech support because my app kept rejecting my wifi password! He had me do a back door setup to get the password to work. He admitted there must be a bug in the app preventing me from entering my wifi password! THEN, try to pair the opener to the hub! OMG! Almost gave up because the app kept saying my machine was not compatible and I could only use it to find out if my door was opened or closed! Not having that! My Genie has a program button, but it's black. The LED indicator lights are buried deep inside the machine, so nothing like the instructions say. + the button has to be HELD down for over 2 seconds! NOT a doorbell press. AND, I had to have a hand held car remote on top of that! Had to go through setup over and over and over again until, like an hour later...Finally paired! Now, it sorta works, the the built-in LED light does NOT flash when I hit close on the app! What a mess! So, beware, it is a bear.
Been thinking about getting this but wasn't quite sure how it all worked. This looks super easy and now I think I'll go ahead with the purchase. Great tutorial!
You never told us about the positioning of the hub and the sensor. In which part of the garage was the hub installed? Isn't that important to note? Don't they need to be positioned so they line up to sense each other? Not very helpful video.
Awesome tutorial and great recommendation! I was worried that because my garage was on the older side I wouldn’t be able to find an easy way to connect my garage door to my smartphone, but this proved me wrong! As soon I saw this video, I ordered it with same day shipping from Amazon. Install was very easy and I like that the app also walks you through installation- step by step. Could not recommend this more, thank you!!
Interesting, I just put a chamberlain in last night. It says it is blue tooth and wifi, and tells me to download the MyQ, buuuuttt...I did not get that device you just installed. Now I need to read more!!!
thank you very much, installed mine in like 10 min because of your vid, I opted to just get 3m double sided tape instead of screws and it works awesomely. Thanks again Merry Christmasss
Great video.. would give tip if you’ve gone though this set up and opening and closing is inconsistent.. especially closes, but often won’t open you could be getting interference from LED or halogen lights in garage.. mentioned in support troubleshooting guide that they can give off radio interference. I needed to remove all LED bulbs.. reset MYQ hub and redo setup.. if just remove bulbs, it will still have faulty code for garage door and still be spotty. After doing this it works flawlessly every time!
Just installed mine (great instructions)... turns out the unit is pretty useless though. Doesn't allow Alexa integration... and pretty much just allows you to open and close the garage door using your phone instead of the remote on the visor in your car.... sooooo... a lot of work, just to be able to do what you can do with the remote. As far as "Well, it tells you if the door is open or not"... I have a camera in the garage that tells me that. Heard Simple Command would allow you to control your garage with Alexa... but they went out of business and are no more. So, great instructions... was easy to install... just a completely usless device.
I'm feeling like it is working via Bluetooth so, although I can know if the garage door was left open when I'm away from home, I'm thinking I cannot close it if I am away. Is that correct?
Can it be set up with Google Assistant/Google Home where I don't have to open the app but instead say, "Hey Google, Open the garage door". Or, "Hey Google, close the garage door".
Right at the last you mentioned LTE or 5G connection but I did not understand how this works with WiFi? Also does the app warn about when to change battery?
@@CaesarCritiques I purchase and installed the device. All went well and it's up and running. I only wish that there was an automated step to closed the garage door after say 30 minutes if left open.
I haven't seen this anywhere. Perhaps you can help. Can you setup and operate the garage door without a myq sensor? I want to use myq hub with a ramset gate opener that closes automatically after 10 seconds and works with a typical multicode control.
My app (MyQ) keeps asking me to press the learn button and wait for a beep. The beep never happens and connection fails. You must be using an older version of the app. Installation is different now.
If I have an older but still working garage motor without a learn button (old screw/wires/flipswitch code kind) - is there a wire i can hook to hub directly ?
Tried pairing last night to my liftmaster motor. Couldn’t get it to pair. Tired all the learning button colors on the app and failed. Will be retuning this item today.
great video ...i have 2 doors and was told i can program both doors to one module. Assuming this is correct, i am guessing rinse and repeat for both doors. Can anyone confirm?
Thanks for the video. Were you able to mount the hub at least the 4 feet away from metal specified in instructions? It seems unreasonable to expect this since most folks will plug it into the ceiling receptacle near both the motor, tracks, and hardware associated with the door.
So when you pair the myQ to garage opener, my homelink and remote we used prior to myQ, stopped working. Anyone else run into this? Is there a solution?
Mine failed at the final step over and over and over......Chamberlain B550 ironically can directly connect to Wi-Fi but that don't work either. I can directly connect to motor unit Wi-Fi with good signal from my cellphone. I think the Wi-Fi radio is suspect on the motor unit, so I did modify both antenna and make them longer. One was really short for some reason from the factory apparently, because the installer wouldn't cut it, so that is well stupid but Chamberlain is mega corporation at this point and that happens.
Hello, I have an international router and my garage is around 100 feet from my home. Will I be able to use this device? In the garage, there is no internet signal. Or am I just being stupid and don't get how this works?
Hmmm, interestingly enough, it's not the same steps to reconnect if you ever reprogram your garage door opener. At the 00:06:08 mark of your video, these steps vary if the device has been removed from the garage door opener's old program setting. I am going to see if it is possible to do a factory reset on the Q Hub, uninstall the app from the iPhone too, and treat this as if it was a brand new instalation. Let's see if this will allow me to reconnect successfully back onto my WiFi network. Thanks for your video, it's better than than what the Q Hub folks have up on their troubleshooting videos, LOL.
So I just learned that if my opener has the MyQ logo on it, all I need is the app & dont have to buy the "MyQ garage door opener by Chamberlain. ". Would this be correct?
I have question. In case wifi is down or battery inside of sensor is dead, will the door still open by using original remote control? Or once everything get paired, you can only open garage door with myQ app?
You can also use the regular remote if you don’t accidentally unprogrammed when u setup the myQ. They send you a reminder email telling u to switch out your batter on the sensor btw.
