Smartifying My 25+ Year Old Garage - Z-Wave Garage Door Opener

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0:00 Intro
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3:04 The Obvious Answer
4:44 Installing Magnets
6:05 Running Ethernet
8:55 Testing It
11:15 Wiring
14:40 Conclusion
16:32 Outro

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@eldibs 2 года назад

Dan is the guy at the office that is somehow competent at everything, and is exasperated because he saw the solution ahead of time but still had to watch everyone try the wrong solution first.

@Br-Shaft 2 года назад

The wrong solution pays for his salary, so he needs to deal with the testing kkkkk

@V1N_574 2 года назад

In this case the right solution is the wrong one till its time is due.

@ohnonomorenames 2 года назад

I'm sure he is way down the list but I really want to see Dan's extreme upgrade.

@ex1tium 2 года назад

Yeah that's me. I feel his pain.

@KevinCrouch0 2 года назад

I love Dan, lol

@x316RiotMakerx 2 года назад

Linus to the contractor: “I know there is a better way to do it, but the viewers need me to do it this way”

@Henk14789 2 года назад

I wonder how many times the contractor has just recomended some commercial, homekit ready garage door opener. Because you gotta give apple some credit there, they can pull you into the cloud, but they sure forced those 'smart' home makers out of it.

@why_tho_ 2 года назад

I want to buy James a Ridge Wallet because of how he said that last line 😂

@NotTheHeroStudios 2 года назад

to be honest he's probably the coolest and most patient contractor I've ever seen. and as someone that did electrical and home security systems I have met a lot of GCs

@pauliewalnuts2527 2 года назад

Linus to the contractor: "EGG FUCKIN SHELL"

@pauliewalnuts2527 2 года назад

@Don't Read My Profile Photo k, I wont

@liquid74 2 года назад

Fun fact, it doesn't matter where you put the door sensor, since even if the door is slightly open, the magnet is not aligned and should indicate if it's NOT closed

@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 2 года назад

My thoughts exactly. I was laughing so hard when he said to put the sensor as low as posslbe. LMAO.

@MastaSquidge 2 года назад

I came here to check. Good job team.

@MeshaYAY 2 года назад

At work we put them all at chest level so they're easier to work on for all the garage doors '67'. That's our dock doors and doors for the forklift drivers to separate the plant and warehouse.

@draufunddran 2 года назад

i was just about to write the same thing... in fact i would be easier to put it at the top so you don't have to run the cable all the way down.

@vallorahn 2 года назад

Exactly, my first taught watching this.

@MyckleMendoza 2 года назад

I really like Dan's humor. First he jokes about Linus' kids' lives being at risk due to a ceiling mounted projector, and now he's worried that if Linus dies, no one pays the bill and there'll be blood on the floor.

@grn1 Год назад

You ever had to clean blood off the floors.

@lexistential Год назад

@@grn1 your window to clean it up is the first 5 minutes or so, once it starts coagulating you're out of luck

@grn1 Год назад

@@lexistential Good to know. I wonder how effective the 7-up trick is (citrus plus fizz gives it some cleaning properties).

@deanonesense Год назад

@@grn1 best bet is hydrogen peroxide because it's good at destroying cell membranes... I'd probably go with CLR to remove any stains that survived the hydrogen peroxide.

@ZaHandle 2 месяца назад

These people above me are murderers on the loose

@sirsentry1769 2 года назад

I love it. The 2 reasons dan doesn’t want Linus to die “he pays our bills, and you’ll get blood all over the floor”

@nexusyang4832 2 года назад

Gotta love worker's comp.

@greywizard2557 2 года назад

Well you can't fault his logic.

@MrIzzy5466 2 года назад

I always joke that it's a lot of paperwork if someone gets hurt

@ZNotFound 2 года назад

@@greywizard2557 He is from the Logistics team.

@TheSequimKid 2 года назад

Little does Dan know, they can survive without Linus. He’s made sure that LMG will survive without him.

@thexgamer8240 2 года назад

Welcome back to another episode of “DIY Projects with Yvonne’s long lost son and his father”.

@mitchnonya3792 2 года назад

I can't wait to receive my "GIFT"

@smashslamer31 2 года назад

*Yvonnes boyfriend and his husband

@thexgamer8240 2 года назад

@@smashslamer31 There are many interpretations out there. Mine and yours are two of them.

@vaisakhkm783 2 года назад

@@smashslamer31 Yvonne's two childrens 😂

@dude11579 2 года назад

And uncle Dan

@andrewcochrane7538 2 года назад

Tip for young players - extend all the contacts from the door openers to a location with safer access - this allows the testing and reconfig to be done while NOT on a ladder... it also allows the controller to be upgraded or replaced without having to move a car out of the garage and find a ladder...

@Ufphen 2 года назад

also dont use Cat 6

@chaplint70 2 года назад

Most of us don't have 20 foot high garages. I can use a step stool to get to my garage door opener, which I made "smart" with a $20 MyQ. Next one I install (I've done two) will have wifi and a battery backup.

@AeroElectro 2 года назад

@@Ufphen why not cat6? Or you're just saying go with cheaper cat5?

@DIYtechie 2 года назад

Exactly. The long cablerun should not be to the contact sensor but to the garage opener itself… So funny to see Laurel and Hardy at work 🤣

@xDownSetx 2 года назад

@@Ufphen The low voltage installers probably use so much Cat6 that it makes more sense cost-wise to use it even with odd runs like this than stocking 2 conductor wire too.

@benstanfill363 2 года назад

Dan is a mad man 😂 *linus grinding down a screw "I'm employed by this man" Linus dangerously on a ladder "he pays our bills"

@BAGG8BAGG Год назад

Every time I hear him comment on things I hear that Simpson quote "I'm in danger :)"

@JamesErath 2 года назад

I love Dan. "He pays our bills!" "Is that the only reason you don't want me to die?" "Uh, you'll also get blood all over the floor!"

@justken5 2 года назад

He's a whole mood

@Idontknow4 2 года назад

I like how a garage door is continuously stopping linus when he's done crazy things like a 16k monitor

@Tsaukpaetra 2 года назад

Same reason why the Doctor's screwdriver doesn't work on wood doors, I suppose....

@Henk14789 2 года назад

That's wat makes the difference between some random video project, and something that actually has to work reliably

@huypham7479 2 года назад

nice my guy, you just gave him some content ideas :)

@Mr.Morden 2 года назад

My family has always opened garage door ourselves. I feel like people who buy garage door openers should be buying automatic door openers for their house too. . . . . . . PS. This is entire comment is really just a gaslight to make Linus install door openers on every door in his house. Pass it on.

@TrevorElliott 2 года назад

Because they don't actually find people who know what they're doing, they just pay Jake to Google and guess

@mwrammler 2 года назад

The look on Dan's face as Linus stands on the ladder explaining his plan is the look of a man reevaluating the life choices that made Linus his boss.

@JeffGeerling 2 года назад

I'd rather not have the cloud be able to open and close the garage door. But I would enjoy seeing the status of 'open' or 'closed'.

@rxgtv 2 года назад

Mr. Geerling, with no replies?!

@vrmadlab 2 года назад

Yeah, offline smart home solutions should be more present on the market.

@avroarchitect1793 2 года назад

@@vrmadlab but then they can't sell your data to their customers. Smart devices are meant to collect behavioral data in aggregate to sell to corporate sales teams for marketing data.

@vrmadlab 2 года назад

@@avroarchitect1793 Yeah, but i rather would pay 2x as much in the setup than giving my personal data away

@timmccleary8615 2 года назад

Jeff and Linus could make an excellent collab on home control...

@gravitone 2 года назад

Now that "Dan's here!" according to Linus, I expect an episode of the DAN Show soon.

@supercoolmunkee 2 года назад

We got a lot of Anthony's shows, and I hope we get some of Dan's show. If Linus Tech Tips team keeps growing, eventually Linus will get less screen time.

@TheRogueWolf 2 года назад

"I'm _employed_ by this man." If I had a nickel for every time that's probably been said at LMG headquarters....

@keatontaylor3612 2 года назад

Can we get a tour of Jake's home automation setup. He clearly knows Home Assistant very well.

@DanShephard Год назад

This please! I need to see the config for the door controller and sensors, mine is giving me a headache.

@grn1 Год назад

I bet he doesn't actually have a home automation setup... yet.

@AceBoy2099 7 месяцев назад

I'd love how-to's on this stuff. I have no clue what all this programming stuff for HA is.

@kyle857 2 года назад

The main thing that LTT has taught me over the years is, it is not necessarily or desirable for everything to be "smart"

@Verlisify 2 года назад

The Garage saga seemingly never ends

@Ladioz 2 года назад

I wish we can go back to building pc and testing games..

@Verlisify 2 года назад

@@Ladioz Nah. There's only so many ways to skin a cat, countless ways to do really cool shit

@boringTpp4 2 года назад

I just wish *Brian the Electrician* would have made an appearance

@jemiebridges3197 2 года назад

@@Ladioz except this house is basically a PC case and he is adding components. The home theater is monitor and speakers. The server room is his Plex/NAS. The garage is a weird ass bluetooth accessory. And tax breaks a.s write offs are the game. Just like for the rest of us. And then you have the objectives and achievements like owning a car.

@shodanxx 2 года назад

It's not over by a long shot

@jeffsims7386 2 года назад

1. Dropping magnets damages them and reduces their strength. 2. Use TWO sensors per door, so that you can have failsafe verification that the door is either fully open or fully closed. 3. You don’t have to put the sensors at the very bottom to ensure it’s closed, it moves with the door…. As long as it’s aligned when it’s closed, it’s aligned when it’s closed.

@RockiMulti 2 года назад

3.-> I thought so too and it drives me crazy that they didn't notice 😅xd

@Pimpchimp1000 2 года назад

Soooooo, does Jake have a room yet?

@jezt48 2 года назад

As someone with photosensitivity, can I just thank the editors for the flashing lights warning and the "safe to return" sound. I've noticed it in recent videos and it makes watching so much easier. ❤ to the editing/post-prod team

@lanye2708 2 года назад

I don't have any photosensitive conditions but it's a really thoughtful edit, kudos to editors et al

@talonsid 2 года назад

FYI, that sensor works best at the top of the door, where the door will move away from the door jam even when the garage door is open 1 inch. Also uses less wire and it away from anyone messing with it.

@homicidesquad6417 2 года назад

*Linus’s house is slowly becoming the ultimate gaming pc*

@Alzorath 2 года назад

I just find it funny that his house is no longer watercooled, but rather, water warmed.

@philipcooksey3422 2 года назад

Next up: water cooling my house

@larry365 2 года назад

"Put the sensor right at the bottom so it will detect even if the door is open a little bit" Think about that for a minute, Jake 😉

@raphaelatienza 2 года назад

Lol. Hey it's funny. It doesn't really matter where they place the sensors as long as they are aligned when the garage door is closed... but isn't this also a comedy video?

@hendhel 2 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking lol

@DIYtechie 2 года назад

Exactly… 😂

@raphaelatienza 2 года назад

It is time for Jake to tell himself "That doesn't matter!" I really think he said that to give Linus a hard time...

@Raysboostin 2 года назад

The second Jake said it, i was like "did he really just say that?".

@urbypilot2136 2 года назад

Dan is quickly becoming a community favorite.

@Penguin_Tree 2 года назад

Dan always showing he's the smartest person there which is both saying a lot and not much at the same time

@skoomskaa 2 года назад

underrated comment!

@enriquedossantos3283 2 года назад

yet whos the millionaire in the room? life is not fair

@rileyblack5621 2 года назад

To anyone wondering what the name of the "horse hoof trimmer" Linus wanted, they are called an end nipper or a fret wire end nipper.

@CRneu 2 года назад

I think tin snips would also have been applicable.

@darkchaosclanat 2 года назад

I call it Kneifzange

@GIHD 2 года назад

@@darkchaosclanat So muss das

@ch12831 2 года назад

@@CRneu Nope, tin snips are basically scissors on steroids for cutting sheet metal (previously/historically, rolled tin). End nippers/cross cut pliers are for flush cutting the end off small diameter nails, wires, rivets, and bolts.

@rileyblack5621 2 года назад

@@CRneu as a general term yeah, but tin snips are more like scissors on steroids

@pigslayer275 2 года назад

"What could go wrong" is the exact phrase you NEVER want to hear Linus say yet he says it FAR too often. Spoiler: Everything goes wrong

@kaneo1 Год назад

It's more of a 'table of contents for vid' saying rather than a 'no issues whatsoever!'

@neutral139 2 года назад

For HomeKit Meros makes a pretty nice opener which essentially does the same thing as this one, but isn't ZWave (which makes this setup better I think). It also has a magnet sensor and has worked flawlessly.

@lordcarnorjax8599 2 года назад

I just installed two of them yesterday for my garage doors. Went far smother than Linus’ install.

@jurriaandejongh8677 2 года назад

I literally exhaled when I saw Dan appear in the shot. Thank god there's an adult to save the day. 🤣

@geniusaur 2 года назад

Dan is quickly becoming one of my favourites, hes a funny chap.

@Midz350i 2 года назад

He also a striper provider. 10/10

@jhazard333 2 года назад

I work for Chamberlain/LiftMaster. So, to be fair, the reason the Chamberlain/LiftMaster/Craftsman MyQ openers flash it's lights and beep while closing is for safety, it's saying "HEY IM CLOSING, GET OUT OF THE F***IN WAY" it's related to the UL325 standards set for the garage door opener industry back in 1993 to make them more secure and "safer". Also the wall control panels are serial encrypted so you can only use that brand of products for reasons like....people trying to tinker and use those operators for purposes the manufacturer wasn't intended for and so products not intended to be used with those operators can't be used. Had a guy use a jackshaft (side mounted opener) to operate a dumbbell waiter in his house and another using a garage door opener to operate a scissor lift for a motorcycle haha The older operators pre security + 2.0 (the yellow learn myq enabled units made 2011-present) are still dry contact so you can do the wonky and DIY stuff you all like to do. Just puttin' all that out there haha

@grex2595 2 года назад

I had to stop the video after the blinking/beeping comment to look for comments like this. Like, I get that you want the door to close immediately, but you probably don't want the lawsuit when somebody's working on it or standing under it when it shuts and hurts them, and that's what it's for. Hard to believe that Linus couldn't figure that one out on his own.

@ZachStein 2 года назад

Why even bother selling motors then? Someone might attach a knife to it! "Someone might DIY something stupid" isn't a valid excuse for DRM and proprietary, less useful, crap. That sounds kind of like "Someone might use our not needlessly overengineered product and make it more useful for their purposes without paying us our cut".

@OKayD3N 2 года назад

@@grex2595 he did realize that but he’s intelligent enough not to close the garage door on top of someone else, and therefore doesn’t need that safety protection.

@cameron858 2 года назад

There are safety beams to protect.

@grex2595 2 года назад

@@OKayD3N yes, because he didn't literally close the garage door on the last WAN show without checking the door while somebody was there who could have been hurt by it. Because the only time anybody closes a garage door through the cloud is when they're physically present to visually clear the door. The fact that you haven't considered those situations is exactly the reason they have to put the safety feature on.

@jamesclark5905 2 года назад

I am so happy that Dan has so quickly become a part of so much content. He's so naturally funny holy shit! We all Stan the Dan

@nah9337 2 года назад

"For a light bulb I don't care" I can see linus regretting that when someone hacks his lights and makes his house go full rave mide in the middle of the night 🤣

@RockiMulti 2 года назад

love this

@yuxuanhuang3523 2 года назад

If I remember correctly, there was news about someone pranking their friend in this way to warn the system is unsafe

@BurntFaceMan 2 года назад

Remember Big bang theory showing people turning off an on light from over seas... I do.

@hodgepodge5290 2 года назад

The way that sensor is designed, it could have been mounted anywhere along the rail.

@ErilynOfAnachronos 2 года назад

Had been thinking the same thing.

@BurntFaceMan 2 года назад

I was about to say the same thing, could have been much tidier up near the top, less cable and such. =)

@tlanfer 2 года назад

Yeah. "Put it as close to the bottom as you can so it'll detect when it opens". No, the door moves as a whole, putting it a few inches up makes absolutely no difference 😄

@sandmaster4444 2 года назад

4:20 is the reason Dan is our favorite. It's just beautiful!! Hopefully he doesn't get fed up and leave as it's great for the lulz but can grind you down in the longer term...

@ripgfa 2 года назад

The chamberlain has the flashing lights when you use the remote open/close as a safety feature in case someone is in the garage and your door sensors are broke. It’s a liability for them to not have it.

@lcarsos 2 года назад

how does blinking the light before the door starts moving fix the door sensor being broken? You'd think that if you had the option to move, the door starting to move would be your sign that the door is moving. Blinking the light is going to cause people to stop and look at the light wondering wtf is wrong with it. If someone's fallen across the path of the door, and they can't move, and the door sensor is broken, blinking the light isn't going to stop the door trying to cut them in half.

@ripgfa 2 года назад

@@lcarsos again, it’s a liability solver to alert people in the garage it’s being closed remotely. It makes the lawyers happy so they can’t be sued. Don’t like it. Don’t buy it.

@bradnoyes7955 2 года назад

@@ripgfa It's also required by US law (CPSC 16 CFR § 1211.14)

@Zardif Год назад

It really is the most inane complaint, 'my garage door warns people if I remotely close it'.

@hunterdelrey Год назад

If I come home late and my garage beeps when I close the door and wakes everyone up, I'd be pissed.

@AarPlays 2 года назад

"Dan's here" Dan is the dad of LTT now.

@HurdleHelps 2 года назад

I'd say he's more of a disappointed dad... as in he watches his kids do something stupid, shakes his head and just walks away in disbelief they are his.

@th3R0b0t 2 года назад

@@HurdleHelps I'm not even old... ok, a little old, but a feel way older... but every time Dan lets out an exasperated sigh, I'm like, "Me too Dan... Me too." but I just can't stop watching.

@Willp4139 2 года назад

2:45 The 10s light flash and beeping before closing is a UL “safety” requirement for “operation without line of sight” (i.e. via the internet) that manufacturers must implement in order to receive a UL listing for their openers.

@firefly2472 2 года назад

Nobody likes it.

@qcdsticks 2 года назад

It's so annoying. But even besides that I can't even use IFTTT to setup an automation for when I connect to my home wifi to open the garage it can only close it. Plus the voice commands when in a shared home don't work at all like there's 5 people in my house we all have cars we all use the garage door. Yet only my dad could use the voice commands everyone else we just get told "there's no devices in your home"

@VulgrDisplay 2 года назад

Correct, it's there to warm people that the door is about to close on their head especially when homeowners installing the things without proper safety sensor placement get involved.

@1superricko 2 года назад

Just add an ir sensor gate or door bottom bumper. That has been the way to close overhead garage doors safely commercially for decades. If the sensor trips then reverse to open. That adds costs so homes don't have them normally.

@trogdorstrngbd 2 года назад

@@1superricko That only works if UL makes an exception for that. From this specific perspective, I can't blame Chamberlain for that annoying safety feature.

@CockatooDude 2 года назад

At this point there's so much shit going on in this house that I've completely lost track of what's going on. I just accept what's happening.

@nobodynemoq 2 года назад

Hi! I'm doing my own garage door automation (mechanics is provided by widely used in Europe company Hörmann) based on own-made scripts for Raspberry PI - and actually I needed THREE contactrons: - one activated when garage door is fully closed - one activated when garage door is fully open - one, in a special position that garage door open to (like 1 meter above floor) when it meets an obstacle while closing the door With these three, I can always know what is the state of the door. If none of those three contactrons are active, it means that someone manually stopped the door inbetween - so next signal to the door mechanism will clarify the situation.

@kal9001 2 года назад

4:40 In this arrangement it wouldn't make any difference how far up or down the door the sensor was placed. A 6 inch displacement of the door is the same 6 inches if it's measured at the top of the bottom of the door.

@karlobrutalo425 2 года назад

yup, and having it this far down would make it easy to cut the wire once it is open for a few inches

@jasoncrumb4798 2 года назад

I had the same thought at this point, also when he was trying to figure out the terminal to wire to, he could take some wire and jump the terminal instead of trying to activate the switch....

@Solmbarnes 2 года назад

Yep. 🤦‍♂️

@numus19 2 года назад

@@karlobrutalo425 Cutting the wire wouldn't do anything because it would remain open all the time if cut. The magnet closes the circuit.

@numus19 2 года назад

Dammit said the same exact thing without reading the comments. If it was a contact sensor sure.

@JMacalinao 2 года назад

Correction: For the Google Assistant manual setup in Home Assistant, you do not need to re-authenticate every so often. It's one-and-done. It is true though that it's a pretty lengthy process, and will require Home Assistant (or at least the specific API endpoint provided by Home Assistant) to be publicly accessible through the internet.

@karigucio 2 года назад

thanks for the correction. for me this is a huge deal if i can or not host sth locally

@DrCoolHands 2 года назад

You only have to re-auth it if you don't read the instructions fully and neglect to press publish button on the Google dev portal.

@etekweb 2 года назад

@@DrCoolHands Doesn't the publish step require a review by Google?

@viktorwadskog3532 2 года назад

@@etekweb Nope, mine has been working for years without Google reviewing it.

@viktorwadskog3532 2 года назад

This man is right! Please correct Jakes faulty statement. The manual process is long and complicated, but once you got it, you can forget it.

@user-ce5cy8wv9g 5 месяцев назад

Love Watching these tech guys make simple projects waaaaay harder than they have to be (perfect example -the theater seating). It's amazing how a simple garage door controller became a soap opera of exaggerated steps.

@rikvdmark 2 года назад

I am so glad you guys try out different options so in the end I know what works best 😋 Going set up my garage doors in a similar fashion 😊

@kaioh6 2 года назад

4:40 Actually, placing the magnet anywhere yields the same result even if you wanted to know if the garage was open "even a little bit".

@vypGMD 2 года назад

Would’ve saved a bit of cable running

@kaioh6 2 года назад

@@vypGMD you right, but my argument doesn't concern cable length.

@a3-radio 2 года назад

Lower sensor does help if something (like a skateboard) is in between the door the garage won't close on it

@DEATHTRUTH 2 года назад

@@a3-radio Any sensor location will tell you that.

@getyerspn 2 года назад

As an electrical engineer who spends literally most of his life playing with sensors for production lines this video made me lol many times .... Also personally I use esp8266 devices flashed with tasmota for my home automation...or ZigBee devices flashed with tasmota.

@rav4l2003 2 года назад

I’ve flashed devices with tasmota, except mine was new enough to require hardware flashing since they started encrypting the stock firmware on some devices. Annoying but still fun.

@stefanzdravkovic4580 2 года назад

Why not ESPHome?

@Ddaniel_xoxo 2 года назад

How many te have the sensors been faulty

@Darkk6969 2 года назад

I've flashed a few Sonoff devices with tasmota and they've been great. Easy to integrate with Home Assistant.

@jeffroach50 2 года назад

Use An Overhead door opener MYIQ

@willieschack9632 2 года назад

I just want to say that this series of videos where Linus is fixing up his home has been some of my favorite content lately and in regards to the channel over all. It is really cool how this series is highlighting a bunch of different people at LMG and the dynamic is super funny and fun to watch. it takes me back to the old Channel Super Fun days.

@IMPREZvWRX Год назад

Standard window contacts work well on the trolley and opener track. That way, you don't need to wire all the way down to the floor. Magnet goes on the trolley, and the contacts go on the opener track. You can do one at the fully open position and fully closed position, and then you know if the door is in neither. You can also add a contact part-way from fully closed to add a stop for a vent position.

@randompizza220 2 года назад

I love how Jake doesn't care about the wiring for this, but did care for all of the media related setup. 😂

@joe_3105 2 года назад

He really let Linus figure out how to "smartify" his garage door

@wobblysauce 2 года назад

The job was done from his end with the pre-testing, then it was just Linus to install it.

@jeremydale4548 2 года назад

I’m having flashbacks to the LAST time he did this. Can’t wait to see a video in two years about how it all went wrong. Lol.

@crawlkiller5685 2 года назад

i don´t think taht we will have to wait 2 hole years. i give it something like 6 moneths... mayby?

@MarcSherwood 2 года назад

Jake, that is some slick Home Assistant work. I'm just getting started and am quickly going in the deep end.

@hunterdelrey Год назад

I got the Meross garage door opener and it works very well. If it doesn't support your garage opener you just email them and they send you a garage door remote to pair and then you connect that to it. So it's pretty genius

@skuzzyj 2 года назад

"I told you to buy different ones" I've said this more times than I can remember, honestly.

@apodexse 2 года назад

so have I with tons of things like people will ask you for your opinion and then go with their own anyways. My grandma asked me what phone to get and I suggested her a relatively affordable one but nope, she chose the cheapest possible option and constantly complains about it.

@naunau8367 2 года назад

4:41 No matter how high you put the sensor, as it is attached to the door it will moove with it and detect the slightest opening (hall effect sensor for people wondering). Putting the sensor higher could also reduce the likelyhood of a metallic object interfering when the door is open.

@cocotug0 2 года назад

a reed switch would work too

@naunau8367 2 года назад

@@cocotug0 indeed and could be more precise 🤔👌🏽

@jordonscott6018 2 года назад

@@cocotug0 the door sensor they used is a reed switch

@PlzDontKillDave 2 года назад

Yeah I would of placed it as high as it could go reduced wire run and things to break it off.

@naunau8367 2 года назад

@@jordonscott6018 thanks 👌🏽

@pkchutrainer 2 года назад

This is by far my favorite series LTT does. Probably followed by extreme tech upgrade. It's just fun to see how people utilize taking their actual life. This is like extreme tech upgrade but it's extreme whole house upgrade.

@redbeard_raccoon 2 года назад

I just got one of those cheapo $10 switches from Amazon. Works with my smart home app. I can open/close and check status and even do "not home" and "coming home" functions.

@mrcupofcoffee 2 года назад

I now love Dan - "I'm employed by this man" - Dan the Man

@mitchelloswald6840 2 года назад

Im loving the Dan appearances. He's a great foil to Linus and Jake. Moar pls

@Deraco1 Год назад

Thats pretty sweet! I like the fact that GPIO boards were used for the relays.

@paulschottke948 2 года назад

I have finished half of the Video and find myself really liking Dan, i think he will be a great Addition to your team, hope everything will work out and he is here to stay.

@bigshacaca6932 2 года назад

I actually am loving the series…especially Dan saying dark stuff and linus spending so much time With his son jake

@lukeperryglover 2 года назад

"While he's figuring out how to test it, I'm just going to yolo install it." Seems like a solid plan...lol "HE pays our bills!" hahah best response.

@Velicanstven Год назад

Horse hoof trimmers is actually what farriers use to trim the extra nails coming out of a newly shoed horse. At least that is what RU-vid showed me! That is what I would call that snip thing too Linus. Excellent description!

@celmaki 2 года назад

Love it! Was just starting to figure out how to automate my garage. Now i know!

@alandworsky8926 2 года назад

Haha I would watch Linus and Jake house renovation adventures all day every day

@tunnelvision1 2 года назад

I would watch the shit out of a Jake and Linus HGTV smart home show

@TKing2724 2 года назад

It's like The 3 Stooges trying to recreate This Old House.

@photoofstuff1932 2 года назад

Dan is my new favorite. The passion and excitement in his voice really get me engaged and stoked to see what's in the newest LTT video.

@tonydelamancha5513 2 года назад

Don't kill Dan he's the best

@donh8833 2 года назад

ESP32 module + relay with kickback diode on momentary push button lead. It's a simple pull down resistor test. If you are close to your home, your phone will auto switch over to the local network. 30 minutes work. Create a webpage icon to the server. Second lead can use sonic distance detection for garage door open/closed. If you need outside home, then port forward through the DMZ to your ESP32 using a DNS hosting service. Your hall sensor also works well. You can also use something like Netgears home automation ports to work with google/alexa.

@waltewhitesPhD Год назад

Dan is an absolute must have! He says everything your inner me would say with the best delivery and humor. Please...more Dan!!!

@gabe3022 2 года назад

Just wanted to say how nice it is that ltt added that really helpful seizure warning at 2:40 ish. Not many youtubers do it like that, and I really liked how it was done

@shaggy9522 2 года назад

So With Zwave, secured devices like that opener, or door locks, they pair in a low power state, which means it normally has to be paired within range of the zwave controller(5-10 feet) after that they will communicate through the rest of the network with no issues.

@ThinkingBetter 2 года назад

I've used Z-Wave for more than a decade for all outlets, switches, garage door, AC etc. (about 100 devices) and compared to all the China made IoT junk running individual apps and being prone to cyber security issues, Z-Wave is a blessing.

@sm-zt4ut 2 года назад

@@ThinkingBetter what hub/software have you used? I’ve heard homeseer has the best zwave implementation but their UI is very outdated.

@ThinkingBetter 2 года назад

@@sm-zt4ut I'm using HomeSeer V4 and yes, it's an outdated UI, but it's also very flexible allowing me to write scripts and do some advanced routines. I've used HomeSeer since I started using Z-Wave.

@Tubmundo 2 года назад

Dan is bloody good value, really enjoying him in these videos! '

@camhenry7915 2 года назад

I absolutely love the shit taking it shows they are a real team

@Neoxon619 2 года назад

I guess it was either this or having to rely on the monopoly that is the smart garage industry. You made it clear how much you don’t like having to rely on the cloud for interacting with your home.

@dyyylllaannn 2 года назад

I completely agree. I don’t want any cloud based “security” in my house

@Neoxon619 2 года назад

@@dyyylllaannn I’m not saying Linus is wrong, I’m just saying he’s made his stance clear.

@xFrozenxSnowx 2 года назад

Well... Having Google Assistant control his garage door just made it 'cloud'. Really... It should be excluded from voice control. None of the smart locks are controllable by voice for a reason. Dont know why they decided to make it voice controllable... If you go to the outside of his house and use a megaphone you can probably open his garage door. Lol

@thecrazyinsanity 2 года назад

or just having a normal garage

@Neoxon619 2 года назад

@@xFrozenxSnowx I’m pretty sure even Jake pointed that out.

@sithonsithon1012 2 года назад

I love how even the editors are giving Linus a kick. Adding in " and Old" to the commentary

@jordonc3379 2 года назад

I'm legit concerned someone is gunna hack this house. EVERYTHING is automated.

@yessirr3551 2 года назад

he needs to hire a whitehat hacker. would be a nice video too

@FoxMulder78 2 года назад

Content!

@trippycam3405 Год назад

I’m starting to like Dan from a little bit that we’ve seen so far seems like another great addition to the team you guys are doing so much expanding keep up the great work

@r3dchicken 2 года назад

4:42 I don't get why it had to be installed that low, it's a magnet detector, as long as the magnet is not in front of the detector, it will know the garage is open. He could have installed it higher imo

@lukaeddie3377 2 года назад

yeah, that one was an unexpected brainfart

@benmodel5745 2 года назад

For the old door opening and closing on its own, you should have installed a resistor between the two wires, say 20 kOhms, which to the EM waves making the voltages on the lines float between logic levels, is essentially a short.

@KLondike5 2 года назад

There's a problem on old openers that can use the dip switch remotes or digital ones. The signal is supposed to be encoded for security. On mine there's some issue with the digital remote compatibility that it doesn't reject incorrectly coded signals. And it seems once you've activated the digital compatibility, you can't undo it and your neighbor's remotes might randomly open your door. On my model I literally cannot delete any of the digital codes. On the other hand Chamberlain has been known to just replace these units for free no matter how old they are.

@mikkelandersen8202 2 года назад

Yea just rub it in my face that I don't speak latin like you!

@user-xu2pi6vx7o 2 года назад

That's stupid. If wires picking up interference is an issue, then just use shielded wires. How hard would it have been to just use a small stretch of CAT 7?

@benmodel5745 2 года назад

@@user-xu2pi6vx7o there's two ways around these issues. You can shield the wires, or make your system tolerant of interference. Shielding is never going to be 100% effective in a system. Twisting the pairs will also help, by turning the noise into common mode noise (loop area between the wires is a lot smaller, thus they see a lot closer to the same potential). But adding the resistor will kill the noise completely. Why is it stupid? Almost every IC you deal with has internal pull-up or pull-down resistors. It's the default solution to this problem, because a lot of the time you cannot shield the system (IE on a PCB).

@user-xu2pi6vx7o 2 года назад

@@benmodel5745 Hence the suggestion for CAT 7, which has twisted pairs, which are then twisted again around a central core, with shielding around each pair, secondary shielding around the entire cable and a steel wire on top of the secondary shielding, to act as a dedicated ground. I refuse to believe that remote was so sensitive, that even this amount of shielding wouldn't have fixed the issue. And it's stupid, because that should have been the first thing they tried, upon identifying interference as the problem. Especially since CAT 7 isn't some obscure piece of technology, known only to the most elite of tech gurus.

@terminalpsychosis8022 2 года назад

After one nightmare after another with various products, this went amazingly well. Also works with voice commands n everything. Full win here.

@mikeydk 2 года назад

I got a Chamberlain door opener on my garage door, and I am able to activate it with an external relay. It was not described in the manual how to do it though, but the option was still there. So now I got a device with a relay and a sensor on each end of the rail for the garage door, and running ESPHome, so I can control it how I want, and also get status on where it is.

@SuperMario. 2 года назад

I can't wait to hear about how this setup breaks on the LAN show 6 to 8 months from now!

@willhigginsforever 2 года назад

Spoiler: It'll be because of a Home Assistant update and they'll have to redo everything from scratch.

@kanbak 2 года назад

I love Dan now that he has been on several videos we need more Dan. I love his dry sense of humor if that's what you want to call it. "I'm employed by this guy" And at least in this video it seems like he was the smart one in the group.

@williamandersson6341 2 года назад

Working as an Security technician it's fun to see something simple as a magnetsensor making you scratch your head. Simplest way is to mount the side with cable, connecting a multimeter (fluke) metering the resistance/ohm and just hold the "magnet" side close enough to get a 0,4ohm or something through the wires. opening the door should give a open circuit(infinite ohm)

@gicknardner 2 года назад

I've got the same system for my garage door sensor except it was a 10 cent reed switch and a refrigerator magnet. Works flawlessly.

@magician4058 2 года назад

Dan : He pays our bills, sometimes.... Linus : Is that the only reason you don't want me to die? Dan : You would get blood on the floor zzz Dan has seen things I'm telling ya

@soundsofglasswork6283 2 года назад

Well blood is acidic so it would be nice of Linus to not bleed onto the concreate so it does not form pot marks.

@firefly2472 2 года назад

He is great.

@apompz6699 2 года назад

I've been using a sonoff SV & magnetic contacts for the past 2 years to smartify my dumb garage door. Never had a problem and always confused me that you've had such a rough time trying to do something similar.

@jyvben1520 2 года назад

do you trust "text me ..."

@adamw9764 2 года назад

I am really glad Dan is part of the team, he flows so well with Linus

@alex13614 2 года назад

I love whenever Linus equips his screwdriver, he always does a little swirl 12:42

@jameslmathieson 2 года назад

I have my house running on Home Assistant and Google Home without HA Cloud and it does not have to be reauthorized every two weeks. You just have to get your OAuth2 configured correctly. Plus, I even have local fulfillment working so that the command goes directly from the Google Assistant device to Home Assistant over the LAN, with the Google Cloud pathway only used for backup.

@PinkFloyd102489 2 года назад

Mind sharing the local fulfillment bit?

@dogafrazao 2 года назад

That's also what I do!

@travisschneider3011 2 года назад

How did you do the local fulfillment?

@STRmw2 2 года назад

Man, Jake was such a good addition to LTT/LMG

@eric8146 2 года назад

It never realized how smart he was until the home series.

@diegomartinez3836 2 года назад

That coding thing he made, awesome

@SolluxDivide 2 года назад

I have this through my existing home security services. It's wifi bound to the panel , but it uses a battery powered tilt sensor to determine the garage's position

@EfrenMunoz313 2 года назад

At 5:22, I have totally seen something like that or similar for shoe cobblers for clipping fasteners. Particularly with Trenton and Heath

@Abraid_ 2 года назад

I hope this reaches the editing team but thank you so much for the audio warning when seizure triggers come on and when it's done. I wish more content creators would do this!

@adammckenna3451 2 года назад

My daily job is installing security systems and I’ve installed hundreds of these rail mount overhead door (OHD) contacts. So much stress watching the contact being installed.

@jacksongill8880 2 года назад

It only got worse the the normally open and normally closed contacts part

@sgt_sauris 2 года назад

Same. "Put it at the bottom so it knows it's open even if just a little!" 🙄🤦‍♂

@TrevorElliott 2 года назад

They are bad at Googling how to do stuff

@Ufphen 2 года назад

@@jacksongill8880 not suprised but still disappointed.

@JohnNeville617 2 года назад

I have been running the DIY Google integration in home assistant for nearly a year and I have never been forced to reauth the integration. It just works.

@Norweeg 2 года назад

I put in a HomeKit garage door opener. It works great and gets firmware updates. It also supports tons of automated features, like closing when the last person leaves the house.

@MeatyOkra561 2 года назад

Dan's the man, more dan, and im gonna need a home improvement video every week for the rest of my life. these have been the best.

@Oc3anMaster 2 года назад

Chamberlain is having a seizure right about now. I've been wanting to do this myself too, and it's crazy how smart home tech hasn't advanced far in-regards to houses equipped with garages.

@OldManWrigley 2 года назад

It really has, these videos have to purely be for content. There's so many ways to retrofit old or new motors to work with a smart home. Yes Liftmaster pretty much has a monopoly but there's plenty of choices from them

@TrevorElliott 2 года назад

Smarthome garage switch & sensors are easy easier than this video.

@leventef1463 2 года назад

I now have a solution to a problem very similar to Linus'. After going through a few solutions with battery powered sensors, and avoiding proprietary and locked down systems like Chamberlain, I found the best solution. Simple, connected to the Internet, no batteries. Garadget. Nothing beats them. Worthwile import to Europe, I would say. Would love to see them reviewed on LTT.