A video showing a simple way to control your garage door and gates from Alexa, Google Home, from your car or the App. Please subscribe for more videos on smart home control.
Thanks for the great video. Don't forget that you can set Alexa routine. So you can say "Alexa open the garage door". I used this for my work front door. Works really well.
Hi rob, yesterday i setup a sonoff 4 ch pro but the R2 version, but thanks to you i had the confidence to link itto my garage door, man i well impressed myself, though you i was able to do this, thank you so much, please keep em coming, really nice channel.
@@jamegrabham9992 Anything that uses a remote. For me, I've got a 3 button remote which arms/disarms my alarm, opens/closes my driveway gate and opens/closes my garage door. It's what I call dumb smart devices because you don't know what's open/closed/on/off, so I have to look at my cameras to see if the garage door for example is open and I need to close it. I also can't for example set a timer to arm my alarm and close my gate and door at a certain time at night. BUT.... it's been a huge help to me when I'm out of the house and need to access these things remotely.
@@usmxn1174 Hi - both geolocation and ewelink are supported in ifttt - so if you enter location (the IF) then turn on sonoff channel 1 - in reality, it can sometimes trigger late so I stopped using it and trigger it with echo auto instead when I arrive on my road
Nice video , you can setup a scene so when you say one command to either the door or the gate it will open or close both at the same time . Very informative thanks mate , well done and great tip wiring in the switches from remotes to the pro box , great tip , cheers
Nice video, with routines in Alexa you could probably work on the Syntax. Alexa, open the gate turns it on. Alexa, close the gate turns it on. The dilemma is that you don’t know condition of the gate without looking.
I have a similar sonoff 4ch pro. The 8 pin IC on the top left is burnt out. Can you please help me with the part number of the 8 pin SMD on the top left.
Thanks for this video I have managed to setup individual routines to open and close my electric gate, and my garage. The problem I'm experiencing is that I can't create a routine that does both successfully together. I can hear the relays clicking but nothing happens. They are set to inching mode and I've tried .5, 1 and 1.5 sec push values. I also have the relays set to power off state not that it matters. Would you have any suggestions?
Hi Rob , I'm looking for something to provide a timed relay function - I saw that you mentioned the orange unit at the start of the video . Like you , I don't want lots of individual parts to get what I need done ( an electric sliding rooflight) . I need the on or off pulse to last 80 seconds then off to save the motor. Your advice would be appreciated
HI Sorry in the delay , I've been travelling with work. Could you not use one the channels free, or use a Basic module adding a delay ?, I'm currently away from my workshop at the moment, however, n my return will look .
Can you tell me please can I use this with the phone app to be able to remotely switch on devices when I am say 12 miles from home via 4G . Or does it only work when all items are onthe same network ?
Hi Rob, what is the polarity of the transformer that goes into the 4CH PRO? I've not been able to find it in the Sonoff documentation and was afraid to connect a transformer for fear of blowing the 4CH PRO up. Is the + in the middle or the outside of the connector?
Thanks Rob...I want to use this sonoff for my garage door and loud alarm siren....in Home assistant...not sure why you had to put the remote into the sonoff casing??? Because it is a "rolling" code??? Why not just the RF?
Not sure if I understand your question exactly but the RF remote only triggers one of the switches. It doesn't trigger the actual appliance. So you press the sonoff RF remote button and that uses RF to communicate with the sonoff and activate switch 1 for example. That then switches the wires on ch1 on the device. It doesn't use RF to communicate with the appliance. The remote must be hardwired to the device but you don't have to put it in the case, it just makes it 1 nice neat box.
@@patel786 I was planning on hardwiring my (old) DSC SD 30W siren to one of the contacts...and that relay would contact when the alarm went off with my hub... the siren is in the attic of my garage, just above the garage door opener....I tried powering it off my "Konnect" board, but the board is not powerful enough
Hi Rob. I'm trying to do something similar to this with my garage burglar alarm. I want to be able to control it with google home instead of having to hit a key fob or press in a code to arm and disarm the alarm. The alarm system doesn't have WiFi capability so I thought this would be a good way to do it. Currently I can control the burglar alarm arm and disarm with a key fob. I hit the button to arm it and then hit the button to disarm it. I took an old key fob and set it up the way you have it to control the door opener in your video and it works fine with the link software and google home. I don't yet have the key fob paired up with the actual alarm. I'm going to do that last. First I want to make sure I can get it to do what I want and then will pair the key fob with the alarm system. Now for the part I can't figure out. I have a green light and a red light on the alarm panel and outside at the doors so I can tell the status of the alarm. The light is green when the alarm is disarmed and when it's armed the red light is on. Is there any way to have the red and green light status show up on the other switches on the 4 Channel Pro. Set up as it is now I say to google alarm on and it will arm and if I say alarm on again a second time it will turn the alarm off. Having to do it this way with the switch in inching mode unless I'm actually standing there and seeing the color of the red or green light outside I can't tell if the system is armed or disarmed. It's the same concept with the way you have the overhead door and gate in the video. Unless your physically standing there you can't tell if the gate or overhead door is open unless you can physically see them. I want to be able to use that red light or green light to know the status of the alarm by looking at the app and was hoping I could do that somehow with the other available switches on the 4 channel pro. I appreciate any help you could give me. Thanks
John Romano Hi yes I fully understand your concerns and to date I can't see how we can get feedback from these systems I have asked several times in several groups how we can get feedback,but but there is no device that will give feedback apart from the RF Bridge but this would involve a lot more wiring and multiple inputs. I would like to see one of the devices have impots similar to that of a PLC, giving feedback. Regarding my gate and garage door I'm fortunate where I have digital CCTV looking at doors, gates and 360 around the house,but you are a 100% correct I do need to double check that the operation did work but this can all be done from the phone.
John Romano Just to add one more point this sonoff 4 channel Pro and my RF key fob has worked perfectly so to date he has never not triggered in either Direction it is working very very well surprisingly well. If your key fob has a new battery in and use the same settings as mine it'll work
Hi Rob, Thanks for getting back to me. The reason I'm shying away from the key fob idea is it's one of those Genie intellicode systems and I have had problems with it in the past. I have about 6 or 7 key fobs out there between me, my kids, my wife, my business partner, as well as the home link buttons in their cars. It seems as though something gets out of sync every once in a while and then some fobs work and others don't so I have to program all 6 or 7 of them all over. I'm afraid if I try to connect another it will knock something out and I'd have to then re-link all the fobs and home link buttons. So today I wired in the Sonoff pro to the burglar alarm receiver and it works fine. I had an outlet to plug it in right next to the receiver so it was just a short wire from one to the other and then plug it in. Only problem now is I still can't use it wireless since my wifi signal is not strong enough to reach the area in the garage where the Sonoff is. When I push the button on the switch it works just fine. I'm going to get a wifi extender and put it out there since the signal out there now is very weak and I should be good to go at that point and then can start using it with google home which was the original objective. It's too bad there is no way to get the feed back to see if the alarm is on or off or if the door is opened or closed. If that ever gets solved the next move is to add the overhead door to the switch as well. I'm a carpenter by trade and work small projects out of my garage and have thousands of $$$ of equipment and can't afford a mistake of the door being left open. If the alarm is not on it's no biggie for a day but could turn into disaster if the door is open all day with no one there. Thanks again for your help and thoughts. Your videos are very helpful to a wood butcher like me. Thanks
Do you have issues when you lose connection to wifi or lose of power. did this setup while back had to rethink things every time wifi dropped out door would open.
Great video Rob and nice work around. Question: Can you not just have the pro channel connected to an external input on the mother board of the gate opener? I'm lost trying to to achieve something like you have. My gate has the option for pedestrian opening on the second button. How about the battery of the remote, did you hard wire or install a battery?
It should work with many garage door openers. You can test it by using a jumper to short the button contacts on your wall control. I plan on using the 4ch prop to do this. I would however like to know how the same two lead wire from the wall controller also has the option to turn on/off the light and lock the controller.
Can't work out how the remote gets it's power? Does it receive 6v from the sonoff? If so I think it would fry my remote that only uses 1.5v? How does this work?
Evangelos Tryfonos If I understand your question correctly then yes. I use all four relays as a clever interlocking system to be used through the night
Rob Reynolds thank you for the reply. I am not sure I understand how this can be done. Keep in mind that I would still like to be able to open/close the gate and door separately
Hi, I finally got around to doing this and it works like a charm. I use Channel 1 and Chanel 2 for the Gate and Garage doors. I would like to use Channel 3 to open both of them and still haven't figured out how to do this.
I managed to get this working - but I only have about a 70% success rate with the gate/garage actually opening. The switch is very close to both, so there isn't a range issue. I would say "Alexa" open gate and she would reply "Okay" but the gate will only open 7 times out of 10 even though Alexa intones "okay". Anyone else experience that? Could it be interference with the remote being inside the box?
Maybe try adding an extra half or second on the pulse , ? To be fair..... I get different results from Alexa and Google on the Android Auto.... Maybe time I ask Alexa turn on the lights, she says OK.....and I need to repeat myself.....also.....as I drive to the gates..... I sometimes ask Google twice...... however this is only 1 in 10 times....
@@robdotreynolds Thanks Rob - much appreciated. I seem to be getting the same issue when using the Ewelink app directly (i.e. only works about 6 times out of 10)...but I will mess around with the inching/pulse and report any successes.
Hi Rob - I've been looking all over for an instructional video like this! It looks like exactly what I want to do. Please excuse my ignorance, but do you perhaps have a wiring diagram or way of determining where to solder? In the video each button has 4 connections at the bottom to which you soldered 2 wires, but how did you know which of the 4 points to solder? Thanks for the help.
Hi Rob I set up my gate like on your video, good idea the only problem i have is when there's a power failure and when the power get back on the gate automatically opens. What am i doing wrong?
Rob how did I pair the remote with the gate and shutter I mean one button for gate and other one for shutter garage and press one button once will open then press twice will close.... Right then what control panel u using for it gate and garage one.. plz help
When power is restored to the Sonoff are your door/gates opening? I have found this to be true with my Sonoff controlling my garage door which I have hardwired to the opener. Looking for a fix.
@@robdotreynolds do i have to buy a fob remote to use for both gate and shutter ... Ok if pressed one button as your case the left button it will open gate. Then which one to close gate if the other button is engaged for another shuttur garage door ...
You will find that a pir or someone outside your home with an rf scanner will open your gate and your rolling code remotes will be pointless as they will now receive on two different rf433mhz frequencies (the remote original frequency and the SonOff 4ch frequency) How can you disable the RF on the Sonoff pro 4ch boxes? Happy to show you a video of the problem occurring
Joshua Lewis I did think that..... so..... I have a very ingenious interlock that I will not mention on the video.. And I also believe as long as you have no code in the Pro... it will not listen for a code.... I should have mentioned to clear all Codes.
No worries, a link to the video is here, sorry it is done at night, it is just past 3am here in Aussieland and thought that the video was more important than the daylight :-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vLPh1evoW5c.html
Joshua Lewis Good Video, can you not clear to code ?, I was thinking the Sonoff Devices learn from other devices.... so if your clear..and do not learn another code , this may work ?
You do realise when the upcoming cyber war starts China will either turn off the servers controlling these SonOff devices or repeatedly pulse every one causing our grid to shut down? LOL
