cross-posted from: https://iusearchlinux.fyi/post/5789452

Hi all,

I would like to install a door opener on my single panel jamb garage door

So for starter it seem hard to find brands that sell engine and accessory available for west europe… (so, if you have any, fell free to share.)

My garage will be access by few peoples. therefore they need to have access but without being able to add or remove any other access…

So to start an external keypad might do… and the engine should not have button that allow programming…

In the future I would like to be able to (trough Internet)

  • open/close the door remotely
  • add/remove code on the keypad
  • add/remove remote control that are bind with the door.

I’ve found all-in-one solution but they are of course not FOSS[1]…
So no thank you ! I would like to be able to connect easily a SBC or SBM[2][3]

So if you have any clue or if you think of a Lemmy community that might fit this post, I’m all ears.

Thanks.

  1. FOSS aka FLOSS ↩︎

  2. Single-Board Computer ↩︎

  3. Single-board microcontroller ↩︎

  • CameronDevEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    You may have better luck taking the non-foss solution and hacking it. Principles are great, but sometimes the thing your after is just not being served by the foss community. Otherwise, you may just have to start the project yourself.

    • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Older garage door openers with a wired button, at least in N.A should just be as simple as shorting the wires. For “lock” and “light”, you short w/ a capacitor.

      You can wire it to a relay connected to an ESP wireless microcontroller (I’m using an ESP01). From there you can use ESPHome to connect it to HomeAssistant. From there, the world is your oyster for access control/monitoring.

      • CameronDevEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Thats basically what i was thinking, but I dunno if that counts as FOSS in the OP eyes. The hardware is probably not open.

        Definitely the way to go though, and what I would do.