Recent content by machovato

I suppose you could wire the GoControl directly to the wall switch. That should work. There are a couple long threads on this topic in the SmartThings forums. As I said, connecting the GoControl wires directly into the Chamberlain terminals didn't work.

Yes you are right. I did see that but I had already purchased the GoControl. The main reason I chose this was because of the Z-Wave protocol, which connects to my Samsung SmartThings hub. I can manage all my smart devices in one app. I program "rules" that trigger events. For example, when I...

A quick update. I soldered the GoControl to the circuit board of a spare garage door opener remote. There are four posts on the button, so to find the correct two posts I just made contact with two of them with a wire to short it. Now the GoControl shorts the button on the remote, which...

I'm digging around in the SmartThings forum and it appears the opener has some type of "smart" control panel... which does not function as a simple momentary-contact switch. The GoControl essentially shorts the connection to activate. The hack seems to be to solder the GoControl to a wireless...

Help wiring a wifi door opener *solved* Hello all, New guy here. I've just started to work on my garage tech. And I've hit a snag on my first upgrade. I bought a Z-Wave compatible door opener (GoControl GD00Z-4) and I'm trying to wire it my existing door opener (Chamberlain 7675). Sounds easy...