Garage Door Wall Switch

[razwan1]

Hey Guys - I have been searching everywhere for a wireless switch that I can mount on the wall next to the stairs leading in / out of the house to open all 4 of my garage doors. I have the Chamberlain MyQ on all four (separate doors - older pic attached, newer pic attached) and I dont want to run wires from one side of the garage to the stairwell, and I would like to only mount 1 panel or 2 at the most on the wall. I do not want to mount a clicker on the wall as they always get taken, dropped, lost etc..

Have you guys ran across something that would work?

 

[ducksface]

Foam tape a remote like the one you carry in your car, anyplace you'd like.
No wires, No excuse.
If people around you manage to use the 45lbs of pressure needed to rip that off the wall....

 

[StuartH]

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[razwan1]

I really want a one touch button operation and not a clicker that would normally be in a visor of a car.

Something like this (http://overheaddoor.com/advanced-wall-console) but can cover all 4 doors.

 

[dwasifar]

Since you have MyQ, get a cheap Android tablet, install the MyQ app on it, and mount it to the desired wall. Then all you have to worry about is a single micro USB cable to keep it powered.

 

[Orionrising]

If they have the option of a simple 2 wire wall switch you should be able justsplice the feed to all 4 together I think....

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[ducksface]

Your reason was
Taken, lost, dropped.
Chamberlain has a four button remote.

Is your reasoning really aesthetic and you want a clock?
Chamberlain remotes can be configured to work the opener or the light or any myQ gadget.
Look up their four button. Once on the wall it is unobtrusive and does not look like a clicker.

 

[dwasifar]

Chamberlain remotes can be configured to work the opener or the light or any myQ gadget.
Look up their four button. Once on the wall it is unobtrusive and does not look like a clicker.

He's right, you know.

 

[razwan1]

Its partially aesthetic too. Wires wont work, the distance between door #4 and the stairwell is almost 30 feet and I dont want a mess of wires on the ceiling all coming into the stair well. I hate wires.

I do like the idea of the android tablet and I can easily enough get a power outlet there. But if there is something that one of you guys may have purchased that does not require me bringing in an outlet, or wiring across the room and mounting 4 panels I would be more inclined to do that.

This is what I would want, but this doesn't support the correct frequencies

http://www.superliftgdo.com.au/content/page/remote-wtx4.html

 

[razwan1]

He's right, you know.

This maybe my only option, aside from mounting a tablet. Maybe what I am looking for just doesnt exist.

 

[Eslader]

Since you have MyQ, get a cheap Android tablet, install the MyQ app on it, and mount it to the desired wall. Then all you have to worry about is a single micro USB cable to keep it powered.

Seeing as I'm a nerd, this is what I would do, but the downside is it's not going to be one-button operation because you'll have to scroll to each door and open them one at a time.

The only other way to do it, though, would be to wire a single button to all 4 openers, but that would involve running wire which OP also said he doesn't want to do.

 

[ducksface]

Solution given, supported, proven... Unaccepted.

If you do follow through with the only solution avalaible:
One button will open all four doors or activate multiple myQ stuff... With a single touch. This is something nothing but the remote suggested will do.

Open garage door, turn on exterior and interior light, with the touch of one button.

And:
ANYONE remotely inventive and artistic can put a shell over that remote which has a clock and a Star wars theme if that's what you want.

 

[Orionrising]

Solution given, supported, proven... Unaccepted.

If you do follow through with the only solution avalaible:
One button will open all four doors or activate multiple myQ stuff... With a single touch. This is something nothing but the remote suggested will do.

Open garage door, turn on exterior and interior light, with the touch of one button.

Glue a bar and spacers on to that 4 button remote.

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[razwan1]

Solution given, supported, proven... Unaccepted.

I was hoping for a wireless panel on the wall with 2 or 4 buttons, not a clicker for several reasons (lost, aesthetic etc..).

It was just an ask, in hopes someone else ran into this issue and find a solution in line with what I was looking for.

 

[ducksface]

My response was designed to make you think of how to use the only available solution.
I went ahead and spelled it out.
Use the remote, build the facade you want.

 

[razwan1]

My response was designed to make you think of how to use the only available solution.
I went ahead and spelled it out.
Use the remote, build the facade you want.

Thank you for spelling it out for me.

 

[Orionrising]

Well there's really complicated ways you could do it with a wireless switch and wireless relay I guess. Also possibly phone apps if they are wifi openers

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[smash]

If you are open to using home automation you could use one switch to trigger all. You could then tie it into your lighting as well to have one button that shuts the entire garage down.

 

[razwan1]

Well there's really complicated ways you could do it with a wireless switch and wireless relay I guess. Also possibly phone apps if they are wifi openers

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They are wifi openers, but not zwave. I think im going to run an recessed outlet to stairwell and mount a cheap tablet and have the app running.

 

[k-os]

Liftmaster makes a light switch that can be paired to a MyQ opener. I used two of these in my garage for each door. When I open the door it turns on my garage lights. Only downside is I think you would need 4 of them, one for each door.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FT4NBS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[rayra]

Real simple matter to create an attractive wall-mounted frame / mount for a wireless remote that will trap it in place where it can't be abused or removed, dropped whatever.
Something akin to a picture frame / shadow box, fitting closely around the edges of the remote.
Or is that too messy too?

 

[razwan1]

Real simple matter to create an attractive wall-mounted frame / mount for a wireless remote that will trap it in place where it can't be abused or removed, dropped whatever.
Something akin to a picture frame / shadow box, fitting closely around the edges of the remote.
Or is that too messy too?

That would be perfect. I also started looking at this but it seems like overkill

http://www.vidabox.com/kiosks/vidam...ablet-mount-enclosure-encasement-chassis.html

 

[CJ7VFR]

Do you want to be able to open and close all 4 doors at the same time? Or do you want the ability to open and close any door, without affecting the others?

Jim

 

[bowhuntr311]

I looked at doing the tablet on the wall for both a jukebox and my garage door openers. Seems a bit tech-y but itd be sweet once it was setup.

 

[ard]

Use a single gang plaster ring to make an opening in the wall. Then wire 4 remotes to a single 4 pole momentary switch. Mount that switch in a single gang plate. Tape it all up, feed it into the wall cavity and screw the plate into the plaster ring.

Other than the drama of 4 doors opening at once, I cannot think of a single reason a 'one button 4 door' plan is a good idea for a 4 door garage....security, heat, cool, wear, inadvertant damage to stuff in one opening...

I'd have 5 switches- one for each AND one master switch. And I ran 1/2" PVC conduit to operates AND photocells during framing

 

[Blue XJ]

Could you use one of these?

https://www.chamberlain.com/clicker...ols/chamberlain-garage-access-wireless-keypad

I know there is normally a code you type in since its outside, but I wonder if you could get it to work without a code.

 

[James-W]

Could you use one of these?

https://www.chamberlain.com/clicker...ols/chamberlain-garage-access-wireless-keypad

I know there is normally a code you type in since its outside, but I wonder if you could get it to work without a code.

Just curious, what would be the object of opening the door without a code? If that were the case, couldn't just anybody could open the garage door by pushing "enter"?

 

[Blue XJ]

Just curious, what would be the object of opening the door without a code? If that were the case, couldn't just anybody could open the garage door by pushing "enter"?

I thought the OP wanted something wireless from the inside of his house.