Pi Garage Door Opener Homekit

The garage pi is admittedly just using the pi as a linux machine without making any special use of the board.

Pi garage door opener homekit.

This device adds apple homekit capability and siri voice control to compatible garage door openers. Step 7 connecting to garage door remote for this step you can either run wires to the actual garage door opener button that s in your garage or use a spare garage door remote. And the feature list doesn t stop at just that. I thought that it would be fun to control my garage door with siri ios homekit and spent some time building a basic controller using javascript and some nice node js packages.

Configure your garage door opener and camera. This low cost package includes everything you need to upgrade including a handy screwdriver which should be the only tool you need for installation. Enter your camera s password and ip address so that the installation script can automatically create the configuration file for you. You can customize a ton of settings.

Insignia s wi fi garage door controller is an affordable way to add homekit support to your existing garage door opener. A suitable raspberry pi starter kit i used canakit raspberry pi kit protective case to save your pi board from any accidental damage. Put your home on autopilot. It runs the homebridge server and controls a few different devices.

Set smart devices such as your thermostat or lighting to adjust when you open or close the garage door. Since i planned on leaving the pi indoors where i have easy access to it i chose to hook it up to a remote. The script took 37 minutes to run on my pi so expect to wait a while. A compatible usb wifi adapter or an ethernet cable as per your preference jumper wires female to female micro sd card of 4gb or higher.

My centurylink fiber ont and router are also out there so it s a good spot for another little network appliance box. Building a siri ios homekit enabled garage door control with raspberry pi part 1.