Making Your Own Garage Door Remote

Pick two solder pads attached to the door button.

Making your own garage door remote. I left mine in place to make it easier to restore the remote to its original condition if i want to. Connect the new outlet using the provided instructions secure the new outlet back in the electrical box reinstall an outlet cover. The following are some of the companies that sell garage door remotes. Doorbell wire or equivalent you may have some wire you can use already.

This will be the. Step 2 locate the learn button. Here s what you ll need. 12v dc adapter in my case i had.

If you have an older garage door you probably have a bunch of obnoxious large remotes sitting around. Programming your garage door remote and clearing the current garage door remotes from the opener varies slightly according to the model of your system. If you re prefer something a bit more sleek and secure make shows you how to build a. Shelly 1 smart relay see my review of it and how i used it for a light switch for more details.

This will be used to connect the shelly 1 to. Disable the outlet at the breaker remove the outlet cover and unscrew the outlet disconnect the live load and ground wires. Liftmaster genie allstar linear and stanley. If you don t have a chamberlain garage door opener and want more functionality than the garage hub provides the 79 wi fi enabled garadget is a good choice.

For other models use garadget. If you want it wouldn t be hard to de solder the remote s factory button from the pcb. Short them with a small jumper wire and verify that the garage door is activated.