Homemade Garage Door Monitor

Run the positive lead from the wall transformer to the switch on the garage door.

Homemade garage door monitor. Diy garage door sensor scott merrill 11 years. Garage door monitor step 1. What you will learn from this project. Then run a wire from the negative lead of the led to the negative lead of the wall transformer.

Connect a voltmeter set to measure dc volts on the output of the potentiometer and then plug the wall wart into an ac outlet. Another reader stefan sent us entry that accomplishes the same tasks using an android app and an arduino controlled sensor. To find a monitor search online for garage door monitor the brand of your door or opener doesn t matter. Three methods are shown below.

Open the garage door and note the voltage on the meter. Any monitor will work. This project uses the nodemcu module. And now thanks to a new instructable i can make my own hey dummy you left your garage door open reminder system.

Close the garage door and note the voltage on the meter. The build cost 05 and only took an afternoon to complete. We have had a few posts about monitoring your garage door but this one is a little bit different. Of course that all depends on whether or not you have a server a fair amount of coding skills and a few spare parts lying around.

Now its time to take some data. For example you could create a garage door monitor by carefully angling a mirror or a series of mirrors that allow you to see if the door is open by just opening the garage door. From the switch run a wire to the resistor for your led and then the led. Did it decrease as the garage door closed.

A garage door monitor is a good reminder. This iot project is designed to create a useful device and also a. Make sure you use a resistor with the led. An extra remote control for your garage door opener could be mounted inside the house and if the door is open you could use that to close the door.