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The "bypass" system seems to only suppress notifications about the door being open. This project doesn't appear to be coupled to any garage door control system
by jrockway 5y ago
The "bypass" system seems to only suppress notifications about the door being open. This project doesn't appear to be coupled to any garage door control systems; it can't open or close the door, it can only report on the current state by ringing the doorbell or sending email. It seems that even if the system grossly malfunctions, you're left with a perfectly normal garage door opener. So the lecture about safety is probably not applicable here -- more likely is that the thing catches on fire, or gets the Google account banned after ignoring some rate limit.
- simondotau 5y agoI added automation to my garage door, but not before calibrating (and carefully testing) the force limits on the motor, and installing (and carefully testing) an infrared trip sensor which integrates into the motor. When a garage door doesn't close when requested (or does open when not requested) it will spray notifications to everyone's phone, but it won't try to close the door again.