4 ms·
> The MyQ was the first connected garage door controller on the market. It launched in 2011 to solve problems like being halfway to the airport to start a two-w
by fatnoah 3y ago
> The MyQ was the first connected garage door controller on the market. It launched in 2011 to solve problems like being halfway to the airport to start a two-week holiday and having to turn around because you can’t remember if you shut the garage door.
Chamberlain would have a leg to stand on here, however weak, if their stuff even worked. I have two MyQ enabled openers, and due to their location under the bedroom with my "networking closet", they're mere feet from the access point.
In the 5 years of owning the openers, I've successfully received a "door open alert" twice and have successfully used the app to operate the doors exactly once. Once, while on vacation, a neighbor called to say that our door had been open for two straight days and asked if I wanted them to close the door for me. I said yes and they closed the door. Within seconds I received one of the two aforementioned notifications.
And for control via the app? Forget it. The connection actually working between my app and the device so rarely works, I stopped trying years ago and went through the (very nontrivial) effort to get it connected to the built-in opener in my car.
My humble opinion for Chamberlain is to either let third parties build stuff that actually works, or remove the functionality entirely.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoMyQ exists for Chamberlain to generate partner revenue with the side effect of providing the garage opener owner some value with regards to door status and motion control.