Pi Garage Door Opener Homekit

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.

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. And the feature list doesn t stop at just that. You can customize a ton of settings. 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. 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. Ismartgate homekit integrated garage door opener this is a pro homekit garage door opener in many ways. It can remotely open and close up to three garage doors from iphone ipad mac and apple watch.

Hardware this summer i decided to explore home automation using a raspberry pi. This device adds apple homekit capability and siri voice control to compatible garage door openers. Insignia s wi fi garage door controller is an affordable way to add homekit support to your existing garage door opener. This low cost package includes everything you need to upgrade including a handy screwdriver which should be the only tool you need for installation.

Since i planned on leaving the pi indoors where i have easy access to it i chose to hook it up to a remote. It runs the homebridge server and controls a few different devices. My centurylink fiber ont and router are also out there so it s a good spot for another little network appliance box. The script took 37 minutes to run on my pi so expect to wait a while.

Configure your garage door opener and camera. Enter your camera s password and ip address so that the installation script can automatically create the configuration file for you.