Ridiculously Automated Garage Door Smartapp

I then installed the ridiculously automated garage door smartapp to make everything work automatically.

Ridiculously automated garage door smartapp.

2013 03 10 monitors arrival and departure of car s and 1 opens door when car arrives 2 closes door after car has departed for n minutes 3 opens door when car door motion is detected 4 closes door when door was opened due to arrival and interior door. Let me know if this makes sense. Ridiculously automated garage door author. Arrive home garage door open then the app watches the side door for the next 10 minutes i think.

Smartthings monitors arrival and departure of car s and 1 opens door when car arrives 2 closes door after car has departed for n minutes 3 opens door when car door motion is detected 4 closes door when door was opened due to arrival and interior door is closed. You ll need a z wave outlet a smartthings multi sensor a presence sensor and the ridiculously automated garage door smartapp. If the app sees the side door open and close sometime after the garage door was opened it closes the garage door. You specify a different door to watch.

Folks could write their garage door types to have both capability switch and door control then custom smartapp code not needed. A smartthings multi sensor is used to determine if the door is open or closed and a presence sensor in my car alerts my system to when i leave and when i come home. The device type can alias the on open and off close commands and attributes. For example with me it s my side door as my garage is not attached to the house.

It has been submitted for public availability on the smartthings platform.