Many thanks to all the people who actually code and took the time to share.
Raspberry pi garage door opener alexa.
I tried to link.
Then wire the relay to the garage door opener.
Then wire pin 6 gnd to the gnd on the relay.
This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure.
Open your garage with alexa and a raspberry pi run commands on your raspberry pi with alexa and triggercmd.
Steve placed one sensor near the ceiling and the other is on the ground.
You can purchase this relay switch on amazon at.
The relay should be wired in the normally open position so that when activated the circuit will close and the garage door will open close.
Raspberry pi enclosure.
Requires programing your raspberry pi a relay switch.
With it being my first project i really struggled to find and understand a comprehensive solution and wanted to share what i finalized on.
Using alexa on the amazon echo to open my garage door.
Recommended but not required.
With a magnet attached to the garage door the pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status.
Beginner full instructions provided 1 hour 9 740.
Raspberry pi garage door opener.
The seco larm sm 226l works well.
Magnetic sensor mounted to wooden header at top of garage door.
Wire pin 2 5v on the pi to the vcc pin on the relay.
This is a subreddit dedicated to raspberry pi owners listing all available projects that could be done on their raspberry pi.
For my first project i wanted to use a rpi to open and close my garage door.
Voice controlled garage door opener with alexa open and close the garage door with alexa have alexa tell you if the garage door is open.
Unlike window sensors garage door sensors typically can sense the magnet from 2 or more away.
This subreddit also lists tutorials and guides for the newbies to make the best use of their raspberry pi for learning and understanding about computers and software.
Alexa tell trigger c m d to run door on garage intermediate protip 1 hour 903.
