Previous post: Glass In Garbage Disposal – Jammed And Not WorkingNext post: Refrigerator Is Freezing Everything – What To Check – How To Fix?Hate getting down the road and wondering if you shut your garage door? Or, if you have a sensor on your door, you have to hate turning around to go home and close it. Don’t you also wish you could integrate a Z-wave garage door with the rest of your home automation system? We’ll introduce you to a new Z-wave garage door kit from Linear that gets the job done. The more enterprising folks know that you can piece together your own solution. Our smart garage door guide can help you set up control with any home automation protocol you want. But, those solutions aren’t as secure as they could be and often aren’t well-supported as a single unit in your home automation app. That’s where the Linear garage door kit can help. It comes with the opener and the sensor to tell if the door is opened or closed integrated together, making it easier to manage as one device by your smart home hub.
Just be sure to check to make sure your garage door opener is compatible before you buy it. It’s known NOT to work with: If you have one of those, you should be able to go the MyQ route without too much hassle. It’s pretty straightforward, but we’ll walk through the operation just in case you’re lost. The kit comes with a sensor to tell what state the door is in as well as the controller that interfaces with your hub via Z-Wave and your garage door. The garage door position sensor communicates to the controller via 345 MHz wireless protocol, and the controller passes that on via Z-wave to your home automation hub. When it comes to controlling your garage door, you will have to mount the controller near your existing opener and then connect two wires to terminals on your opener. Essentially, you’re mimicking the switch that’s already installed on your wall with a dry contact or relay operation. In that respect, the interface is the same as our guide to a smart garage door with any protocol.
The difference is the connection to the sensor on the door through the controller, so that only one device interfaces with your hub. In our solution, the hub has to talk to two different devices. It’s not the end of the world, as apps like SmartThings support combining two devices into one “garage door opener,” but it may not be so easy with your hub. And, the Linear GD00Z-4 also uses the more secure Command Class, which adds additional handshaking to the commands to combat spoofing. As you can see from the table below, most of the smart garage systems use WiFi to connect to your smart phone. By doing that, manufacturers are sticking with a protocol they know you’re likely have at home and avoiding the need to add a home automation hub if you don’t have one already. BUT, most folks with home automation systems already set up loathe the idea of adding yet another app to control their garage doors when they could use the one they have from Vera, SmartThings, Staples Connect, etc.
Your hub may support adding a device like MyQ via WiFi, but that can be hit and miss. That’s where the Linear offering is clearly unique. The Linear GD00Z-4 is a solution that’s been a long time coming for those with Z-wave home automation hubs. And, it gets solid marks for what it does. As you can see in the table above, it does come in a bit more expensive than a piece-meal solution since you aren’t able to shop around for any door sensor and relay combination. But, you have to consider the convenience of a paired set of devices as well as the added security of the Z-Wave Command Class that is used to open the door. All in all, this is a great solution for that nagging feeling that hits when you’re 5 minutes down the road or when you need to let a friend into your house. If that sounds good, check out the other smart products you could do fun things with too. Like the looks of it? Give them some love and spread the word! Head’s up: Some of the links in this article go to Amazon, and we get a small commission if you buy from them.
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