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I just got new garage doors installed with new openers, and I saw that the openers support myQ, and that my car does too, and I thought "sweet, I'll be able to

by NickM 2y ago

I just got new garage doors installed with new openers, and I saw that the openers support myQ, and that my car does too, and I thought "sweet, I'll be able to open and close the garage from my car without any extra hardware". Turns out myQ charges a subscription fee for the privilege of using this feature. I could install an opener like this one, but it still wouldn't solve the in-car integration side of things. Anyone know of any clever workarounds for this? Seems like maybe I could MITM the myQ service since my car and garage would both be on the same WiFi when I'm home, but I don't know if there are OSS replacements for the myQ server software.

Bloating 2y ago
Does your car not have HomeLink? Homelink works fine with MyQ, no subscription required.
- ajma 2y ago
  My cars (2018 Odyssey) home link transmitter is terribly underpowered. I have to right up to the door for it to work. The $15 remotes from Amazon work fine from the street.
tkems 2y ago
From what I've read, myQ is pretty locked down and doesn't support local control (outside of a HomeKit device that I think is no longer supported). I would guess that the cert pinning would prevent such MITM attack, but I could be wrong. I'm not a huge fan of Chamberlain and myQ since they are so against 3rd party use of their products [0]. [0] https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq-integration/ https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq...
cyberax 2y ago
You can just buy a RATGDO device and use it with your opener! https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/ https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/ It's a reverse-engineered device that you can attach to the opener. It works perfectly, and provides local control and monitoring. You can also use it alongside the official myQ client, if you want to use in-garage delivery from Amazon.
- doctorpangloss 2y ago
  I don't know how anyone could stand to work at Chamberlain. Getting rid of the previous HomeKit integration they supported, basically for no good reason other than greed, is corporate brained idiocy.
  - Bloating 2y ago
    Sounds like something Apple would do. Oh, wait
    - brianwawok 2y ago
      Their market cap says they are pretty terrible you are right
      - meowster 2y ago
        That has to be some kind of fallacy. Just because something grew large, doesn't mean that it always does good things. Along the lines of your comment: Apple sent private security that impersonated the police into a personal man's home, but Apple is so large, that means that was okay, right?
        MrDrMcCoy 2y ago
        I missed that story. Link?
        meowster 2y ago
        Internet search keywords: Apple security impersonated police house https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/02/sfpd_has_no_record_of_lost_iphone_prototype_man_claims_impostors_searched_home/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/02/sfpd_has_no_recor...
- metadat 2y ago
  +1, ratgdo is amazing. A bit of fiddling to get it properly flashed and configured, and ever since it's worked flawlessly with HA. MyQ is nice, especially with the account management and easy door status viewing from your smartphone anywhere at any time. But I'm not up for the enshittified exorbitant rent-seeking subscription fee and needlessly closed API interface.
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lowkj 2y ago
If you use Apple CarPlay, any garage door opener you have will appear on your dashboard when you are close to it. No subscription, no need for device to have internet access. Not exactly the same as it's not using hardware in your car and you'll need your phone, but this works nicely for me.
- n8henrie 2y ago
  I have CarPlay and my RAV4 Prime's built-in garage door opener button works, but I've never seen anything on my CarPlay about the garage. How does this work?
- gsharma 2y ago
  Probably this is why MyQ/Chamberlin doesn’t support HomeKit.
JoBrad 2y ago
I have a RATGDO, and have an automation that opens my garage door when I drive up.
lttlrck 2y ago
Ratdgo + Homebridge and you can control your doors with Siri. And probably Android Auto with a different bridge, but I don't have that.
m463 2y ago
Can you use homelink? or have they removed this? I inherited a garage door opener that does homelink/myq and the homelink is radio-based that your car can learn, while myq is wifi nonsense that I turned off.
tw04 2y ago
Most cars I’ve seen still have the regular old three buttons on the visor and those work just fine even with a myQ enabled opener. The myQ car integration just enables things like auto-open and close based on the car’s location. For those saying just use ratgdo - unless something has changed recently, it’s not as feature complete as myQ. For instance, myQ lets you add time-bound guest access. Also, after the price increases, ratgdo is half the price of the entire opener.
- cr125rider 2y ago
  Home Link is the common term in the US if that helps with additional searching
- thebruce87m 2y ago
  Most cars in the US have these buttons? What is the function of each?
neurostimulant 2y ago
Home Assistant has Android Auto support. You can also buy a zigbee wireless switch and put it in your car, and configure homeassistant to open the door when that wireless switch is pressed.

by NickM 2y ago

Bloating 2y ago

Does your car not have HomeLink? Homelink works fine with MyQ, no subscription required.

ajma 2y ago
My cars (2018 Odyssey) home link transmitter is terribly underpowered. I have to right up to the door for it to work. The $15 remotes from Amazon work fine from the street.

tkems 2y ago

From what I've read, myQ is pretty locked down and doesn't support local control (outside of a HomeKit device that I think is no longer supported). I would guess that the cert pinning would prevent such MITM attack, but I could be wrong. I'm not a huge fan of Chamberlain and myQ since they are so against 3rd party use of their products [0]. [0] https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq-integration/ https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq...

cyberax 2y ago

You can just buy a RATGDO device and use it with your opener! https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/ https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/ It's a reverse-engineered device that you can attach to the opener. It works perfectly, and provides local control and monitoring. You can also use it alongside the official myQ client, if you want to use in-garage delivery from Amazon.

doctorpangloss 2y ago
I don't know how anyone could stand to work at Chamberlain. Getting rid of the previous HomeKit integration they supported, basically for no good reason other than greed, is corporate brained idiocy.
- Bloating 2y ago
  Sounds like something Apple would do. Oh, wait
  - brianwawok 2y ago
    Their market cap says they are pretty terrible you are right
    - meowster 2y ago
      That has to be some kind of fallacy. Just because something grew large, doesn't mean that it always does good things. Along the lines of your comment: Apple sent private security that impersonated the police into a personal man's home, but Apple is so large, that means that was okay, right?
      - MrDrMcCoy 2y ago
        I missed that story. Link?
        meowster 2y ago
        Internet search keywords: Apple security impersonated police house https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/02/sfpd_has_no_record_of_lost_iphone_prototype_man_claims_impostors_searched_home/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/02/sfpd_has_no_recor...
metadat 2y ago
+1, ratgdo is amazing. A bit of fiddling to get it properly flashed and configured, and ever since it's worked flawlessly with HA. MyQ is nice, especially with the account management and easy door status viewing from your smartphone anywhere at any time. But I'm not up for the enshittified exorbitant rent-seeking subscription fee and needlessly closed API interface.

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lowkj 2y ago

If you use Apple CarPlay, any garage door opener you have will appear on your dashboard when you are close to it. No subscription, no need for device to have internet access. Not exactly the same as it's not using hardware in your car and you'll need your phone, but this works nicely for me.

n8henrie 2y ago
I have CarPlay and my RAV4 Prime's built-in garage door opener button works, but I've never seen anything on my CarPlay about the garage. How does this work?
gsharma 2y ago
Probably this is why MyQ/Chamberlin doesn’t support HomeKit.

JoBrad 2y ago

I have a RATGDO, and have an automation that opens my garage door when I drive up.

lttlrck 2y ago

Ratdgo + Homebridge and you can control your doors with Siri. And probably Android Auto with a different bridge, but I don't have that.

m463 2y ago

Can you use homelink? or have they removed this? I inherited a garage door opener that does homelink/myq and the homelink is radio-based that your car can learn, while myq is wifi nonsense that I turned off.

tw04 2y ago

Most cars I’ve seen still have the regular old three buttons on the visor and those work just fine even with a myQ enabled opener. The myQ car integration just enables things like auto-open and close based on the car’s location. For those saying just use ratgdo - unless something has changed recently, it’s not as feature complete as myQ. For instance, myQ lets you add time-bound guest access. Also, after the price increases, ratgdo is half the price of the entire opener.

cr125rider 2y ago
Home Link is the common term in the US if that helps with additional searching
thebruce87m 2y ago
Most cars in the US have these buttons? What is the function of each?

neurostimulant 2y ago

Home Assistant has Android Auto support. You can also buy a zigbee wireless switch and put it in your car, and configure homeassistant to open the door when that wireless switch is pressed.