Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Garage Door Hack - Light Switch Remote for the Garage

Hello Everyone, it has been a long time (really long) since I last posted.

Anyways, here I am again, and I want to show you how I have made a remote for the garage in a funny way.

Okay, here is the background, my garage door remote does not work properly. Unfortunately, I tried to search for a manual to find out how to configure a new remote but no luck (It is a 433MHz system, and yes, I tried the "Register" button on all the different combinations).




Oh yea, this is a touch light switch, what is inside it?









Those two black rectangles are basically relays.... awesome!

This means I can simulate the manual push button using the relay contact!

So, I made a hole (using a drill) on the backside of the body:





I've also made a small modification to the circuit, the L (live) connection is disconnected and replaced with a wire which will go as a contact to the push button input:





Ok,time to go out:







Yeeeeees!

Program the remote control, test, done!

Close the box and remote away!