Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: open source garage door opener Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 06:18:10 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Message-ID: Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:18:10 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4adf49a506be19e2a83affbc402d319b"; logging-data="673732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+MaZTj5poaSknsTOVrCLc5" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:czmPuzUi+S+iIXhDqmbHv2B/KNs= Bytes: 1530 I, too, installed an open source garage door opener, and I'm loving it OpenGarage restored my home automations and gave me a whole bunch of new ideas. Like Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson, I have a garage. The door on that garage is opened and closed by a device made by a company that, as with Lee's, offers you a way to open and close it with a smartphone app. But that app doesn't work with my preferred home automation system, Home Assistant, and also looks and works like an app made by a garage door company https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/i-too-installed-an-open-source-garage-door-opener-and-am-loving-it/