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There has been some uproar lately about a particular manufacturer shutting down access to the API used for their garage door openers to HA, I forget the name but there was a Q in it I believe.

The solution, as I understand it, is a little device which talks the protocol of the door opener that gives you fully local access the way it should be.

I'll try and dig out the link now in case it's of use to you.

EDIT: Here you go https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq... Hopefully that can point you towards a solution for your opener (and the state of affairs).

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And the fix for this is ratgdo[1].

I got one for my decade-old not-smart opener around the time the manufacturer was shutting down API access for their fancy new smart models. Works like a dream. Why would anyone want to spend $$$ buying a fancy new cloud-smart appliance when a simple little chip can make the old one local-smart?

[1] https://ratcloud.llc/

Thanks for providing the name/link for everyone, I remembered it had "rat" in it, but couldn't quite recall what it was.

Yea, that's the kind I've got. I solved the problem by simply not using or caring about the "smart" feature, since it's pretty pointless. Why would I even need to open or close my garage with an "app" when the button is right there by the door?

You could open your garage when coming home by pressing a button on your phone.

I like knowing if the door is opened or closed from remote. Kids sometimes forget to close the door, and it's reversed direction before because the tracks needed lubricated and it raised the door again after I had pressed the button.

I don't have a garage door opener myself, but from what I've gleaned from US YouTubers is that they like to know the _state_ of the door, open/closed which is handy if you use home automation.

I imagine if you're driving into the garage from outside you have a physical button in the car with you to open it, and if you don't run home automation, the "automation" part is likely not very useful.

Mine shows up on car play on my dashboard when I get near home.

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