09-13-2016, 12:33 PM
Forgot I ordered the "MyQ" internet gateway for my garage door opener. It was on backorder from a vendor on Amazon for like $15 cheaper than Home Depot. It showed up today.
Took some digging and time, plus a couple of calls to FrontPoint. Since this is not supported by Frontpoint and they have no documentation to get it connected. I ended up finding a how to, and they enabled some things on there end allowing me to hook it up to the FrontPoint app.
So now, I can control my garage door opener, and monitor its status (Open/Closed) from my FrontPoint app. instead of having to use the MyQ app.
I have a rule setup to close the door when Armed Stay is activated.
I may add a garage door sensor to the garage door to trip the alarm if the door is opened during Arm Stay instances.
If you are interested, I recommend getting the Chamberlain version of the internet gateway, it is often times cheaper than the Liftmaster Version and is the same unit.
Instructions for FrontPoint to activate it on there end are here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://suretydiy.com/wp-content/uploads/emPower_LiftMaster_MyQ_Enabled_Garage_Door_InstallGuide_EN.pdf">https://suretydiy.com/wp-content/upload ... ide_EN.pdf</a><!-- m -->
Note: when entering your Internet Gateways Serial #, it should be in this format on the back of the gateway XXXX XXX XXX. Be sure you enter a space for the breaks when adding it to your Front Point system. I can help you if you end up doing it.
EDIT: I also found out that the Alarm.com skill on my Echo with Close the garage door when I ask it to. (Also will Arm Stay if you didn't know). Skill does not allow you to Open the garage door or Disarm the system for obvious reasons, bad guy screams through window at Alexa and she lets him in the house.
Took some digging and time, plus a couple of calls to FrontPoint. Since this is not supported by Frontpoint and they have no documentation to get it connected. I ended up finding a how to, and they enabled some things on there end allowing me to hook it up to the FrontPoint app.
So now, I can control my garage door opener, and monitor its status (Open/Closed) from my FrontPoint app. instead of having to use the MyQ app.
I have a rule setup to close the door when Armed Stay is activated.
I may add a garage door sensor to the garage door to trip the alarm if the door is opened during Arm Stay instances.
If you are interested, I recommend getting the Chamberlain version of the internet gateway, it is often times cheaper than the Liftmaster Version and is the same unit.
Instructions for FrontPoint to activate it on there end are here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://suretydiy.com/wp-content/uploads/emPower_LiftMaster_MyQ_Enabled_Garage_Door_InstallGuide_EN.pdf">https://suretydiy.com/wp-content/upload ... ide_EN.pdf</a><!-- m -->
Note: when entering your Internet Gateways Serial #, it should be in this format on the back of the gateway XXXX XXX XXX. Be sure you enter a space for the breaks when adding it to your Front Point system. I can help you if you end up doing it.
EDIT: I also found out that the Alarm.com skill on my Echo with Close the garage door when I ask it to. (Also will Arm Stay if you didn't know). Skill does not allow you to Open the garage door or Disarm the system for obvious reasons, bad guy screams through window at Alexa and she lets him in the house.