ratgdo Garage Door Controller

Meross is a completely different category of device than Ratgdo. Ratgdo communicates directly with your opener for exact door position, door status, door control, light status, light control, obstruction sensor status, and even keypad motion sensor status. With USB power and three simple connections directly at your opener, you gain complete control and realtime status from your opener. You can also remotely disable remotes for added security. Here’s what Ratgdo exposes to HA: https://github.com/ratgdo/esphome-ratgdo/blob/main/static/hass.png Meross on the other hand is just a dumb relay that …

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On my doors in HomeKit (not using ratgdo) I have to tap the “door” icon to open it rather than the whole button which opens a big screen to switch it open. Simple but some folks don’t see that. Maybe setting in HomeBridge Ratgdo plugin that isn’t set right? I had an old chaimberlain and just put a Meross opener on it. Got tired of that one getting lost on my Chamberlain Homehub. My newer Chamberlain works fine. I didn’t realize the ratgdo existed until recently. Would have been nice not to have had to add the sensor.

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