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[locknalarm]

What is the best way to open overhead garage doors with an omni pro 2, i think the out puts are 12v are there any dry closures or do i need a relay for each overhead door?

 

[dutchyn]

What is the best way to open overhead garage doors with an omni pro 2, i think the out puts are 12v are there any dry closures or do i need a relay for each overhead door?

My information

• http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12570
• http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2215 (especially the later posts by BraveSirRobin)
• http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3573

give lots of details. My garage door lifter is by Chamberlain, and runs on 12VAC (as in not DC). Hence, I need a relay. Your mechanism may be different.

Chris D.

 

[jharrell]

I have my garage doors controlled by my Omni. Yes I used relays, as they are AC, just wired the relay in parallel with the switch terminals then did a button in the Omni that triggers the relay on for 2 seconds.

Most garage door switch are AC which allows for three function switches using just diodes, full short for door, short half a phase for light, the other half for lock, so full short with relay triggers the door.

 

[dutchyn]

Most garage door switch are AC which allows for three function switches using just diodes

• full short for door,
  
• short half a phase for light,
  
• the other half for lock,

so full short with relay triggers the door.

Thank you for telling me what the other direction of diodes means. Now I need to figure out whether I want light or lock controllable by the ELK, or consume a third relay for each door.