![]() MyQ supports other smart home platform such as Nest and Wink. In fact even if I specified an identical "Home" location for both openers, often the application created two "Home" profiles (each with just a sole opener) instead of combining them.Īnother pain is that once you've added them there's no way to move device icons around, through a simple drag and drop, if you'd like one opener to display to the left or right of another. For example, while it wasn't difficult to create a profile for each opener independently, seeing both listed within the app and on the same location screen didn't happen automatically. I was able to link the second opener unit in a similarly swift fashion.Īdding the garage door openers properly to the MyQ app itself, however, wasn't quite as intuitive. Lastly I downloaded the Android version of the MyQ app from the Google Play Store (there's a MyQ for iOS as well) and created a MyQ account. ![]() After punching in the serial number for the opener it successfully connected to my Wi-Fi network on the first try. In my case my test device was a Nexus 6 smartphone running Android Lollipop. I used a mobile device to join this network then navigate to Chamberlain's MyQ setup website. This caused the machine to broadcast its own wireless network signal. Next I kicked the opener into "Wi-Fi learning mode" by pressing a small yellow button on its control panel (located on the right-hand side next to its light bulb socket). First I confirmed that the inside of my garage has a strong wireless signal from my home network router. Thankfully activating the Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener's smart home features are much easier than the machine's physical setup. To solve the issue we had to drill holes and mount the sensors to my garage's concrete floor. Tyler Lizenby/CNETĪlso, the new Chamberlain optical door sensors were not physically compatible with my existing brackets. You likely will need to use the existing ceiling mounting brackets with the new opener. Anything that produces less noise than my medieval chain-driven openers I count as a positive. I also appreciate how the belt drive train is crafted for quiet operation. While I can't verify this claim, it's a mechanical reality that the less an electric motor has to work over time, the greater its expected longevity. A muscular unit typically lasts longer too. Sure, it's overkill to have this much lifting muscle at your disposal - enough to conceivably operate a 4-car garage door all by itself - but I admit it's comforting.Ĭhamberlain also explained to me that the benefit of a stronger motor isn't limited to lifting bigger loads. The same is true for ¾ horsepower units you might find in many homes. The Chamberlain Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener model I installed, model HD950WF, represents the company's top-tier smart product.Ī robust 1¼-horsepower motor powers the lift system that in terms of sheer strength certainly outclasses my old ½-horsepower devices. Tucked inside this machine are a few enhancements that go above and beyond your average garage door opener.
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