Ensure your myq gateway is connected.
Myq garage door opener alexa.
This is hosted on amazon web services aws so no server is required.
Also there s no subscription fee.
For starters don t use an easy alexa command like alexa open garage door.
Alexa requires some loopholes to work with chamberlain myq smart garage door.
After this run discovery in the alexa app or ask alexa to discover devices.
Alexa supports ifttt and connecting it with certain module you can use alexa with myq.
Close car garage door.
Going into simplecommands i found an error of the garage opener offline.
Alexa ask myq to turn on my light name alexa ask myq to turn off my light name alexa ask myq is.
Requires chamberlain garage door opener models b4545 or b6765 or liftmaster garage door opener model 85503 or liftmaster camera myq sgc1wlm.
Anybody could guess this and open your myq garage door by screaming this command from behind a closed window gaining access to your home.
One with an open garage door action and one with a close garage door action triggers are not required.
Here are the actions and queries currently supported by this skill.
However setup is a little.
Alexa ask myq to open my door name with pin pin number alexa ask myq to close my door name alexa ask myq is my door name open alexa ask myq what are my doors for your myq lights.
Aws lambda function the custom function that s executed when alexa hears the verbal command defined in the ask above.
Alexa ask myq to discover my devices alexa ask myq what are my devices for your myq garage doors.
Know see and hear what s going on in your garage with live streaming video only from myq.
For example alexa ask garage door in which garage door is the invocation phrase.
The nexx garage is the best smart garage door opener for alexa users but it works with google home too so you can open or close the door using voice commands.
Yet when i looked in my wifi app i could see the myq was connected to my network.
This seems obvious but you d be surprised how many people overlook this.
Going back to the original command alexa start open garage she would indicate there was a problem.
Unfortunately if you are apple user it lacks the support of having homekit and siri to open or close your garage door.
It has most of the same features as the chamberlain myq garage door opener but it actually works with google assistant and alexa to open and close your garage door.
So does chamberlain myq work with alexa.
In fact using the myq app on my iphone worked as expected.
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