I use a itching self locking wifi wireless switch now to control my opener.
Garage door status switch.
The rf sonoff door sensor will not help you knwo the status of the garage door.
Now when someone opens closes your door you get notified via email watch the video at the beginning of this project for a live demonstration.
Know if you accidentally left the garage door open and remotely close it if necessary.
Good luck with your project.
When the insteon garage control status kit is used with the insteon hub you will always know whether you forgot to close the garage door.
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A new product that would be very useful would be an inching self locking wifi wireless switch with 2 leads that could be connected to something such as a reed switch that would report back the status as being open or closed.
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The doorbell switch now activates the garage door opener and the light comes on when the door opens whole thing runs off the existing door bell transformer using repurposed 4 conductor telephone corded.
This would make a simple wifi device that could be used on items such as a garage door opener.
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So it does not give a status of the door just gives you an alarm when the door transitions from closed to opened.
For prototyping testing you can apply the magnetic reed switch to your door using velcro.
Whether for convenience or security your smart phone and tablet allow you to control your garage door.