GateOpener

Raspberry Pi powered opener for an automatic gate

Based off code found: https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Garage-Door-Opener/

EQUIPMENT:

• Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
• 3v Relay
• 12v to 5v converter with micro-USB
• SD Card
• Liftmaster Automatic Gate with LA-412-S controller

Automatic gate opener using a Raspberry Pi 4 to server a website available on local network.

INSTALLATION NOTES:

1. Install Raspberry Pi OS without GUI.
2. Install apache2 and php on your Pi.
3. Copy the repo to /var/www/html.
4. Remove /var/www/html/index.html or rename it to index.html.old
5. Create startup service (covers power outage situation - more to come...)
6. Wire to gate controller board.

WIRING NOTES:

• GPIO 7
• Connecting to gate will vary by manufacturer (good info here: https://www.nold.io/compatibility/category/02/https://www.nold.io/compatibility/category/02/)

ADDITIONAL INFO:

• no security or auth required (yet)
• This code will also work for garage door openers.
• This code cans be modified to control 2 separate doors with the 2 channel relay. See code modifications: https://github.com/nwielenga/garageDoorOpenerhttps://github.com/nwielenga/garageDoorOpener