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The solution seems pretty clear - buy a 3rd party opener OR use a different vendor that does play nice.

I have a meross garage door opener that uses homelink (a standard that virtually ever garage door opener supports) to open/close the garage door with a sensor on the top of the door to detect when it's open and closed. It was $49. That's cheaper than myQ addons for chamberlain. It works with google home, ifttt and home assistant. (I have reminders set if the door is open for more than X minutes and if it is still open after a certain time of day).

Having to have "yet another app" (myQ) installed just to use a garage door is pretty ridiculous - if you're a power user you should understand the folly of using unofficial integrations and as an unofficial integration provider you should know you're walking on ice.




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