bdo21 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Hello, I want to add some programming which, after a certain action and a time delay, checks whether the garage door is still open and, if so, closes it. The garage door has a contact sensor in my Texecom alarm system which is integrated into Control4. I thought I would see the garage door contact listed in the security section of Composer HE but while I can see many other Texecom sensors, I cannot see this one. However, I know the garage door sensor is integrated into Control4 because Control4 correctly shows the status of the garage door under Locks & Sensors in the Control4 app. How can I find the variable Control4 is using to determine the status of the garage door and then link to this so I can program an action (closing the door) off it please? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 You may need to add the driver for the door to be able to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 G'day before anything, do you have a beam sensor installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Do you have a garage door icon that's currently reflecting the state? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdo21 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 16 hours ago, Andrew luecke said: G'day before anything, do you have a beam sensor installed? There is a beam sensor in the alarm system - I can’t recall if it is integrated into Control4 - I can check later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdo21 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 23 minutes ago, RAV said: Do you have a garage door icon that's currently reflecting the state? Yes (screenshot of C4 app attached). This is why the garage door sensor must be in the system or maybe I can link to the status in Control4 directly?). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Then there should be a Garage Door driver in your project which you'll program against, it's not a variable. You need a timer - for however long you want the delay to be. GarageTimer Then in programming tab When Garage Door opens, reset timer GarageTimer When Garage Door closes, stop timer GarageTimer When GarageTimer expires - close door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdo21 Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 Thank you RAV. I went through the project again and particularly the garage door driver... For those as early stage in their Composer skills as me, I hadn't seen the "Conditionals" section in the bottom right hand corner of Composer HE so I used this to check if the garage door is open and then the "Commands" section to close the door. Thank you for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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