Garage Door Advice.

[sinedtomuch]

So I moved into my new home few weeks back, finally just getting settled and getting rid of most of the boxes in my garage. However............

The garage door is a roller shutter door, which in theory its pretty good as it allows me to park my car right up my drive without the need to reverse it if I want to open the garage door to get the bike out. However there doesn't appear to be any remote / IR sensor attached and it appears the only way of opening the door is from pushing a button from inside the garage (can be accessed via utility room in house).

At first I was scouring the house in search of a remote control as I've never seen/owned an electric garage door without one. Then I came to the conclusion, there isn't one at all! This poses an extreme inconvenience to me, as it means I have to leave my bike outside the house, enter the house, let the dogs out the back, go into utility room, enter garage, open door and then ride bike in (assuming its not been pikey'd in the 5 mins).

I've came up with 3 options, feel free to post other suggestions:

a) Get a new garage door fitted (cost thousands ££?)
b) Leave it alone and MTFU about the 5 mins inconvenience
c) Procure some sort of button pushing clicker device fixed to the button inside the garage and supplied with a remote


I'm leaning towards c) however I'm unsure if said technology exists as I don't imagine theres a large market for it. I found 1 example of it (MicroBot) however its in America and I don't fancy wasting $50 + shipping to find out its useless.

Thoughts?
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[jakebrownbass]

Open it with your phone and some hacking.

https://lifehacker.com/5812718/control-your-garage-door-with-your-smartphone
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[arry]

What make is it?

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[MarJay]

It'll just be a low voltage connected to a relay I'd have thought. I doubt there will be any complex electronics in it. Should be pretty easy to extend the button so you have a remote on it. In the broadcast industry this kind of thing is known as a GPI or General Purpose Interface. It's just a fancy word for a remotely triggered or automated switch.
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[arry]

I'd be amazed if it didn't have a blipper. Can you not call previous owner?

[andyscooter]

beep horn and get mrs or kids to open the door

or

let dogs out front to guard bike whilst you open the door
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[Kris]

Instead of a switch outside, could you get an electrician to wire in a keypad? So, switch indoors and waterproof keypad outside?
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[ScaredyCat]

If it's a button inside then that'll be simple contact closure. It'd be trivial to put something together that you could trigger from outside.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-WiFi-Garage-Door-Opener/

I'd probably use an Arduino Yun myself, since it could be connected to your network via wifi.
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[bugeye_bob]

have I missed where you have mentioned the make and model ?
You may find it was an option extra and you can buy the matching remote( blipper),
as said there are loads of ways to achieve what you want, but if you can source the original remote it may be easier . .

[DrDonnyBrago]

Is the make Gliderol?

https://www.gateremotes.co.uk/manufacturers/gliderol-remotes.html?gclid=CLLB_o3p_M4CFYXnGwodZ1gHHQ

[sinedtomuch]

My misses just told me the name on the mechanism is Glidematic Operator.

Edit: Looks very very similar to this

https://mkey.com.au/images/powerhead/77eweaq4okm3.jpg
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[Bikeless]

See if you can find a transmitter/receiver hz figure and buy the appropriate remote.

https://www.doorweb.co.uk/garage-doors-c66/remotes-c89/henderson-gliderol-glidermatic-roller-garage-door-remote-868mhz-p129/s444?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=gliderol-henderson-gliderol-glidermatic-roller-garage-door-remote-868m-gli5087&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=CPWP3e7u_M4CFXUz0wodIIkAzg

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