Should Garage door be ON when Closed?

[rayzor]

I have this model : http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

 

The garage door when closed reports as ON. When open of course it reports as OFF.

 

However, it seems that in Mobilinc and ISY ON is Red, and Off is Green. It seems like Red should mean Open and Green should mean closed.

 

I am sure it is subject to some preference, but how do others have theirs setup?

 

I assume I change it by selecting Trigger Reverse on the sensor?

[Xathros]

I have this model : http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

 

The garage door when closed reports as ON. When open of course it reports as OFF.

 

However, it seems that in Mobilinc and ISY ON is Red, and Off is Green. It seems like Red should mean Open and Green should mean closed.

 

I am sure it is subject to some preference, but how do others have theirs setup?

 

I assume I change it by selecting Trigger Reverse on the sensor?

 

You must have a newer Garage door kit from smarthome. The newer kits ship with a normally open reed switch whereas the older kits shipped with a dual contact switch (NO/NC) and we had our choice with On when Open or On when Closed depending on how we wired the switch. Most of us seem to prefer On = Open.

 

The best thing to do here is replace the reed switch with:http://www.smarthome.com/7455B/SECO-LARM-Enforcer-SM-226L-3-Magnetic-Garage-Door-Contact-Switch/p.aspx and wire the black/red in place of your current switch.

 

Trigger reverse will appear to do what you want until you query the IOLinc or the 3AM query runs. When queried the IOLinc returns the ACTUAL sensor status rather than the Trigger Reversed status. This will throw off your status in ML and any scenes/programs driven by the IOLinc sensor.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Xathros

[rayzor]

I have this model : http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

 

The garage door when closed reports as ON. When open of course it reports as OFF.

 

However, it seems that in Mobilinc and ISY ON is Red, and Off is Green. It seems like Red should mean Open and Green should mean closed.

 

I am sure it is subject to some preference, but how do others have theirs setup?

 

I assume I change it by selecting Trigger Reverse on the sensor?

 

You must have a newer Garage door kit from smarthome. The newer kits ship with a normally open reed switch whereas the older kits shipped with a dual contact switch (NO/NC) and we had our choice with On when Open or On when Closed depending on how we wired the switch. Most of us seem to prefer On = Open.

 

The best thing to do here is replace the reed switch with:http://www.smarthome.com/7455B/SECO-LARM-Enforcer-SM-226L-3-Magnetic-Garage-Door-Contact-Switch/p.aspx and wire the black/red in place of your current switch.

 

Trigger reverse will appear to do what you want until you query the IOLinc or the 3AM query runs. When queried the IOLinc returns the ACTUAL sensor status rather than the Trigger Reversed status. This will throw off your status in ML and any scenes/programs driven by the IOLinc sensor.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Xathros

 

I am sure I am preaching to the choir here, but what stupidity makes them think that a garage door should be Normally Open? I mean - they sell it specifically as a garage door kit, and I am sure nobody "normally" leaves their garage door open.

[Xathros]

Smarthome's decision to go with that switch left many of us scratching our heads. I don't believe that they expect you to leave your garage open . They just decided that closed should be represented by the sensor being on rather than door open being on. Most, from my experience, seem to disagree.

 

-Xathros

[rayzor]

I have this model : http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

 

The garage door when closed reports as ON. When open of course it reports as OFF.

 

However, it seems that in Mobilinc and ISY ON is Red, and Off is Green. It seems like Red should mean Open and Green should mean closed.

 

I am sure it is subject to some preference, but how do others have theirs setup?

 

I assume I change it by selecting Trigger Reverse on the sensor?

 

You must have a newer Garage door kit from smarthome. The newer kits ship with a normally open reed switch whereas the older kits shipped with a dual contact switch (NO/NC) and we had our choice with On when Open or On when Closed depending on how we wired the switch. Most of us seem to prefer On = Open.

 

The best thing to do here is replace the reed switch with:http://www.smarthome.com/7455B/SECO-LARM-Enforcer-SM-226L-3-Magnetic-Garage-Door-Contact-Switch/p.aspx and wire the black/red in place of your current switch.

 

Trigger reverse will appear to do what you want until you query the IOLinc or the 3AM query runs. When queried the IOLinc returns the ACTUAL sensor status rather than the Trigger Reversed status. This will throw off your status in ML and any scenes/programs driven by the IOLinc sensor.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Xathros

 

I really don't want to purchase another reed - not to mention the mounting type is different (mine is at the top of the door and I would not want to mount it on the bottom of the door).

 

Modifying the programs isn't a big deal - the 3AM query to check status, can I run another step in that program (or a different program) that updates it back to the 'fake' status after?

[LeeG]

The suggested NO/NC magnetic switch mounts at the top or bottom, your choice. I have mine mounted at the top of both doors.

 

Turn On Trigger Reverse I/O Linc option and do whatever you want to when the 3AM Query changes the Open/Close state of the garage door.

[EricK]

Here is a pic of my secolarm door sensor. I replaced my original one with the three wire version. I can understand why having the sensor on when the door is closed is helpful for some. However the majority of us do want the sensor on when the door is open which makes it easier to trigger events/scenes. There was one user that set up sensors to determine if the door was closed and if it was all the way open (not sure why).

[Xathros]

I don't believe there is a way to change the sensor status after the query other than by cycling the door. The switch swap is the best solution and as above, can go at the top of the door. Thats where mine is too. Almost identical to EricK.

 

 

-Xathros

 

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