Android Controlled Garage Door Opener

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Android Controlled Garage Door Opener
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Relays can do cool stuff when you hook them up to the Internet. Check out XDA member JsChiSurf demonstrate his Android controlled garage door opener. Using an old Linux box connected to a serial relay, he’s able to toggle his garage door opener using a custom app from his Android handset. [via androidcommunity]

6 thoughts on “Android Controlled Garage Door Opener

  1. secretmanofagent says:

    Interesting that the iOS maps icon is being used.

  2. Loth says:

    Why not voice activation? “Open Sesame!”

  3. Geoge B. says:

    I did the same thing, but used a procmail recipe to parse for a code via a SMS/email, also ssh a macro. That way I can give out a particular code to a contractor or workmen, it makes it easy to disable it later and track it’s use. The google maps is a brilliant idea.

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