The issue I have right now is that when I hit “on” or “off” on the “Appliance Module” (Mimolite Device showed up in Vera), my garage wall switch went off power and back to power again. The Mimolite is acutally controlling the on/off of my wall switch, but not opening or closing the garage door.
The issue I have right now is that when I hit “on” or “off” on the “Appliance Module” (Mimolite Device showed up in Vera), my garage wall switch went off power and back to power again. The Mimolite is acutally controlling the on/off of my wall switch, but not opening or closing the garage door.
Anyone has the similar issue? Please help![/quote]You probably need to sketch out the way that you have this all wired, and detail the type of garage door opener you have.
[quote=“strangely, post:2, topic:179039”][quote=“xdy85214, post:1, topic:179039”]I want to use Mimolite to control my garage door via Vera. I installed it followed all the manuals here: Smart Home - The Last You'll Ever Need - Ezlo Smart Home
The issue I have right now is that when I hit “on” or “off” on the “Appliance Module” (Mimolite Device showed up in Vera), my garage wall switch went off power and back to power again. The Mimolite is acutally controlling the on/off of my wall switch, but not opening or closing the garage door.
Anyone has the similar issue? Please help![/quote]You probably need to sketch out the way that you have this all wired, and detail the type of garage door opener you have.[/quote]
xdy, on these garage door openers, the wires that connect the remote module by the door do more than open and close the door. They carry power to the controller and the signals are encoded on the two wires. By hooking up the wires the way you did, the Mimolite is behaving properly. That is, it shorts and then opens the contacts. However that results in the signals from the door controller to the garage door opener to be shorted and that is what you are seeing. You have two ways of connecting the Mimolite:
Connect the wires from Mimolite to a wireless garage door opener (the one you carry in your car) or
Open the wired remote, find the switch that triggers the garage door open/close and wire the Mimolite wires in parallel with that switch.
leave wiring the way you have it and install only that app in your vera, then follow the instructions on that page to setup.
Problem right now is your mimolite is not momentary closing the circuit and is doing it continuously which doesn’t allow your wall switch to work.
Try this first then if not there is all some pins in the mimolite that might be jumped incorrectly. But more then likely the above with fix your problems.
I have different issues with my MIMOlite when attempting to use it with the new MIMOLite Garage Door Controller Plugin. [version 0.5]
[ol][li]The garage door icon does not change when I place a jumper wire across the (+) plus and (-) minus terminals of the MIMOlite , until I select Settings >> Poll now.[/li]
[li]The garage door icon does not change when I remove a jumper wire from the (+) plus and (-) minus terminals of the MIMOlite , until I select Settings >> Poll now.[/li]
[li]The garage door icon indicates the Garage Door is closed (after manual polling according to item 2 above) when the (+) plus and (-) minus terminals are open-circuited.[/li]
[li]The garage door icon indicates the Garage Door is open (after manual polling according to item 1 above) when the (+) plus and (-) minus terminals are short-circuited.[/li][/ol]
I may be a little late to this game but I just got this sorted out myself yesterday ;D
Did you perform these setup instructions to make the relay a momentary switch closure? The following settings are also required and recommended for your MIMOlite.
On the “Device Options” tab, add the following two Configuration Settings(required):
Configuration settings variable 8, size “1 byte hex” with the value “3”. This configures the MIMOlite to only use the relay in momentary (non-latching) mode.
Configuration settings variable 11, size “1 byte hex” with the value “5”. This configures the MIMOlite to hold the relay closed for 500ms, when the “Open/Close” button is pressed.
I would suggest you use the Vera control to “open and close” the garage door. You will hear the relay click on and off to Open or Close the door and it will also read the state of the + and - contacts. You want to connect a magnetic switch or something to monitor the state of the door. You want to wire the door sensor, so the contacts are “normally closed” when the door is closed, that is the + and - are shorted.
This message is for THEBOOB i’m have reversed door icons on my vera3 with a mimolite switch. I understand your writing a mimolite plugin would you let me know when its complete. And were i can find it
I suggest you use the “garage door” app or use reversed contact sensor if you want it to work right. There has been 2 or 3 threads on this problem and we haven’t been able to get the original creator to fix this issue.
Richard has made a app called Garage Door and it is in the app store. Its universal and works with the Mimolite. The UI shows up in vera as a two button lock and unlock switch.
Sure. I can release the plugin. I’ve got it done. I just need to remove all the debug code from it and figure out how to add the plug in to the Vera Plugin Library.
By the way, I’m using VeraLite with UI5 (1.5.622). That’s all I’ve tested the new plug in on. I assume VERA3 is the same? What version of firmware is it?
[quote=“Theboob, post:12, topic:179039”]Sure. I can release the plugin. I’ve got it done. I just need to remove all the debug code from it and figure out how to add the plug in to the Vera Plugin Library.
By the way, I’m using VeraLite with UI5 (1.5.622). That’s all I’ve tested the new plug in on. I assume VERA3 is the same? What version of firmware is it?[/quote]
This is great news, If you can atleast create a new thread post the files that would be a good start. I would also attempt one last time to contact the original creator and request that he give you access to take over his plugin as he has abounded it. This will let you take over and make an update fix for the existing plug in. You can then monitor that so it’s no longer abandoned.
[quote=“integlikewhoa, post:13, topic:179039”][quote=“Theboob, post:12, topic:179039”]Sure. I can release the plugin. I’ve got it done. I just need to remove all the debug code from it and figure out how to add the plug in to the Vera Plugin Library.
By the way, I’m using VeraLite with UI5 (1.5.622). That’s all I’ve tested the new plug in on. I assume VERA3 is the same? What version of firmware is it?[/quote]
This is great news, If you can atleast create a new thread post the files that would be a good start. I would also attempt one last time to contact the original creator and request that he give you access to take over his plugin as he has abounded it. This will let you take over and make an update fix for the existing plug in. You can then monitor that so it’s no longer abandoned.[/quote]