Konnected Garage Door Relay
If you want to use konnected to control a garage door opener sprinkler system or turn on off something that has a separate voltage source you use a relay module.
Konnected garage door relay. For instance for a garage door you just need to briefly close the circuit to actuate the garage door motor. There is dedicated 12v switch output for alarms. Integrating an older garage door opener into your smarthome can provide convenience and security. Connecting to the garage door.
If you want to test if they are the correct wires attach a wire each contact. Make sure you change that setting in the thing configuration. And most garage doors can be upgraded fairly easily. Briefly touch the wires together.
This should start the garage door movement. Wire warning buzzer optional but recommended you can use any zone for the buzzer except pin rx. The red one pictured above can be a high or low level relay. The gear in the top right corner of the things properties in the smartthings app.
I have the binary zones properly setup but when i go to setup the switchable outputs that are connected to the relays for garage door opening closing the konnected board opens the relays and won t close them. Wire relay to board power connect the 5v on the board to vcc on relay female to female jumper ground connect gnd next to 5v on the board to the g on the relay female to female control connect pin to in on relay repeat if using multiple relays. One thing many of us use everyday are garage door openers. Konnected is a platform to take legacy wired security systems and turn them smart.
But that s not the only thing it can do. Find the switched outputs for the garage door opener. Out pin or any zone 1 5 goes to in on the relay. Most of the relays that we sell at konnected are low trigger relays.
Power trigger side of the relay. Important notes for konnected and relays with the production boards you don t need a relay anymore for an alarm.