Modify Sonoff Basic to open my garage door via Google Home

We bought the wrong Sonoff Switch to open my garage door with. After learning that Sonoff currently does not make the correct switch we need, we modified the basic Sonoff to do the job for us. This required no special software; just the latest firmware, which includes the "inching" functions

[@africatwinpixel8ed714]

Great thanks

[@robertsandru5714]

Sonoff input îs connect to 220 v and output to the motor? 😬

[@We-R-Racing]

Hey Robert. Thanks for the question. This is the reason I had to cut the circuit board. The 220v does not get relayed to the motor or switch. Instead, I short the relay for half a second to mimic pressing the push to make button.

[@roshans4917]

So instead of doing modification on Basic model, does using the new R3 model solve our problem?

[@We-R-Racing]

Indeed. It wasn't available at the time of the video, plus I already bought 4 so I had them...

[@roshans4917]

@@We-R-Racing Thanks for your reply, and I have one more doubt. I heard that the Basic model is also having the inching mode with update of new version. Is that true?

[@We-R-Racing]

Yes it does. That is the function I use to "pulse" the switch. I also created a routine in Google that responds to "open the garage door" although it will open or close no matter if it is already open... it just activates the switch...

[@vjmilan8588]

Hi what was the mods? Do you need mods for R2, it has itching settings. T

[@We-R-Racing]

The only mod really is the circuit we cut, so that the relay became a pulse switch instead of switching through the power...

[@lucclaes6270]

Just put a extra relais (230 or 110V) at the output and you don't have to modify the Sonoff at all. The extra relais will work as a voltage free switch.

[@We-R-Racing]

Absolutely! I was just too lazy to figure out how to power it. Your solution will also work well if you wanted to switch a really high power consumption item like a geyser or something...

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[@elijahjadiel1524]

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