Post #2553838
2026-04-11 03:13 UTC
@ironicbadger@techhub.social I did something kind of similar in 2015 with a Raspberry PiB (V1) and a Piface Digital hat.I have the relays on this thing wired in parallel with the wall buttons for my garage doors.
I didn't have Home assistant back then (I was still running a Vera+) there's basically a python script that runs a simple web server and brings in the Piface Digital library.
When I go to the proper URL, with the proper querystring, it activates the proper relay, and opens the associated garage door.
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@ironicbadger@techhub.social 2026-04-11 03:21
@paradroyd@mastodon.sdf.org and this will likely just keep on cruisin until the end of days. nice work
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@paradroyd@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-11 03:21
@ironicbadger@techhub.social I could call that URL/querystring from the Vera+ using Lua (the Vera+ did everything in Lua) or I could just access the URLs directly from browser shortcuts on my phone. The Vera+ has long since been retired and replaced with Home Assistant, But that Pi B1 is still out there in my garage rafters, doing that same job it has for about 11 years now. I've thought about replacing it with something like an ESP8266 tied directly into Home Assistant, but it works fine as is.