ratgenie, my solution to the insufferable thing known as a garage door opener. (specifically, Genie/MyQ/Chamberlain/LiftMaster/Raynor/Craftsman/Clicker garage door openers) similar to the ratgdo (rage against the garage door opener) the ratgenie will fix hopefully at least the MachForce Genie Garage Door Opener (new name, ratmfggdo, rolls off the tongue doesn't it?)

ratgenie is a locally controlled, no subscription, no cloud, no nonsense garage door controller built on an ESP32-WROOM. it wires directly into your garage door opener's wall button terminals and gives you full open/close/status control through Home Assistant over WiFi via ESPHome. no MyQ account. no Aladdin Connect. no $5/month to open your own garage door.

because Genie/Chamberlain decided that you need a paid subscription to open your own garage door with your own phone on your own wifi network. the MachForce Connect has Aladdin Connect built in, which used to work fine, then stopped pairing after a new motor install and the only fix was apparently paying for a subscription. ratgenie is the fix.

inspired by ratgdo by Paul Wieland, which does the same thing for Security+ 2.0 Chamberlain/LiftMaster openers. ratgenie targets Genie's dry contact interface since the MachForce doesn't use Security+ 2.0.

• opens and closes your garage door from Home Assistant
• detects door open/closed state using an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor mounted on the ceiling
• triggers the door by momentarily shorting the wall button terminals through a relay, exactly like pressing the button yourself
• runs on ESPHome, so Home Assistant autodiscovers it over MQTT with zero configuration

• ESP32-WROOM
• HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor
• 5V single channel optocoupler relay module
• some wire

• Genie MachForce Connect Model 4063-TNMSV

literally everything else. if you make it and it works on your opener, open an issue and let me know and i'll add it to the list.

• ratgdo by Paul Wieland for the concept and inspiration
• ESPHome for making this not a nightmare to implement