FortrezZ MIMOlite

I've used the MIMOLite relay to make a Wink-controlled garage door opener. I did this because both the two garage door openers supported by Wink, the Chamberlain MyQ Garage and the GoControl/Linear GD00Z-4, suffer from flaws including: 1) Neither of them permits controlling the door using the Amazon Echo 2) The Chamberlain MyQ Garage doesn't permit controlling the door using geofencing (Google searches say the GoControl doesn't either) 3) The Chamberlain doesn't allow you to control the door using schedules In contrast, the MIMOLite relay allows you to use garage door opener the way you want. Yes, I realize there are security implications to having the door under voice control, but I want the option of evaluating those implications in the context of my house. Pros aside, the MIMOLite has one deficit when used the Wink hub: while it can be used as a momentary relay to open/close the garage door, the dry contact sensors used to determine door status cannot be "read" by the Wink hub. But this isn't a problem as long as you have an alternate method to evaluate the open/close status. The alternate method I used is a Quirky Tripper door/window sensor, but any Wink-compatible z-wave or zigbee door/window sensor will work. To pair it to the Wink hub, do the following: 1) Remove jumper P5, so the MIMOLite functions as a momentary relay and not a latched relay. This is because after a switch is turned on, the Wink hub can turn off a switch with a delay of at least one minute, and it isn't a good idea to be sending an open or closed signal for 1 minute to the control board of the garage door opener. 2) When jumper P5 is removed, put the Wink Hub into z-wave inclusion mode and plug the MIMOLite in. When first powered up, the MIMOLite is in pairing mode. 3) The MIMOLite will pair with the Wink Hub as a z-wave switch. 4) Confirm that it works as a relay before wiring it to your garage door opener using the wiring diagram provided with the MIMOLite. The MIMOLite doesn't come with a mounting mechanism, so I use 3M dual-lock fasteners to attach it to the side of the garage door opener (see attached photo). I used the same fasteners to attach a Quirky Tripper to the garage door itself and lined up the Tripper's magnet on the frame (see attached photo). The magnet didn't stick too well with superglue, so I used foil tape to hold it tightly in place. The Tripper pairs with the Wink Hub and lets me know when the door is open or closed. I can use geofencing to close the door as I leave my house and to open it when I arrive. I've set a Wink Robot to automatically close the door if it has been open for 20 minutes between sunset and sunrise. And - I can control the door using the Amazon Echo. The only thing to bear in mind with the Echo is that the command is "Alexa, turn on the xzy switch" to both open and close the garage door.