Chamberlain will not do the integration with Alexa, they feel they have got us already and we will live without it. Only thing a company like this understand is profits, if we start hurting their bottom line I can assure you they would create a API. Stop buying their garage door opener or their MyQ Garage. Start returning these things and buy another brand and I can assure they will start listening to their customers!
Posted 5 months ago
Sadly I already purchased 2 with the hope and expectation they would do the right thing. I was wrong and it's pretty clear the company is stuck in the 90s. My garage doors are the only item in my home that I can't control with my voice or smart awareness at this point, otherwise I live a pretty cool automated life. Chamberlain seems to be the last holdout of embracing modernization, and we all know what has happened to most companies that have failed to keep up, no matter how big (Sears). Eventually a competitor comes along and fixes it when the vacuum exists.
I was able to warn someone else in Lowes a couple months ago that asked me about this integration so they didn't make the same mistake as me.
I was able to warn someone else in Lowes a couple months ago that asked me about this integration so they didn't make the same mistake as me.
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I open and close my Chamberlain Myq garage door everyday using Alexa
How?
Yes, how?
Will you share?
I'd love too. It was very easy coding it up. But I'm not sure how? If I publish and certify the Alexa skill for public consumption, like others have done in the past, I believe Chamberlain will have it removed from the Alexa Skill store citing "security concerns". I could add you to a beta test of the skill (I would need the email address associated to the account you registered your alexa with), but beta tests only last for 90 days. After that, Amazon removes the availability of the skill. And truth be told, you probably shouldn't trust someones random posts here anyway. :)
I guess my point is that if one guy, can code up an Alexa skill in 4 days after work and family responsibilities, I don't understand why Chamberlain can't do it with all of their corporate resources?
I guess my point is that if one guy, can code up an Alexa skill in 4 days after work and family responsibilities, I don't understand why Chamberlain can't do it with all of their corporate resources?
You could open source it on github or write a tutorial around it?
Problem is I associated the app to my AWS KMS key. Not publishing that on github. It also makes use of a website to register your alexa skill. However, there are plenty of examples on github. this one uses python. https://github.com/tigerbrain/Alexa-MyQ-WithMultiDoorSupport
Frank, I was able to get most of this to work but am getting this error, could you help?
Looks to me like your lambda function is not set to the right version of python. Did you choose Python 2.7?
