Setting up my Chamberlain / Lift Master MyQ Home Bridge - Best Solution - MyQ app is not used in process at all and can be deleted.
How-to
Hello all … first off F myQ. Chamberlin who has the lion’s share of Garage Door Openers decided to not play nice with integrating the smart home into their smart garage door opener.
They force the consumer into using the MyQ app so they can push advertisements for their products and retrieve consumer data.
The company at one point, as a mea culpa for not making their devices HomeKit compatible ( as they had originally announced) created the MyQ Home Hub that is HomeKit friendly. BUT … they never actually give you instructions on how to set it up, and now that they no longer produce them, MyQ app does not support adding the device.
But fear not fellow Apple HomeKit smart home makers, Chamberlain accidentally created an amazing device that works and allows you to bypass the MyQ Software completely. Delete that toxic app off your phone now.
Steps
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Reset your garage door WiFi. (Varies by garage door)
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Reset Home Bridge Device (push settings button down for 10 seconds)
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Set up Home Bridge with Home Kit. Use code provided on device.
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If possible force hub onto 2.5ghz signal WiFi
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Push button “1” two times on Home Bridge
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Push Learn button on garage door
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You should see new Garage door pop up in HomeKit. (You may need to push button “1” again after you push learn button, you’ll see flashing lights on garage door when successful
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Delete MyQ app. There can be only one.
This device is only available on the secondary market. It is not tied together MyQ app and can be used with an MyQ WiFi garage opener.
Special thanks to u/Due-Introduction-587 and u/Thisguygolfs for their insightful comments
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I’m not the OP, but I see this post as mainly directed to those that already have it, since it is no longer sold. No reason to buy new hardware when the one you already have can work.
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4 refers to MQBridge my bad. My WiFi (Linksys Deco Mesh) allows me to choose what signal and mesh router it will attach too. I’ll correct post as well. Thx for heads up.
Thank you for this. My MyQ home bridge stopped responding earlier this week, so I removed it from HomeKit. I’ve spent countless frustrating hours this week trying to add it back. This worked in about 2 minutes.
So happy to hear it was helpful. It was my countless hours of trying and failing, then turning to Reddit that helped me reached the solution. I still enjoy saying “Hey Siri, open the garage door” every day on my walk with my pups.
Really appreciate these instructions, how do you tie in the door sensor?
The door sensor just works already. You get notification of when door is open on HOME even when it’s closed or opened manually or with clicker.
But if you have two doors don’t you have to tell the bridge which sensor goes to which door? On the original myQ bridge I thought I did that.
The Home Bridge can support two doors, not sure if it can do more or not. Use button 1 for one door and button 2 for another door.
It supports 2 if you use the buttons on the device the sync it to the openers. It can support Up to 16 doors/gates using the app the link them to the hub.
I have this and it’s the best way to integrate MyQ devices to Homekit.
It uses the current door sensors and no need to splice or wire in anything.
Simply power it up, link the doors either using the button on the device or the app and it works. Took me 5 mins to do 2 doors.
You can add more garages by repeating process. They’ll show up in home app as well. No need to worry about sensors. Both doors have to be MyQ enabled openers.
Thank you!! This is gold. You saved my ass today.
So happy it helped. Hope it didn’t take you too long to find this post.
AMAZING! Thank you so much for this information. I moved and have been going crazy for hours trying to connect new garage door to Homekit using MyQ bridge. Chamberlain online support no help, chat no help, phone no help. But your instructions are spot on and in 30 seconds I was golden!!!
Music to my ears. So happy I could be helpful. It works out so much better when you don’t have to use their app again ever either. One other note just that I found very helpful is put all of your routers and network stuff on our battery back up that way just in case you need to do an electrical work and you need to shut off the power you know your network stuff not gonna get messed up
Trash.
Using their app is trash. Using this bridge without their app is gold
I never got it to work right. Most people don’t. Threw it out got Meross never another issue.
That’s what happened to me. That HomeKit gateway was one of the worst things I’ve ever purchased I think
Install was flawless for me. 5 mins and have not thought about it again. Previously I was messing with home assistant or homebridge once a week
This only works for people in the USA - it was never released anywhere else in the world.
ratgdo - either direct or the new Konnected ratgdo based device is the best for almost everyone.
https://konnected.io/products/smart-garage-door-opener-blaq-myq-alternative
The eBay listings are pretty crazy prices for this thing. Found some random resller in the states. Good Luck my friend.
You can find them all over the internet. They aren’t in stores here either.
Can you elaborate on step 1? Do you mean remove the garage door from one’s Wi-Fi network? Also, which hub are you referring to in step 4? Thanks for putting this together!
Yes. The Garage door opener should
not need to be hooked up to your WiFi. It will run through bridge. My pleasure. There’s a lot of people who’ve gone through this nonsense before me.
What about step 4? What hub are you referring to? HomeKit hub? What if it is a wired Apple TV?
4. Should read connect MyQ bridge to 2.5 WiFi. Sorry about that.
No worries! Just want to make sure I understand. It’s inevitable I’ll need to do this. There is a lot of hate for MyQ, but the Home Bridge really does work well with HomeKit.
u/brokenfl can you (or anyone else) elaborate on step 5-7 a bit?
I tried this but nothing occurs after the Learn button is pressed. This is supposed to be after I press the 1 button on the Home Bridge twice, so that all 3 lights lights are lit up, correct? After pressing Learn, I also tried pressing the 1 button again, but all that occurs is that is cycles through the lights
I'm wondering if this process is not working because I don't have a Chamberlain brand garage opener? Is yours Chamberlain? (Mine is Genie)
For context, I used to have my Home Bridge setup working perfectly fine for a few years, but last year something got messed up so I had to try to set it up again, but could never get it to work again using Chamberlain's instructions (this was a few months before they supposedly disabled it)
I saw your post and decided to give it another try before ordering Meross, but nothing is occurring as far as the Home Bridge learning the garage code during steps 5-7, and nothing ever appears in the Home app unfortunately..
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
The issue here is the Genie is not compatible with MyQ Home Hub directly.
You need to first connect your garage door to My Smart Hub, and then to the MyQ Home Hub.
GL
I do already have the MyQ Smart Hub setup, and that works fine through the app..
But using "manually the transfer to Home Bridge" instructions is usually where it ends up not working afterwards:
https://support.chamberlaingroup.com/s/article/How-to-Set-up-a-myQ-Home-Bridge-and-Transfer-Devices-from-a-myQ-Smart-Garage-Hub-or-myQ-Garage
You don’t need to use the app, that’s the best part.
Do you have HomeBridge set up to your HomeKit?
Did you reset your WiFi on your HomeHub ?
The instructions they lay out are correct for once.
Yes I am not using the app with your instructions, and I was able to get the HomeBridge setup inside the Home app, and it shows there under the Bridges section. However there are no devices associated to it, and that's obviously where the problem lies, which is how do I get the Genie door associated to the HomeBridge with bypassing the MyQ app
When you say reset your WiFi on HomeHub, you're referring to the MyQ HomeHub that normally connects the garage to the MyQ app right? I did not reset that device if that's what you're referring to..
Thanks in advance for the insight, obviously my setup is different with the Genie opener so I likely have to do something different but not sure what. It's just very frustrating that this worked seamlessly before and Chamberlain intentionally broke their product to sell subscriptions.
This does seems to be the only way to get the door to work with HomeKit but at about $150 on Amazon it seems like a lot of money to pay to avoid using the app and to get the garage door automated or controlled with Siri.
I got from here for under $100. I think this is less than under retail.
https://www.northshorecommercialdoor.com/liftmaster-819lmb.html/
I would have been content to use the MyQ app if it had worked consistently. But it didn’t. It would constantly not work and having to reset constantly was a pain. Since this has been set up no issues as till.
I suppose that’s why I don’t see a value in this device. The MyQ app has always worked for me but certainly not as convenient or cool if I can’t integrate it with HomeKit.
Wow, so simple. Finally have some good use for that myQ bridge I've had laying around doing nothing.
Happy it worked out well for you. So happy since I ditched the app. Having Siri open the Garage continues to make me feel like I’m truly living in the future.
I am running into trouble based on your instructions. Able to help me out?
Talk to me…. What’s the step your having issues with
I’ve followed these steps and see my garage door in HomeKit but any attempt to interact with it shows No Reaponse. I have the HomeKit bridge and the smart hub paired with my non-smart genie garage door. Any suggestions?
Do you show the MyQBridge in your HomeKit as well ? You should not have your Bridge paired with door just paired with Smart Hub
Are you still using myQ app ?
My instructions were using a MyQ garage door opener, but it should work it you have both Bridge and HUB
I stopped using myq app all together as they both could not work at same time.
GL. Hope this is somewhat helpful.
For me the moment my Garage popped up in HomeKit I was golden.
Can you test to see if SmartHub is successfully connected to Garage Door ? Also, smart Hub should not be connected to WiFi. Only Bridge.
I removed everything from the app (smart hub) and followed the steps to reset the WiFi. The HomeKit bridge was never setup in the app, I picked it up recently second hand.
Adding the HomeKit bridge to HomeKit works and the bridge shows up. I then follow the steps to pair the smart hub with the bridge and that seems to work and the door shows up in HomeKit. It’s at that point I run into the issue of “No Response” when I try to open/close the door via HomeKit.
Am wondering if this is an issue with using the hub as an intermediary between the bridge and the door.
Yeah it seems like that might be the Hub that’s the issue. I’m not too familiar with that product. Can you program another remote to your garage door. Just wondering if the signal is still being sent from Hub to garage door
I’m trying to set up the hub backup in the MyQ app to make sure it still works but as usual the app is being flaky. Will probably try again in a day or two
MyQ app is no longer working. Due to program code changes, just get the craftsman MyQ app.
I just talk to the myq support and the original myq app had some problems with the api. Now they actually started using the craftsman myq app. I had to set it up on the craftsman MyQ app instead. I know how everyone feels. My app didn’t work for 2 years. I guess when they shut down the old servers, they didn’t know how to change the apps new servers address with a update. This is insane. Just an informative post for everyone who uses it. Now it does have HomeKit integration
thanks u/brokenfl this was super helpful and I just ran through this tutorial with a unit purchased from North Shore Commercial Door for about $100 shipped.
A few notes that I’ll mention
you don‘t have to disconnect from WiFi to make this work and can keep MyQ around. I have a door opener with an integrated MyQ camera and left it connect to see what happenes. The camera and MyQ integration still works so I’ll leave it in place for now. But I have everything on HomeKit so that was obviously important to me after I forgot to close the garage door one night.
because this thing works offline and pairs with the garage like a remote, they really can’t nerf this think with a software update without breaking other stuff, which is great benefit of HomeKit to avoid abandonware
here’s the process I ended up following for a LiftMaster with Learn button on the wall controller
Slightly modified from above - but if you want to or need to keep access to MyQ it’s possible to live with both. Again super thanks to OP for figuring this out, as soon as I saw this post I bought a home bridge and hooked it up.
Reset Home Bridge Device (push settings button down for 10 seconds)
Set up Home Bridge with Home Kit. Use code provided on device.
Push button “1” two times on Home Bridge
Push Learn button on garage door and it beeps once
Wait for solid three lights on Home Bridge
Push Learn button again on wall controller; you’ll see flashing lights on garage door when successful
You should see new Garage door pop up in HomeKit.
I repeated/fumbled my way through 4-5-6 a few times until I got the flashing lights on the opener for success!
Happy to hear it helped. Congrats. I bought my Bridge from the same company. No issues with mine since it was installed.
I wish you many “Hey Siri, open the garage door” going forward.
As an owner of the MyQ HomeKit bridge, correct me if I’m wrong here, but it looks like the MyQ app still allows you to set one of these up. I had to remove the bridge a couple years ago when I disabled HomeKit Enabled Routers on my eero and haven’t added it back in yet.
This thread got me nervous and curious… I was under the assumption that this bridge would continue to work with HomeKit if you have one.
The app no longer allows you to set up device. They don’t support any longer. You still can use this device, but now you just don’t have to use the app.
Don’t be daunted in setting it back up. No app means process is 100% easier. Go to your Garage and knock it out. After spending 6 hours over the weekend and failing, I figured out this method and had done and set up in 5 minutes.
Not true, I used the app recently. It is easy, you can use the buttons on the device to setup up to 2 door openers or gates. Using the app up to 16 can be added.
I know it’s still on the app. But Chamberlin confirmed to me yesterday that the bridge will no longer be able to be set up this way.
Must be very recent - I set it up about a month ago using the app.
This is incorrect, I added one the other day to my new house and used the app for the entire setup, worked flawlessly.
Mazel tov. After 8 hours and being told directly it wouldn’t work from Chamberlain. I gave up on that route. Regardless, I am so happy to be done from MyQ app. Best of luck to you
That’s understandable. I still need it for my Tesla, glad you got it working though.
Much appreciate you sharing your findings. I must admit, I did like the granular control of garage door notifications in the MyQ app. That’s all I really used it for in the past.
I’m not trying to doubt what you’re saying, but when I go in the MyQ app, hit the + button at the bottom right, a pop up from the bottom comes up asking what to add. I hit device, then it shows a grid of different MyQ devices with pictures. I press on Smart Garage Hub and then Home Bridge. From there I get a checklist page that says to Enable Home Data and to ensure that everything is plugged in. When I check both of those, it takes me to another page to Add New Hub.
Is your MyQ app not giving you any of that? Again, not trying to doubt you, just a little confused. I thought that MyQ removing the API only affected those that didn’t have the MyQ HomeKit Bridge and connected to HomeKit via HomeBridge.
It works fine on mine. I checked those boxes and clicked the “in ready” button
But that being said. You can also just use the physical buttons on the device and it will link to your account.
Appreciate that info.
When I went thru the step, while trying to set up with the app, it never linked up to the garage door. This is the path I followed at first with many failures. They killed the API but they also stopped supporting this device full stop.
Mine did that as well, but in the process, I can never get the Homebridge to connect to the garage door opener.
I’ve read on some other boards if you set it up as an Internet gateway that might work but trying to set up as a home bridge will not. Chamberlain confirmed to me on the phone yesterday that it will not be able to be set up thru the app any longer.
You still get notifications from HomeKit every time door is opened or closed even if you’re not opening it yourself. It already connects to the sensors and everything and no additional steps like the Meross.
You have the choice to never be dependent on Chamberlain again, and never have to use their app again. This is a big win
So it gets hung up at the connecting phase. Got it, thanks. Haven’t tried going that far yet. Appreciate the info. I gotta see what I can do with PushCuts. I liked that in the MyQ app, you can have it notify you if the door was left open after 1 hour, 2 hours, 12 hours, during certain times, etc. That’s what I meant by granular control of notifications. Anyways, it’s the least of my problems with this horror show lol. Thanks again!
Get the Meross Hk100, I tried the home bridge and what a nightmare
This setup removes the nightmares. But I was one step away from ordering Meross and reselling this on 2nd market if I hadn’t figured out .
Over tike you might notice the performance is so slow on the home bridge. The Meross performance is basically instant and super responsive and cheaper too!
Edit. Step 4. Refers to putting MQBridge on 2.5 Wi-Fi.
I got the ismartgarage as I own the liftmaster 8500W (wallmounted). It has the bridge embedded.
The integration works, but I am having a problem with the home app. Every time I ask Siri to open or close the garage, it says that it cannot find the accessory. BUT, once I manually open Home, it suddenly finds it.
Also, the Ultra 2 watch cannot connect to the home app but displays the doors.
Did anyone have the same problem with the Home app before?
The bigger question is can this device be used by home assistant or homebridge? Geo fence in HA had been very reliable for me and my wife opening garage to whoever connected to my car’s WiFi.
Just got a NOS version of this from a local garage door company when I got my new opener installed... one week before the whole API thing went down. If I had known the API was getting yanked I would have got the Ratgdo... Only got around to installing it now.
I followed these instructions didn't even need the myq app or add my opener itself to wifi:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeKit/comments/17rlhsy/chamberlain_myqg0303_bridge_keeps_going_not/k8km4ji/?context=3
This added the 819lmb as a bridge to homekit and gives me local control...
2 issues that I couldn't find an answer to...
Is it supposed to add the light as a separate controllable device. It added the door and it open and closes fine but no light was added for homekit control. So it only comes on if door is opened or I can use the light button on the control pad.
Similar to the above the integrated camera is not brought in but I didn't think it would be.
2) Anyway to disable the beeping when closing... I understand its a safety feature but it is annoying.
Thanks for these instructions..
I have seen them before but not sure where but I had to reset my Hub and this is the only way this works.. There site instructions make no sense and never worked from day 1.....
I still have the MyQ App if needed to look at camera on opener and send someone a One Time access to garage but maybe use once every few months.....
That’s awesome. Glad I could be of help. The MyQ app is not nice words, but if you use guest pass so be it. Unless you know that person enough to allow them access in home kit. There are also other better affordable camera home kit solutions. But that’s my peace. Good Job. 👍
Put chamberlain homebridge into home assistant