Meross Garage Opener setting | Home Assistant | Page 1

green terrace May 28, 2025, 3:44 PM

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I successfully install the MSG100 garage opener of meross.
though i have a small problem, which is that when i normally press the button once in the real button it will open or close and if i press it during the opening and closing phase, it will then stop.
This happens the same if i do it on HA or alexa or homekit, but they all dont understand that the door is stoped and they get "stuck". What can i do to fix this?

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 3:50 PM

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green terrace I successfully install the MSG100 garage opener of meross. though i have a small...

if it doesn't show its current position then i guess you could put a couple of door sensors in place so you can get feedback as to when it reaches its final postition on each end.
then automate that "if not fully open AND not fully closed for 2 mins" its stuck so "do something"

green terrace May 28, 2025, 3:51 PM

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the MSG100 has a sensor to see if it is close yes, but not one when its fully open

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and also, when the garage door is stopped and i then try to open or close it with the smart garage door opener it wont do anything, not sure why it does that, maybe safety

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 3:52 PM

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I guess its a safety thing

green terrace May 28, 2025, 3:52 PM

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yeah

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by who? the garage door? or meross?

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 3:53 PM

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I imagine its in hardware. "if stopped by button then ignore any remote calls"

green terrace May 28, 2025, 3:54 PM

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weird, because when i use their remote controller it does work.

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 3:54 PM

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how does the remote work?

green terrace May 28, 2025, 3:55 PM

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not sure, it has a receiver connected to the power and the garage door opener

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 3:55 PM

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emulating the remote might be the easiest solution

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those kind of things are usually RF 433 i think

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if its RF then can use something like a bond bridge to simulate it

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i cant see the remote on the their advertising? is it an optional extra or something?

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:02 PM

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steep turtle i cant see the remote on the their advertising? is it an optional extra or somet...

no no its not from the meross

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the actual garage door gives a remote

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:02 PM

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ah i see now

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:02 PM

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yep yep

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:03 PM

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could look up the door's remote details and see how it works. then emulate that

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the meross has no feedback to know the door status. it only knows how to say "door open" and "door close" and the "door is closed sensor" it has a bit of guesswork for inbetween and probably has safety cutouts

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:07 PM

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steep turtle could look up the door's remote details and see how it works. then emulate that

and to emulate it would be what u said earlier here? #1377311620048621650 message

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:07 PM

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yeah, what type of door system is it?

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:12 PM

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oof an old one its a Precision pds-4500

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i cant even find it online tbh

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:15 PM

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like 95% chance its RF in a standard frequency and a bond bridge would be able to emulate it

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they are not the cheapest things and might need a bit of work though

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:16 PM

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though i am not sure what a bond bridge is, and is it worth it?

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:18 PM

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green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:18 PM

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this are the settings in home assistant that i can adjust

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green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:19 PM

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steep turtle https://bondhome.io/product/bond-bridge/

oof pricy😅

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:19 PM

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it has a direct integration too

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yeah the meross is going to be limited because it doesnt know whats happening

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neither does the bond to be fair but its just a remote emulator in this case

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what happens if you hard power cycle the door when its in "stopped" mode? does it reset? if so you could put it on a smartplug and reset it if you detect its "stuck"

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:24 PM

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what exactly do you mean by "hard power cycle the door"?

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:25 PM

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unplug/disconnect it from power completely

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if it starts up and goes "huh this is strange i should close the door" then you have a way to reset it to a known working state

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:26 PM

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if it closes automatically?

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:27 PM

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steep turtle unplug/disconnect it from power completely

should i also unplug the recevier for the remote or it doesnt matter? (not meross)

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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just kill all the power to it all and reset it when its "stuck" and see what it does

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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k

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brb

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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maybe it will do nothing

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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probably

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:28 PM

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but if it returns to a known state then you can work on top of that

green terrace May 28, 2025, 4:42 PM

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steep turtle but if it returns to a known state then you can work on top of that

i post what happened to the wrong chat ahaha, give me one sec to send it all over here

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not that smart 😅
wait tho
i am trying to ask siri to do a few tests
basically the door is closed, i ask siri to open it, midway i tell her close garage door and it stops, i wait like 1 second and then i ask close garage door and it will close
but if i instead try to ask it to open it the second time it wont do it
and then if i try from when its open to then close it, and then midway ask her to open it, it wont stop or open, it will continue until its closed

and the HA app does kinda the same too
and then if i try to close it from when its fully open and instead i ask it to close another time it will then stop, but if then i try to ask it to open it wont open but if i ask it to close it will open

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so yeah, its kinda weird idk.

steep turtle May 28, 2025, 4:44 PM

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yeah your running into the guesswork sections of how it works it seems

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