meross Smart Garage Door Opener Remote for Apple Home Kit

To be honest, I thought twice before purchasing it as I don’t have the expertise nor the energy to fix a smart garage door opener. I’ve watched few videos on YouTube and tried to do it myself, and decided that if it doesn’t work from the first couple of attempts, I will be returning it. Honestly, it worked excellently from the first attempt, installation was a very easy exercise, even I used Meross technical support to guide me how to connect the wires and they responded in few hours time. I strongly recommend this garage door opener and really helped me in every aspect. I have an iPhone and I’m trying with shortcuts to make some rules to help me open the garage automatically by the time I’m 100 meters away from home and to close automatically too. Didn’t succeed yet, but determined to make it happen. Impressive!

Funciona a la perfección y es fácil de instalar y configurar!

So far so good. I need to have reliable smart-device based garage door opener. I use the Apple eco-system and Homekit, combined with a Homebridge setup, and my priority is to have a smart-connection so I can ask Siri to open the door with my motorcycle communicator (I have Cardo Packtalk Edge) so I can easily park it. First, I had a myQ. I dumped it because they want a subscription to allow smart-home access. For the next few years I went with Aladdin Genie. They are free for smart-home functionality, but since I had that, I had NONSTOP issues with that. It didn't want to connect to my router from inside the house (I have a separated garage, so there is distance between router and the garage connected to the alleyway behind my house.) It would see my wifi, but just blink that it still had connectivity issues. So I got a more powerful router and that thing has no trouble connecting to anything in my garage... except that Aladdin unit. Then I got a repeater in the garage. That had no issues connecting to my router and still, the Aladdin unit had issues even with that. I gave up on the Aladdin when I got locked out of my own garage. It decided to just not connect to the app. Very weird too, it was disconnected right around 3pm, but when I got home at 1am after work, it worked. Maybe they had server issues, but then again, they don't send any emails saying there will be issues. And it happened Monday, Tuesday, then Wednesday. Not very convenient. Now after all that, I did my research and landed on this. The online community who knows Apple Homekit seemed to recommend Meross, and I never heard of them before, and I decided to give it a try. I got the unit and I watched a couple YouTube videos, followed the included instructions, and I had this device up and running in about 30-40 minutes, including tie-wrapping the cables and securing the device. After a few adjustments, learning some functionality in the app (like disabling doors 2 and 3 so Homekit doesn't access them for now, as I only have 1 garage door opener for a 2-car garage) I'm happy to say that this device works great. ZERO connectivity issues so far as my router and my repeater show full strength connection (the Aladdin did too so I'm assuming its on their end). The moment I "flip the switch" in Apple Home, or press the button in Carplay, the garage door opens and closes near instantly. My garage door opener is at LEAST 20 years old and to get it connected, it was just two wires. There is a compatibility list for openers on Meross's webpage so check BEFORE you buy. Because its wired to my garage door, theres no "learning" required and no button to push like an in-car garage door opener. The only thing I liked with the Aladdin device (when it did work) and the myQ was when a signal was sent to open or close the door, or if an automation kicked in (I had a requirement to shut the door after 30 minutes being open,) they had a bright white warning light flasher to indicate the door was about to move, since you didn't push any buttons. Meross's device DOES NOT have that, so if you setup an automation similar to mine, the door will immediately respond without warning. Also, It is important that if you tinker with the wiring, which you likely will be, to verify that you did not disconnect or cause your garage door obstruction safety system to be disabled. Another plus that I have with the Meross is its open/close sensor, which appears to be magnet based. You run the line from the Meross box to the garage door. I have mine at the top corner to my door along the wall, with the additional magnet also right next to it on the door itself. Very similar to window security systems. When you setup your app, it'll go into detail to verify the system is working by using these sensors. What I LOVE about this is that it is not battery based. The Aladdin and myQ used a button-battery-based sensor you stuck to the door which needed to be replaced after a year or two. Not necessary with the Meross thankfully. In fact, the other disadvantage I had with the battery sensor was in winter when the door was very cold as it gave poor performance. And if the battery sensor failed or disconnected due to a dead-battery, or a frozen battery, those garage door openers also failed because it couldn't tell if the door was opened or closed. Thankfully not the case with the Meross. I certainly recommend this unit, especially for people with more than one garage door. I may only have one opener but I know that when I replace that door and add a second opener for that, all I have to do is run another sensor line for that door similar to the way I did my current door and that this package ("meross Smart Garage Door Opener Remote with External Antenna" in case Amazon links this review with other Meross stuff) already comes with that expandability (up to 2 doors out of the box, if you have a 3rd garage door, you need another sensor cable add-on.)

Works well, have used app and Alexa controls and pretty straight forward. Only issue I found is we have a Roller Door and placement of open/closed sensor is pretty tricky with a roller door Only feasable location I found to place sensor was on top of the top stop bumper and the magnetic sensor onto the inside of the door opposite top stop bumper and taped the wired sensor to the top of rubber stop bumper, when placing sensor onto door make sure its in the recessed part of door or it will get crushed when door winds up. Instructions were fairly simple and fairly easy to follows. Took hours to work out the sensor location, but once this was overcome it took less than an hour to install, would be very simple for sectional door. Would have given it a 5 star if not for the roller door sensor location issue.

I was initially skeptical because it seemed pretty complicated. The instructions that come with the product are helpful. Still, you’re probably better off searching for installation videos on YouTube. Once you do that, the installation should be easy, and the device works well with my two-car garage. I believe the sensor cable lengths are enough. Just keep in mind that the unit includes cables for only two garage doors. If you need a third one, you should contact the company. Also, if you have a non-compatible garage door opener, don’t worry, because the company says they will send you an adapter kit or something similar. Overall, I installed it using only Apple HomeKit without downloading the manufacturer's app, and it works perfectly, so I definitely recommend getting this to upgrade your standard garage door opener to something more modern. You don’t have to worry about the battery life because it’s hardwired. The signal strength is excellent. The voice control with Siri can be a little inconsistent, as it will ask you which garage door to open, even though you specifically told it to open one by name. I don’t know about the durability since I just installed it yesterday, but so far, so good. In summary, yes, I’m happy with this purchase, and I highly recommend it.

The customer support at Meross is amazing. My garage door make and model (Steel Line SD 1000) wasnt appearing in the compatibility list of Meross. I reached out to Meross Support and she took the time to go through my garage door manual and assisted me with setting it up perfectly. For those using Steel Line SD 1000) all you need to do is connect the cable to the PB and GND ports in the garage unit. Please see pictures attached. Thanks Meross Support for such a timely and efficient support.