GDO Blaq light control vs mounted panel light toggle control

[Angelo_Patulli]

So I just pulled the trigger on GDO BlaQ for my 2004 Craftsman garage door opener.!

I had like most of us bought MYQ device that was pretty much useless since they locked down with a monthly subscription. So basically only good to control garage door and know the status. That’s it, no automations possible.

Installation wasn’t straight forward. Instructions are perfectly clear and well written. I used Konnected app to add GDO Blaq , i connected to WiFi network ok but then i was stuck in a loop on the page where it is searching for device on my network to add it…even though it says ‘all set’. It wouldn’t add GDO Blaq to my Konnected app. A quick internet search and I fell on a recommendation by Nate to reboot the phone. I did and magic the device appeared in my Konnected app with my other konnect devices.

Installation took less than 10 minutes, 2 wires, double sided tape, plug device in and done.

I refreshed connected service in smartthings and GDo Blaq device appeared. I can now use it for automations, to control light open/close , door open/close, choose percentage to open . And there are also option to connect additional sensors if you want, but not needed in my case.

3 Questions.

Question1: I can no longer control the toggle button for the lights on my wall Craftsman controller , only open/close door toggle works . Is this done on purpose so not to turn off the power to GDO Blaq? Or did I do something wrong? I think it’s still useful to be able to control manually the light with button, or I have to set rules to turn off light after a long period of time if I need to work in the garage for long time.

Question 2: when I set up the device i was able to connect to the device through Konnected app with IP address , but now it says ‘this site can’t be reached’. Once set up I don’t think I need to connect to the device anymore to change anything…but I just wanted to ask.

Question 3; Everytime I go into my device in smartthings I get an error message for 2 seconds saying this device hasn’t updated all of its information status check again later…it’s a little annoying any setting I need to change?

Besides that everything works like a charm. Great addition to any smart home set up.

Thanks

[SManCan]

I am not sure exactly when it started for me but I am seeing the same connection errors as above. I have 3 openers and I can no longer access the device web page for any of them from within the app or from a browser. I have tried rebooting the devices, etc.

I have both alarm panel and GDO blaQ opener devices all showing the blue checkmarks within the app.

Interestingly I can still access the alarm panel web pages. Not sure if its relevant but from within the app the alarm panels are displaying in the format ip address:port (i.e. 111.111.11.111:11111) whereas my openers are only displaying ip address (i.e. 111.111.11.111).

Any help or direction would be appreciated.

Thanks in Advance

[SManCan]

Figured out the problem.

I had rebuilt and updated the firmware on all my GDO blaQ opener devices. When doing so I did not pay attention and when rebuilding the firmware the Local Web Page/api setting defaulted to Disabled where it was previously Enabled. I rebuilt the firmware again with this setting enabled and solved my issue.

A little misleading that the rebuild flipped my previous setting but I should also have paid closer attention.

SManCan

[Angelo_Patulli]

I am not using any local automations. I am using smarthings. So everything is on the cloud. If I want to access GDo Blaq web page do I need to enable local API ?

[Sam_Mote]

The light control button on my wall panel stopped working as well. Also wondering if this is by design or not.

[Angelo_Patulli]

If it’s by design it’s not very good. I had to by a separate button to control it manually. A little annoying and counter intuitive…it’s the only con to this unit.

[Sam_Mote]

I agree, it is definitely an annoyance. perhaps someone else will chime in with a fix.