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Home Automation
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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.
It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.
Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.
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Because OP stated they used myq I am going to assume that the GDO is new enough to have security 2.0+ and will require something like a garadget contact adapter to work using the method you described. Works flawlessly once you have the extra required contact adapter though!