Wherever You Are, You Can Monitor and Control Your Garage Door Using Your Smartphone!

Imagine being able to open and close your garage door from anywhere in the world! That’s exactly what you can do when you buy a new LiftMaster garage door opener that features MyQ^® technology. All it takes is a swipe of your finger on your Blackberry, Apple or Android device.

It’s no exaggeration to say that this is the most exciting garage door opener on the market today. It’s a 21^st-century marvel that also enhances your home management and security.

Operate Your Garage Door Globally

There’s an app for that – you hear that expression all the time, because it’s true. And now, the humble garage door opener has an app, thanks to the creative minds at Chamberlain, the manufacturer of LiftMaster garage door openers. They’ve essentially brought the garage door opener into the 21^stcentury!

At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the LiftMaster MyQ^® technology got a lot of attention. People were amazed and excited to see how this technology could help them to control not just their garage doors, but also the lighting and small appliances in their homes.

You’re wondering how that can be possible, it’s simple; it works through your router. An Ethernet cable, which is included, connects an Internet gateway to your router. The included power adapter provides the electricity. Your gateway is registered online, and then you’re all set to start adding devices. You don’t have to worry about security – Ethernet is safer than wireless.

The Gateway “Learns” the Door Opener

The garage door opener has to come with learning technology in order for the gateway to “learn” the opener. Several door openers that were made after 1998 offer this capability. If you have questions, your a LiftMaster professional can answer them.

Next, you download the correct app for your particular phone, whether it’s Apple (IOS), Android (Google Play) or Blackberry. Add the garage door using the “learn” feature. You can add more doors and other devices easily.

Now that the app is able to recognize your door opener, you’ll be able to open and close the door from any location by means of your smartphone. The gateway will communicate with the door opener using radio signals.

The Advantages

Controlling your garage door opener from your phone gives you freedom. Remember the last time you were on your way to work or somewhere else, and you suddenly asked yourself “Did I close the garage door?” Of course you thought you had, but you weren’t 100% sure, so you ended up driving home – only to find the door closed.

With the MyQ^® smartphone app, you could have saved yourself time and gas money by checking the door from your car, all with the touch of a button. If it had been open (which of course it hardly ever is), you could have closed it just as easily. And if anyone had been in the garage, they’d have been alerted to what was about to happen by means of a series of beeps and lights coming from the door opener.

Additionally, with the MyQ^® app, you can monitor and control the lighting and even the small appliances in your home, with adapters and wall switches.

Convenience, Safety and Security

The app doesn’t just let you know if the door is open or closed – it can tell you when the door is being opened by triggering an alert, and then notifying you on your smartphone or via email, whichever works best for you. If you happen to miss an alert, you can find out how long the door has been open.

Perhaps you’re expecting a delivery, and you can’t be home. You’re worried that your package will be damaged or stolen if it’s left on the step. No problem! Ask the delivery service to call you when they get there, and you’ll be able to use the app to open the garage door. If the driver forgets to close up after leaving the package, it’s not a big deal – you’ll get an alert, and you can close the door.

Your smartphone isn’t connected to the Internet? Again, no problem. Just log into the MyQ^® website from any computer, and use the features to have complete control over your door opener, gate opener, or lighting.

You can have total control from anywhere at all – it doesn’t matter if you’re across town, on the other side of the country, or even in another country.

Want to learn more about the MyQ^® system? Then watch this video. You can also view other videos here that will help you learn how the app works on your particular phone, or how to create alerts for your devices and doors.