Thanks. Given the dominance of the Chamberlain/LiftMaster brands, that’s really unfortunate and limiting. I’d wager that within the past few years, 9 out of 10 buyers of connected garage door openers have purchased MyQ models. Only those who are retroactively adding connectivity to older garage openers are likely to have Z-Wave control modules.
Considering how prominently this feature has been marketed by ADC and various systems manufacturers, I feel that ADC and their service providers, as well as the equipment manufacturers should do more to highlight this limitation. I initially purchased a DSC Iotega prior to switching to the Qolsys IQ2 Plus, and I expected that I would be able to control my garage doors from the touchscreen; like the IQ2, the Iotega features a built-in WiFi access point. It seems for both systems that the built-in access point is functionally useless for anything other than connecting remote touchscreen keypads, and neither system can directly control MyQ garage openers. That’s not at all clear to the typical consumer prior to purchase, and I feel as though I’ve been fooled twice now. One reasonably assumes that the ability of a security panel to control garage door openers applies to the most popular models, after all.
In my case, I had already purchased the MyQ openers a couple years ago, and knowledge of this limitation would not have affected my choice of an ADC-compatible security system. But, had I already owned my security system prior to purchasing the MyQ garage door openers and knew of this limitation, I definitely would not have chosen a Chamberlain or LiftMaster product; or, I would have bought a cheaper “dumb” version and a Z-Wave controller. Clarifying this issue could be helpful to those who are just beginning to equip a smart home. It seems like a fairly common point of confusion.