[bragones]

Originally Posted by wseward

I tried using MyQ with the existing MVP garage door opener. I called Chamberlin and was told MVP was not compatible. I ended up just replacing the MVP garage door opener with a Chamberlin one.

Ditto for me. Could not get MyQ to work with old MVP openers and also found MVP was not compatible. I replaced the old MVP openers as they were showing signs of failure. Keypad functioned intermittently and replacement remotes were not available.

[rsmurano]

I used myQ for years and got rid of it last year. They changed their method of being a smart controller to being a dumb one. If you want to get a controller that’s not compatible with HomeKit or SmartThings then get myQ. If all you want to do is use the app to control the opening and closing of your garage doors (dumb controller), get myQ.
I have automated my whole house and every device is a smart device. I can ask what the status of my garage doors are without opening an app. I can trigger to unlock my interior garage door when my garage door opens. I can create a routine that checks if my garage door opens while I’m outside of my geofenced area and automatically close the door. You can’t do any of this with myQ.
Even if you don’t have a smart home, why not start building 1 when you want to make a function (like opening and closing the garage doors or checking if they are closed while you are thousands of miles away) smart. After the garage doors, then you can easily do your sprinkler controller, your house thermostat, your door locks, lights, then when you want to get more involved, your outdoor grill, refrigerator and stove, water sensors, timers for lights, on and on.

[bragones]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

I used myQ for years and got rid of it last year. They changed their method of being a smart controller to being a dumb one. If you want to get a controller that’s not compatible with HomeKit or SmartThings then get myQ. If all you want to do is use the app to control the opening and closing of your garage doors (dumb controller), get myQ.
I have automated my whole house and every device is a smart device. I can ask what the status of my garage doors are without opening an app. I can trigger to unlock my interior garage door when my garage door opens. I can create a routine that checks if my garage door opens while I’m outside of my geofenced area and automatically close the door. You can’t do any of this with myQ.
Even if you don’t have a smart home, why not start building 1 when you want to make a function (like opening and closing the garage doors or checking if they are closed while you are thousands of miles away) smart. After the garage doors, then you can easily do your sprinkler controller, your house thermostat, your door locks, lights, then when you want to get more involved, your outdoor grill, refrigerator and stove, water sensors, timers for lights, on and on.

idk...seems a bit harsh to call MyQ dumb. MyQ has some nice features such as maintaining a log history and allowing you to give access to other users on a temp basis including Amazon/Walmart deliveries as well as nice configurable notification capability. You can also schedule to automate opening/closing doors at a specific time and of course you check the status of your doors as well as open/close from anywhere that you have internet access. With IFTTT routine, you can get Alexa combability to check status and open/close doors through voice. For my purposes, MyQ works nicely.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

MyQ is cheap, and minimalist, just enough for us at the moment.

And our house's garage door opener is Linnear, so I won't know anything about a chamberlain opener.

Automation with the internet is great, as long as it works. . just another it works until it doesn't situation.

[JMintzer]

I tried hooking up a MyQ controller to my original MVP opener a few years ago. I spent 2 days climbing up and down that damn ladder...

No luck, despite following the directions to a T... I finally gave up anf trashed it...

[WiscoDogsDad]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I tried hooking up a MyQ controller to my original MVP opener a few years ago. I spent 2 days climbing up and down that damn ladder...

No luck, despite following the directions to a T... I finally gave up anf trashed it...

Thanks for the feedback. This is why I inquired. Will need to replace the old MVP, if I want to use current technology. Not sure that is the right fiscal move, yet.