Review: Chamberlain's MyQ Garage and Home Bridge Add HomeKit Support to Your Garage Door

[DribbleCastle]

Installed mine a couple days ago after purchasing a new myqenabled GDO. The high pitched squeal these units emit is beyond ridiculous both in volume and duration(it continues the entire time the door is closing, not simply an initial alert). My neighbors would kill me if I let that continue so I opened it up and pried off the little plastic cover housing the electropiezo speaker disc. Now it make sure more of a turn-signalesque clicking sound while he light flashes 8 or so times. Perfect earning and no death by neighbors.

HomeKit integration and Siri seem to work quite well.

Annoying to have waited 2 years since original announcement - delay after delay after delay - and pretty surprised no one else stepped in during that time - but it's here and it works and $50 ain't bad - although they rip you off on shipping.

Interesting, I was about to cancel my order specially because of the sound issue. Any chance you took a picture of your handy work? If I can’t remove the sound, I don’t think I’m going to buy/install this thing.

 

[jokerz126]

For anyone that has a Liftmaster / Chamberlain Garage Door Opener that is from 1998 or Newer They do Not need the MYQ Garage Kit. They need the Liftmaster 888LM Wall Botton & the MYQ Home Bridge, That It.

Is this true? I have two chamberlain lift master professional openers that are maybe 2004. So I just need to get two of these 888LM's and the newest HomeKit MyQ bridge? No need to wait for the yet unreleased smart bridge that upgrades old non-myQ openers to my-q + HomeKit??

 

[comptr]

Is this true? I have two chamberlain lift master professional openers that are maybe 2004. So I just need to get two of these 888LM's and the newest HomeKit MyQ bridge? No need to wait for the yet unreleased smart bridge that upgrades old non-myQ openers to my-q + HomeKit??

Yes.

 

[jokerz126]

Yes.

very cool!...will the single box that's still unreleased be all I need or since I have two doors will I need to buy something additional? seems like cost is either same or more if I wait for the unreleased box..is that right?

how is the 888LM install? very easy?...low voltage wires?

 

[sailermon]

very cool!...will the single box that's still unreleased be all I need or since I have two doors will I need to buy something additional? seems like cost is either same or more if I wait for the unreleased box..is that right?

how is the 888LM install? very easy?...low voltage wires?

I have a 2005 Chamberlain GDO without WIFI or MyQ. I purchased the MyQ Wall Control (888LM) for $32 on Amazon and the Home Bridge for $50 from Chamberlain. The wall 888LM, makes you GDO MyQ enabled is wired to the GDO and replaces your old wall control, so very simple to install. The Home Bridge is wireless and communicates with the 888LM via radio signal. My Home Bridge is in my home next to my WIFI router, 150 feet and several walls away from my garage, which is in a separate building where I can't even connect to WIFI. So the Chamberlain instructions stating that it has to be in the garage, with a strong WIFI signal, is misleading at best. It works just like the Internet Gateway except it is wireless and has HomeKit enabled. This setup works great with Siri and Apple TV as the connected HomeKit hub. Some advantages are the cost (under $100) is lower than the new HomeKit enabled MyQ Garage, if it ever becomes available, the beep warning on closing is from the wall control and is not annoying at all. In addition, all your accessories like keypad, HomeLink, etc. all work as before and you don't have to reprogram them.

 

[dvdlovr24]

Just a heads up. Chamberlain is doing free shipping on these now when you use code CHBFREE817. Just ordered mine at the $49.99 price and only had to pay tax.

 

[techortreat]

Just a heads up. Chamberlain is doing free shipping on these now when you use code CHBFREE817. Just ordered mine at the $49.99 price and only had to pay tax.

Looks like they increased the price to $70

 

[jokerz126]

Looks like they increased the price to $70

weird..was just able to place an order now..used Free Shipping code no problem!...try again??
...I gave up waiting for the unreleased bridge for non-MyQ doors...gonna install the $32 888LM in conjunction with this instead...you can never have too many hubs!

I'm assuming I need 2 888LM's if I have two doors right?

 

[sailermon]

weird..was just able to place an order now..used Free Shipping code no problem!...try again??
...I gave up waiting for the unreleased bridge for non-MyQ doors...gonna install the $32 888LM in conjunction with this instead...you can never have too many hubs!

I'm assuming I need 2 888LM's if I have two doors right?

I would assume you need two, one for each wall control unit you will replace in order to make each GDO MyQ enabled.

 

[techortreat]

weird..was just able to place an order now..used Free Shipping code no problem!...try again??
...I gave up waiting for the unreleased bridge for non-MyQ doors...gonna install the $32 888LM in conjunction with this instead...you can never have too many hubs!

I'm assuming I need 2 888LM's if I have two doors right?

Thanks! It's back to $50 and the free shipping code that dvdlovr24 provided worked

 

[beq]

If we want to install a new garage door opener to begin with, when will Chamberlain/Liftmaster have an opener with Wi-Fi, MyQ, and HomeKit support all built-in? So we wouldn't need to mount any extra wireless modules on the ceiling or garage door panel?

 

[RacingSolutions24]

I have a 2005 Chamberlain GDO without WIFI or MyQ. I purchased the MyQ Wall Control (888LM) for $32 on Amazon and the Home Bridge for $50 from Chamberlain. The wall 888LM, makes you GDO MyQ enabled is wired to the GDO and replaces your old wall control, so very simple to install. The Home Bridge is wireless and communicates with the 888LM via radio signal. My Home Bridge is in my home next to my WIFI router, 150 feet and several walls away from my garage, which is in a separate building where I can't even connect to WIFI. So the Chamberlain instructions stating that it has to be in the garage, with a strong WIFI signal, is misleading at best. It works just like the Internet Gateway except it is wireless and has HomeKit enabled. This setup works great with Siri and Apple TV as the connected HomeKit hub. Some advantages are the cost (under $100) is lower than the new HomeKit enabled MyQ Garage, if it ever becomes available, the beep warning on closing is from the wall control and is not annoying at all. In addition, all your accessories like keypad, HomeLink, etc. all work as before and you don't have to reprogram them.

I also have the 888LM. Can I ask how you were able to add the homebridge? I plugged in the homebridge and downloaded the app, but nothing shows up on discovered devices? Is there another step I need to do on the control panel?
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I also have the 888LM. Can I ask how you were able to add the homebridge? I plugged in the homebridge and downloaded the app, but nothing shows up on discovered devices? Is there another step I need to do on the control panel?

Two minutes after i posted this I figured it out.Thing works like a charm. The only thing that annoys me is that beeping when closing....