https://semicomplete.com/tags/esp8266/ Recent content in Esp8266 on semicomplete Hugo en-us &copy; Copyright 2006-2022 Jordan Sissel - Content licensed as <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode'>CC BY-NC-SA</a> Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/genie-gps1200ic-home-assistant/ Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/genie-gps1200ic-home-assistant/ <p>My garage has two doors. I&rsquo;d like to be able to say &ldquo;Open the garage door&rdquo; to Siri.</p> <p>To get there, I&rsquo;m going to try using Home Assistant and ESPHome. First, though, I need to know how to tell the garage door to operate.</p> <p>Both door openers are Genie GPS1200IC. Based on some brief research, these appear to have been made between 1996-2000.</p> <h2 id="hack-a-remote">Hack a remote?</h2> <p>My first attempt was to buy a remote and hook a microcontroller to it. I bought a Genie GITR-3 remote. This remote has 3 buttons. The plan was to wire an ESP8266 to the buttons of this remote.</p>