WIFI GARAGE
CONVERSION KIT
Premium wifi garage door openers often have a feature to connect your garage door to the internet. Similar to other internet-connected appliances, this allows your garage door to be controlled remotely and to send alerts to the users when requested. Internet of things (IOT) is the trend. Is the cost justified? A garage door opener with IOT features often costs upward of a hundred dollars more than a similar model without such features. Furthermore, if your garage door opener is not broken, it is even more difficult to justify upgrading it to a smart garage door. This is when our product, Garage Door Controller (GDC), comes into play.
GDC is a Wifi Garage Door Opener Conversion Kit developed and manufactured by Home IOT Products Inc. For less than the price of a garage door keypad or a remote, you can retrofit your existing garage door opener to a wifi garage door opener. If you are in the market for a new garage door opener, get a base model and upgrade it with our GDC. You will save money!
What is GDC, Wifi Garage Door Opener Conversion Kit?
GDC is a retrofit kit which adds IOT (Internet Of Things) functionalities to your garage door opener. With GDC, you can open or close your garage door from anywhere in the world. You can check the status of your garage door. You can also get recent open/close activities with time stamps. You may get alerts on your phone if your door is left open for more than 10 minutes. You may get notifications for openings and closings of your door. You may also open your garage door automatically when you come home without pressing a button.
In summary:
- Operate your garage door from anywhere
- Check status of your door
- Check open/close history with timestamps
- Receive alerts if door left open
- Receive notifications when door opens or closes
- Open door automatically when you come home
- All features can be enabled/disabled individually
Kit Components
The retrofit kit contains the following pieces:
- Sensor and CPU module
- Mounting hardware
- Power adaptor
The optical proximity sensor used in this system provides reliable sensing of the door status.
A Close Look at the GDC Box
The GDC box is 55mm x 42mm x 15mm (2.1″ x 1.6″ x 0.6″). It houses a proximity sensor, a wifi module, and a CPU running C++ codes.
Free Android/iPhone App
To use GDC, you do not need Amazon Alexa or Google Home. You just need to download a free app from Google Play or App Store. To use this app, you do not need to provide your email address or any identity to register. The app uses the MAC address to uniquely identify your GDC. Since there is no association of your GDC to your identity, there is no way for any hacker to find out the owner of your GDC. This adds security.
The app was designed with “simplicity” in mind. The user interface is clean and simple. You do not need to be a tech-savvy to operate it!
Is It Secure
We take security seriously. Firstly, we do not take any user identification during the setup process. You do not have to worry about identity theft with us. The app identifies your unique GDC by the serial number. Your app running in your phone only learns the serial number of your GDC during the setup process. Nobody else knows the serial number of your GDC. Even if someone knows the serial number, he would not know who owns it or where it is located.
The communication between your phone and your GDC is through a Google Service. You don’t have to worry about your information going through an unknown server. Your data is going through a known secured service. Our company do not have anything to do with your data. Communication to and from the Google server is through HTTPS protocol which your banks use for online banking. On top of that, we also encrypt any commands going to your GDC . That is, encrypted data over HTTPS protocol. It is impossible to hack the app to communicate to your GDC.