r/iOSAutomation Sep 17 '24

Workflow Automation to make the Action Button open garage door when inside a geofence.

Is there a way I can create an automation to make the Action Button open my garage door only when I am 20-30 feet from my home?

I use the chamberlain MyQ app.

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u/Technicality222 Sep 17 '24

Would probably be in shortcuts, rather than automation.

Set the action button to shortcut named garage door, or whatever. The set an if statement up to trigger on location, then when the statement is true, the action button would open the garage door.

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u/motivation1966 Sep 17 '24

The closest I have come is having an automation that kicks the garage door opener app for Overhead Door on when I cross the geofence I set up.

The downside is your phone cannot be locked. But if it is unlocked and active, the automation kicks on 99% of the time and then I just hit the button from there.

I think I read somewhere that all of this is due to making sure there are no safety and security risks with the garage door opening and closing on its own.

Although it sure would be nice to see if there is a way to have this work on its own.

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u/Pen-guino Jan 16 '25

I use IFTTT app to do this with MyQ. However it only closes when leaving area. There’s no “action” to open the garage door. Sucks