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Carport Door Manager for Android

Simple carport door controller, designed to interface with a home web server which can open/close/stop and return the status of your carport door.

Features:

  • Big shiny button for opening/closing/stopping your carport door
  • Door status displayed on screen
  • Automatic background service checks the status of your door and displays a toast notification if open, will display an error if unavailable
  • Environment configurable - point to your home server and provide URL parameters which suit your environment
  • App-side polling configurable - modify the interval of door status checks for both the main screen and background service

Install

  1. Setup a home web server that can listen for your web-hooks and operate the door/return its status
  2. Download and install the latest APK

Usage

  1. Open the 'Door Manager' app, and click the 'Settings' spanner
  2. Set the Host details and the URL parameters to suit your web server. (optional: modification of the default polling intervals is optional but not required)
  3. Press the big button to open/close/stop your carport door (this may depend on how you've interfaced your web server with your carport door)
  4. A message will report success or failure of the button trigger

License

Creative Commons Licence