Control garage door from app (digital I/O port relay box)

[Windcrest77]

One of the main reasons I bought an Arlo was to have a garage camera so I can tell if anyone in the family forgot to close the garage door. Please offer a small box of digital I/O ports (relays) that connects to my Arlo network just like a camera and offers a set of remote I/O ports in the app. Maybe price options with 2, 4 or 8 relays per box. Then provide buttons in the app to open/close or momentarily open/close a relay. That way people can parallel a relay with their garage door opener switch to toggle the garage door remotely AND actually verify it closing on the camera. I'm sure people need I/O relays for many other things too. In the app the user could name the relays for what they are hooked up to. Its an inexpensive and flexible way to extend the Arlo system into the realmn of Home Automation with thr added benefit of live visual feedback (which other HA systems dont do). It would also be a great way to remotely do the Christmas lights, sprinklers or anything that can be switched with a low voltage pulse or switch.

[JessicaP]

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