LiftMaster 828LM Internet Gateway Remote Light for MyQ-Enabled Garage Door Openers and Gate Operator

I bought this because my sister accidentally left her garage door opened overnight; and being unaware of this the contents therein were burglarized. That's when I bought might. I also received a good amount of deliveries and I liked how I'd be able to remotely open my garage door to give others access. The setup of the unit really was a breeze, largely because it required an Ethernet (as opposed to a WiFi) connection to your network. However, I admit that setup was slightly confusing with two separate installation documents provided. Wisely I think, I watched two YouTube videos that ironed out the installation sequence "hands-on." I have a new 3-module (TP-Link) mesh whole home network system, and like at least one other here, was concerned because the two Ethernet ports on the module connected to my ISP's modem were obviously being used (1 IN from the modem, 1 OUT to an 8-port Ethernet switch), and the instructions state to connect this product to the router. HOWEVER, I found that the two Ethernet ports on one of my other two remaining modules worked perfectly, and simply used one of those. I received the solid green light (confirming connection) immediately. PERFECT! Registering the unit on the web was easy, and even going to my garage to press the "LEARN" buttons separately on each of my two garage door openers (I have two, one for the left and right, resp., outwardly-open garage doors) took ONLY the requisite two (on each) presses (they were the wall units; if you go to the motor unit on your ceiling it is a single press). I then downloaded the app and very intuitively and within seconds set up an alert that should either of my doors be open for more than 10 minutes, I'd get both a push and email notification. That's exactly what I wanted. Lastly, I very much like the idea that should I get a mid-day delivery that includes my being in contact with the deliverer, OR, I can contact a neighbor, I can now open either my L or R garage doors and have them place the package or large box or furniture inside my garage. Of course it's a big help that I have a security cam on the garage door. Ultimately, this product and its attendant app does precisely what I wanted and expected it to do. EMBARRASSINGLY, I've actually owned it since mid-July, but just installed it here mid-December. OK, so that's on me and my ubiquitous procrastination. But I truly don't know why I waited so long because after I took 15 minutes to read the documentation and find a couple of online videos, the full process of adding two "devices" (my left and right garage door openers, separately) took all of maybe 10 minutes. And now I have great peace of mind!

Thanks for all great Amazon reviews. I figured I will give a try too as I forgot to close garage quite few time while going out only to pull my hair if closed the garage or not. It has been somewhat problem esp with HomeLink openers in my cars needs button to be held for few seconds to operate. This also happened few times even at home. No more worries. I was thinking of building my own control circuit along with some other automation( with rapberry Pi and USB controlled relays, limit/reed switches etc.) But I could not pass such a good deal on this. I got this one along with LiftMaster 888LM Security+ 2.0 MyQ wall control panel and Liftmaster 829LM Garage Door Monitor. I do have a LiftMaster 3800 little bit advanced garage door opener. But mine being older model it did not have MyQ control built into it. (Newer replacement versions do have that built-in option). So I had to buy wall control panel along with gateway. All it took is literally 15 minutes to install and configure and I am in business of opening closing from my phone. Now I have piece of mind about garage door and my wife can see the status inside the home upstairs if the garage door is opened or closed at a glance(With garage door monitor). One can use this Internet gateway with MyQ control panel with any garage door opener it seems. But I do miss some features of my previous control panel. It has nice backlit LCD showing temperature of garage, and time, I miss those feature when I work in garage on my car. Instructions suggested that adding two control panels in parallel may overload the circuit. All in all, I would say it a great value as under $50 we can have internet monitored and controlled garage opener. Application button layout, operation model could have been little better, but it is minor gripe. I do recommend this, and anyone do it.

We had a Lift Master gate opener installed a couple years ago for our cantilever gate. This was the only thing we didn't have on the MyQ app. The instructions were plain and straight forward. The connectivity to our opener was instantaneous as soon as I put it in learn mode. Value for money is worth every penny to be able to control this unit remotely, and very our gate is either open, closed, or we need to open it for someone without giving them a remote. Compatibility with everything we have is perfect! Definitely a recommended item!

This works perfectly, the peace of mind this provides is worth every cent! Have the ability to open and close my gate remotely is everything, no more worries about did I accidentally leave my gate open is no more! Don’t even think further, just order it, it sets up in minutes truly!

I'm happy that I finally got this device, and definitely regret having waited so long to do so. No need for sensors on the door to know if the door is open or closed, and the app also shows how long it has been in the open/close state. A nice safety feature is that during the close door function the motor light flashes and beeps a few seconds before the door starts to close and continues until it is closed. It also has notifications and a scheduling feature. I have a Notification setup to notify me with banner on iPhone anytime the garage door opens. I have Schedule that tells it to close the garage door after 10pm. It also has a feature to Share control with someone else that I have not tried. Regarding the setup process, the manual provides a web site to create a login. The website login listed in the instructions is no longer available. I don't see this as a drawback since it has both Google and Apple apps that allow you to create the login and modify anything. It wanted to scan the label on back of controller, which oddly did not have a QR code or barcode. This didn't work for me and I had to input the short SN manually. On first try it failed to find the controller, but 2nd time was successful. The pairing process between the motor and controller was quick. Here's are the details regarding Google and Alexa integration: Unfortunately, the integration portion is full of disappointments and falls into a partially smart device category. Google Assistant integration isn't complete in that it requires you to say "Hey Google, tell/ask MyQ to open/close garage door". I also can't get it to show up in the Google Home app dashboard, even though the home mini responds to commands. Alexa integration can only be partially done using IFTTT and sadly none of the 12 applets proved a way to open the door, so only to close the door. I don't know how this limitation could be any stranger. The only cool part is that you can omit the tell/ask portion of the command and simply say "Alexa close garage door". The positive side of the integrations is that you no longer have to pay a separate $10/yr subscription for each of the Google and Apple integrations. Due to the limitations of integrations I feel the controller is a bit over priced. However, since this is the only non-sensor approach I know of and it didn't break my bank, I'm satisfied overall, since I don't think I'll be using the integrations much, and just happy I finally know what state the door is in and can control when away. BTW, this is my 2nd attempt to post this review. The first attempt included non-marketing links on how to setup the product with IFTTT, Alexa and Google. However, even though every review is individually screened by Amazon, sadly their zero tolerance for external links applied.

This is must if you have a lift master gate opener. Works as a learned push button that is connected to the internet. We can setup a close schedule and open our gate remotely from our phone to let in the bug guy etc. little bit of a challenge to get it all setup but it has worked great for the last two months and my wife likes to be able to check if the gate is closed when she is home alone. Gives a sense of security we didn’t have before.

Love this. Controls all of our garage doors and is easy to use.

We have unfortunately had to return this product. No, it was not defective - just did not work in our settings due to its built-in inflexibility. Our router, which is a part of a mesh system, has two built-in Ethernet ports, but both are occupied. One of them is used by a TP-Link managed port switch. The other one is taken by the modem. This gateway product MUST be plugged directly into the router's available Ethernet port for it to work (we have verified this fact with a LiftMaster support technician). If your router does not have one available right now, do NOT buy this product, for it will not work. This gateway does not get along with any port, managed or otherwise, that is not in the router itself. A managed switch like ours is no good. We presume that an unmanaged port splitter would not work, either. It is very rigidly selective about the valid port. No open Ethernet port on your router, no go with this gateway. If you have a mesh system, like a Google WiFi or TP-Link Deco, the latter of which we use, you may think "Why not use an open Ethernet port on one of the satellite units if the main unit's ports are fully occupied?" No. That does not work, either, as we have tried it. This gateway MUST be plugged into the main (hub) unit's Ethernet port. A satellite unit's port does not cut it. [PLEASE SEE UPDATE ON JANUARY 7, 2020 BELOW BECAUSE THIS METHOD 'COULD' WORK.] By the way, when we plugged in this product directly into our router, it worked right away. It just happens to be that we cannot spare an Ethernet port just for this product (that is why we have a managed switch). But, as we have already mentioned, this thing cannot work with a managed port, so it had to be returned. Too bad for this inflexibility. Because of this rigid interface requirement, it gets a 3-star rating from us. (Updated April 14, 2019) We decided to give this product another try by buying it again and also a router that would give us additional Ethernet ports. We bought a TP-LINK Archer A7 AC1750 router. A heads-up: This Internet Gateway is NOT compatible with the TP-LINK Archer A7 router, for whatever the reason. This router is not listed in LiftMaster/Chamberlain's incomtability list, but should be. We have tried all sorts of things, including but not limited to port forwarding, seeing that LiftMaster/Chamberlain says that Port 53 is required for this product. To no avail. This Internet Gateway just does not work with this router. How we made this Internet Gateway work is as follows (just in case you have the similar issue): We pulled out an old ASUS router (RT-N56U) to see whether this product is compatible with it. It did turn out to be comptaible, and the blinking green light that had gone on for all eternity with the TP-LINK Archer A7 turned solid with the ASUS RT-N56U, which of course was a sign that the Internet Gateway was go. Once that happened, the rest was a breeze. We set up the MyQ app, and then the garage door remotely opened/closed with the huge button in the middle of the app screen. Success. If you have a right router, this product is super-easy to set up. If you do not, you could go through what we did. Because we did not want to use this old ASUS n-router for our Wi-Fi needs and not to waste the TP-LINK Archer A7 router which we had bought for this project, we shut down the radio of the old ASUS router to which the Internet Gateway was plugged in and connected the ASUS with the TP-LINK Archer A7 in the latter's access point mode. In other words, the old ASUS RT-NT56U just became a wired router to connect with the Internet Gateway, and the Wi-Fi duties were handed over to the newer TP-LINK Archer A7 (to which, incidentally, a mesh system is also connected in the AP mode). We hope that you will never need go through what we did by not even thinking about trying to connect this 828LM Internet Gateway to a TP-Link Archer A7, which, as we said above, is incompatible with it. P.S. We have no way to verify it, but suspect that this Internet Gateway is also incomptabile with the TP-Link Archer C7. Proceed with caution if you have that router. [UPDATE January 7, 2020 - Update on Connecting to a Mesh Satellite Unit] We have verified by actual use that the Netgear R6220 router IS compatible with this product. Thanks to a very helpful comment to our original review, as shown below, we revisited the part of the original installation in which we tried to connect this Internet Gateway to the available Ethernet port of one of the TP-Link Deco mesh satellite units. Much to our surprise, the green light went steady (that means 'Go') this time, which had not been possible at all the first time around. However, after only about a day, the green light was found blinking again, and we have not been able to recreate the success via this method since. However, because this (plugging into a mesh satellite unit instead of a router that is directly connected to the modem) method did work, however temporarily for us, it might work for you, maybe permanently. Who knows what it is about our own setup that is making it impossible to do this, and we hereby edit our review to say that connecting this product to a mesh satellite unit could work, however your mileage may vary. Please let us all know if you have had success.

Tu celular se convierte en una extensión para el acceso y control de tu garage