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Cell phone garage door opener

Category: Neat new features
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I made my garage door open with the use of my cellphone. Now I can open and close my garage door from any-place. I can open the door from any-phone any-where. Just dial my home number and put in a code number and the door opens and the same to close it. I can turn on house lights and even adjust my heat and A/C from any-phone. The cost is about 80.00 to make it happen and very easy to install. It only takes about one hour to install.

johnsautomotive, Dec 21 2005

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That is expensive way of opening or closing or turning off or on your obkectives.

I made a dedicated server(cellphone based) attacehed a controller and I only used the SMS feature of most cell phones and I send it to the cell phone number of my cell server, it also replied back by all status of my instruction. I am making a graphical status report and also a voice status report in case it is dard and for those who are deaf.

Consider the toll caot when you make a phone call and make a coded instruction, for an sms method you press first your instruction and send it and get back an staus report back. Its free in some carrier and cost is very minimal in other carriers.-rafalear

rafalear, Mar 01 2006

How do I get this?

Reagan, Apr 21 2006

Would you mind sharing with me how exactly you went about with the programing of this

ignacho76, Oct 31 2007

This sounds like an interesting toy, but why pray tell would you want to open or close your garage door when you're not there? Or adjust your home's temperature? or turn your lights on/off? I don't really get the powerful need for this that would justify even $80.

Pete Sutliff, Nov 22 2007

Dial2open have developed a GSM REMOTE CONTROL that will open your gates with a cell phone or the dial2open can open your garage door with a mobile phone. The dial2open system never charges you to use the system and the dial2open system can also control heating and lighting dial2open have developed the GSM-AUTO REMOTE CONTROL for opeerating GSM-AUTO-PREHEATERS FOR AIRCRAFT,BOATS,SHIPS,YACHTS,TRUCKS,CARS AND EVEN THE HEATING ON NARROW BOATS CAN BE CONTROLLED WITH THE GSM-AUTO.COMlinks are http://www.dial2open.com http://www.gsm-auto.com

nigelg, Mar 13 2009

I have seen the new dial2open system for opening gates with a cell phone and it is made by the people who make the gsm-auto remote control preheaters for aircraft and ships.The gsm-auto uses the same system and can also opererate any electical device.dial2open is a brand name and i see on the web that a mark fletcher is trying to pass off the dial2open name.the comment should be MARK FLETCHER PASSING OFF THE DIAL2OPEN brand name.

nigelg, Mar 14 2009