<![CDATA[Tilt-up garage door clearance sensor]]>Hello,

I have a tilt-up garage door, and I would like to automate it. However since it is a tilt-up door, in order to close/open I need to make sure nobody/nothing in the way.

I have a thought of using ultrasound sensors, infrared sensors. The main question is how to cover the area in which an object can block the door ?

The main concern is the safety. I dont want to hit a child or damage a car which is in the way of the door.

Any ideas are more than welcome.

Thanks in advance

Atesz

]]>https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/10384/tilt-up-garage-door-clearance-sensorRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 18:58:58 GMTThu, 09 May 2019 12:23:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tilt-up garage door clearance sensor on Fri, 10 May 2019 16:39:21 GMT]]>Basically you have 2 options:

  1. You are present to watch when the port goes down
  2. something expensive like this: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Safety+Light+Curtains&t=canonical&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
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