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Question about translating obstruction sensor voltage for Genie and other dry contact type openers. #268

Closed GingerSnap-xx closed 2 weeks ago

GingerSnap-xx commented 2 weeks ago

In the documentation for Genie type openers, it mentions the operating voltage of the obstruction sensors is too high. Is this something where a level shifter or something could be applied to map the voltage down, but that's outside the scope of the documentation, or is there a reason why even with something to make the voltage "safe" for the hardware, it still wouldn't work?

Thanks!

PaulWieland commented 2 weeks ago

Yes you can just use a level shifter or a voltage divider to bring it down to ~6vdc