# Trying to automate my gate opener

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [1 August 2024 02:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-automate-my-gate-opener/89928 "2024-08-01T02:54:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BartButenaers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bartbutenaers/32/10476_2.png) [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Post date:** [1 August 2024 12:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-automate-my-gate-opener/89928/6 "2024-08-01T12:54:04Z")

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Hi @Sirhc,  
I use Shelly Uno's to detect the status of my garage door openers (after I had good feedback on another [discussion](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-non-voltage-free-switches-via-shelly/86264/8). Afterwards I found confirmation in the Shelly community that at this moment, Shelly Uni is the only Shelly device that can measure a status (0 or 1) based on an external voltage. I am by far an electronics specialist, but it has been working fine all the time...  
Bart

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