Recently I've taken down the wireless garage door pin pad remote screwed into the trim around my garage door, because I'm having the house painted. With the gas price hikes, I've been riding the motorcycle as frequently as possible and the pin pad was my usual way of re-entering the house after using the bike.
As a short-term workaround I've just taken my garage door opener out of my Jeep and put it in my jacket pocket. But I wouldn't mind a better solution that leaves the pin pad out of the equation forever.
My garage door opener is a Genie H6000. I don't know what year, I bought the house in either 2011 or 2012 and it was installed already.
At first I was thinking I wouldn't mind a garage door opener mounted to my bike's handlebars, but then I second guessed that as something easily stolen and a security risk. Then I started thinking that maybe a bluetooth capability wouldn't be bad. Something that integrates with authorized smartphones, allows them to open and close the door. No remotes, no pin pads. Just a smartphone and an app. But I worry about that being overly invasive and too internet dependent. I don't want to do a smart home, I don't want Google or Alexa integration. I don't want it running to an internet database to authorize every attempt to open it, or the internet database as a source of vulnerability.
Have any of you done any kind of more tech-advanced garage door configs recently?
