Not sure how it works with a jackshaft vs. the more traditional residential opener, but ratgdo can speak the myQ protocol and control it from mqtt or home assistant. I have it working with my Chamberlain opener as do many others.
Besides the questionable rent-seeking behavior from myQ:
* I don't want to use an integration that needs a round-trip through the cloud to work. Long-term changes are inevitable (company goes out of business, randomly changes API, etc.)
* I fundamentally do not like Amazon Key integration. It gives someone else control over my security hardware which makes me very uncomfortable. I am not sure if it's opt-in or out, but the point is that a myQ device that is installed _can_ be configured to let arbitrary third party to open the door.
If I have a choice, I'd rather set up a system that I control from the get-go rather than try to lobotomize a system that I can't fully control.
Ratgdo doesn't go through the cloud. It's a separate board. You wire it into the opener the same way would a button, and it speaks the serial protocol that a myQ enabled button or console would use. Then it can speak MQTT over wifi.
I never paired my opener with any app nor do I have it on WiFi.
Yes, of course. As a matter of fact -- I will be using one of those solutions myself and pair it with HA.
>I never paired my opener with any app nor do I have it on WiFi.
The opener may be advertising "configure me" network (WiFi or BT) -- which (in theory, depending on how bad did they screw the security up) could allow anyone to pair their app with your opener.
I think it might be better to add it to the network but firewall it off No ingress or egress. This is just so that it no longer advertises the configuration network.
Putting it into a faraday cage should also work but I suppose the firewall way is faster
