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Extra Wired Sensor on the GDO blaQ

How to add an extra auxiliary wired contact or motion sensor to the GDO blaQ

Use extra inputs ① or ② to connect an external wired open/close or binary sensor to the GDO blaQ. The extra sensor will appear as a separate device or entity in the smart home app, and isn't used to determine the state of the garage door. Some use cases are:

  • Add a wired contact sensor to confirm that the garage door is closed.
  • Add a motion sensor to the garage.
  • Add a push button to the garage to trigger some automation.
  • Add a wired contact sensor for a door or cabinet.

Wiring an Extra Sensor

Contact Sensor

  1. Connect one side of the contact sensor loop to ① or ②.
  2. Connect the other side to either of the ⚪️ white terminals.

Powered Sensor

A 12V power sensor, like a PIR motion sensor or glass-break sensor, can be powered from the AUX +/- terminals. Connect the red (+) wire to AUX+ and black (- or 0v) to AUX-.

Connect the signal wire pair as above in Contact Sensor.

Enabling the Extra Sensor

Using the Konnected App

  1. Screenshot_20250926_210619_KonnectedFrom My Devices, tap on your GDO blaQ and tap Settings > Extra Input / Output
  2. Tap on Extra #1 or Extra #2 and select Open/Close Sensor
  3. Set the Name and Sensor Type. This determines how the extra sensor will appear in your smart home app.
  4. Check the Inverted option to invert the open/closed logic if needed.

 

Self-managed ESPHome firmware

Add the gdo/external-binary-sensor.yaml package to the list of packages in your GDO blaQ ESPHome config:

packages:
  remote_package:
    url: https://github.com/konnected-io/konnected-esphome
    files:
    - path: packages/gdo/external-binary-sensor.yaml
      vars:
        idx: 1
        pin: $input1
        name: Garage Motion
        device_class: motion