Control a Tailwind iQ3 garage door controller over its local HTTP API

domain: gotailwind.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Enable Local Control in the Tailwind app and retrieve the device's 6-digit Local Control Key.
  2. Discover the device on your LAN via mDNS/Bonjour — it advertises as tailwind-<id>.local.
  3. Send an HTTP request to the device's /json endpoint with the Local Control Key as a TOKEN header to read device info (model ID, firmware version) and current status.
  4. Send a JSON command payload to the same /json endpoint to open/close a configured door output or toggle an attached Tailwind light controller.
  5. Track the community-maintained spec repo (Scott--R/Tailwind_Local_Control_API) for payload changes, since Tailwind still labels local control as beta.

Known gotchas

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