Tailwind Garage Door Opener

Questions & Help
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I have two Tailwind IQ3 garage door devices. One on my garage and one on my gate. I would love to be able to automate these in some of my flows. I know there has been some integration with Home Assistant, MQTT, python, red node etc. I wanted to attempt to make some sort of app, but this is way over my head, even with GPT.

I emailed Tailwind and this was their response.

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Scott Riesebosch** (Tailwind Support)

Dec 29, 2025, 19:39 EST

It, along with all the other integrations are on our “works with” page here https://gotailwind.com/pages/what-does-tailwind-work-with

You might be more interested in the python or Node Red integrations, but everything is based on the local control API - the last one in the list.

If you do create an integration for Homey Pro please let us know. We would be happy to include a link to it on our website.

Scott
Tailwind Support

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Does it use this app?

It might be possible, unless the app uses encryption in its web requests (some smart home apps, especially security-related, sign and encrypt requests before they leave your phone) and it’s not possible to reverse engineer those

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Yes, that is the app it uses

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I would be interested in this as well. I also inquired with them.

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The quickest way to check whether a device is supported is to search the app store. If you can’t find the specific device, have a look for the brand of device you are looking for.

If no app is found, you can make a request to Athom or the Homey Community to add support. See [Requests] Official Homey App and Device Request for ways of doing that.

There seems to be a local API for it:

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I just checked the mobile app and it doesn’t use any sort of special encryption, so the requests are visible.

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It seems like the app doesn’t have any option to listen for state changes, but that might be because I don’t have any Tailwind devices. If you manually control your Tailwind device (do you have a remote or a physical button?), does it update the state the state in the app?

You could build an app for it, I would recommend to start here:

For intercepting the web requests from the Tailwind app, you can use an Android Emulator from Android Studio (make sure to choose the Google APIs version, NOT the Google Play version as that will not work), and HTTP Toolkit with the Frida interception method (as it can intercept HTTPS requests as well).

And to download the Tailwind app onto the emulator you can use the Aurora Store

I would recommend Claude over ChatGPT, as it’s way better at coding.

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I don’t t have a remote or button. Just the app which does show if door is open or closed when the action happens. If that helps any.

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I use the app as well. I also have a 2 button remote and a keypad. I primarily use Siri though.

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That’s the key issue for me. I have the Tailwind IQ3 2.0 working with Siri. I just wish I could get Homey to do that logic and send an open or close (toggle?) to HomeKit since HomeKit automations are severely limited in scope.

I would prefer a Homey app by the way. I have put a request in for an official app. This is by far the most reliable and easy to set up garage door opener for MyQ garage door openers out. Meross and RatGDO are jokes in comparison.