Remote Start customizing

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Technical Discussion' started by pascalvin, Dec 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM.

  1. pascalvin

    pascalvin Junior Member

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    I'm tired of having to walk to my front door to struggle with getting the lock lock hold button timing and peering to see if I get flashing lights that indicate remote start worked.

    I have homeassistant set up and I saw someone did kind of wiring with a dry contact relay to lock their doors at night. Anyone try this yet with a prius keyfob to get it to remote start/lock etc? Just ordered a zen16 to experiment, would be nice to be able to warm up the car with a phone shortcut while its in my driveway.
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  2. VelvetFoot

    VelvetFoot Active Member

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    While I'm using Hubitat and ZEN16's to operate my garage door and driveway gate, the garage (old, ie, not smart) door openers are hardwired and the gate I actually did buy a gate remote and managed to get it to work.

    That remote was relatively cheap. I don't even want to think of how much Toyota would charge for one, never mind to program it.

    Perhaps someone at Home Assistant has figured out how to get Toyota Connect to do it. Then again, the subscription would probably pay for a new fob in short order, lol.

    There are zigbee button pushers. I used one for a while to push a button, but then it kind of crapped out, mechanically.