About Beam

Beam is a hardware-as-a-service product which enables garage doors of many makes and models to be controlled and monitored remotely. At the heart of it all is the Beam Controller (pictured below).

A Beam Controller physically connects to an account owner‘s garage door opener. It also connects to the internet via WiFi to communicate with the Beam Service. The following is representative of the overall architecture of Beam. You will notice that the Blackbox cannot be controlled locally, either via direct WiFi or Bluetooth.

Important: For security purposes, commands cannot be sent directly to a Beam Controller. All requests must flow through the Beam service.