I agree about it being a two person job. If you have a fairly new operner with the rolling codes, you have to hold a button on the opener and within like 29 seconds you have to press the button in the car. Well, 20 seconds is pretty quick to climb down the ladder and jump in the car to press the homelink, so it's easier to have wifey stand on the ladder and push while I'm in the car.
Garage door opener
Anybody else find that the built-in garage door opener only works like 20% of the time if that? What gives?
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That's how I programmed mine, but I think the remote should be within 12 inches of the homelink buttons when progamming. I have 2 openers, one is an 18 year old Chamberlain and a newer Sears craftsman with rolling codes. Both openers work fine.marlinspike said:It's in front (i.e. close to the windsheild) of the sunroof buttons. It's a horizontal row of 3 buttons marked with roman numerals I II III. It's a 2 person job to program? Maybe I just did it wrong. Aren't you supposed to
hold the I and III buttons untill it clears the channels
then press both your remote and the homelink button at the same time until it gives you the message that it's programmed the channel (I forget what that message is).
Is there something else to it?
I also had trouble with the Homelink setup. I have two Garage Door Openers with "rolling codes". I finally got the C programmed for both, then tried to pull my wife's Suburban back into the garage. (It also has homelink or similar) Whatever I did to program the 300 erased the Suburban programming. Take the Suburban and 300 back out of the garage so I can reach the buttons on the GDO's and run back to the Suburban to reprogram. OK, all of the buttons work, sort of. The home link buttons seem to take a long time to activate the doors. 2-4 seconds as lots have mentioned here. On a related note, do you know how hard it is to leave one of the doors open about 6-8 inches for the cat to get in & out with the Homelink remote??? Has anyone ever heard of a remote that has a "cat" setting? :boggled:
I've tried that too and it's next to impossible. I just do it with the wall mounted opener.2Shay said:On a related note, do you know how hard it is to leave one of the doors open about 6-8 inches for the cat to get in & out with the Homelink remote??? Has anyone ever heard of a remote that has a "cat" setting? :boggled:
Rambit
Rambit said:I've tried that too and it's next to impossible. I just do it with the wall mounted opener.
Rambit
Funny you guys mentioned this!! My fiancee and I take care of 7 strays around the house and they all stay in the garage most of the night. Yes, it IS a trick...and often aggravating...to get that opening left.
I just REFUSE to get out of the car(s) to use a different control...kind of defeats the purpose of an auto opener in my mind.
The real trick is keeping them off of the car! :AR15firinjjs said:Funny you guys mentioned this!! My fiancee and I take care of 7 strays around the house and they all stay in the garage most of the night. Yes, it IS a trick...and often aggravating...to get that opening left.
I just REFUSE to get out of the car(s) to use a different control...kind of defeats the purpose of an auto opener in my mind.
I leave the door open during the day and lock the cat up at night. It seems like such a common need, I'm surprised no one has developed a door with this capability. 1 press to close door, 2 presses to close door with 6 inch gap. Hmmm, maybe I should have a few sips of WD40 to unrust my Electronics Background....... :alcoholic
Ken
Never mind, just Googled "Garage Door Cat" and found an article with this:
One of the newest designs is the iDrive by Wayne Dalton (a major garage door manufacturer). This design does not use a standard track and drive motor mounted on the ceiling. Instead, it uses a motor system that mounts on counterbalance torsion springs on the wall above the garage door.
This offers several advantages. Without a long chain, screw or belt-drive mechanism attached to the ceiling, noise is reduced greatly. By eliminating the motor and track on the ceiling, there is more ceiling clearance for an SUV or boat. The iDrive has a pet setting that stops the door six to 30 inches above the floor. Your cat or dogs will appreciate this on rainy days.
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