[Shop-talk] Today's joy - garage door openers

[Pat Horne]

Is there a brand on the gate opener? Might contact manufacturer. Should be possible. 

Peace,
Pat


Pat Horne 
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On Sep 6, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:

I'll keep this one short:

1) House has gate (gate was always open when looking at house; was told gate never closes. This is a lie. Gate closes.)

2) Was loaned a garage door opener to open gate. Instructions were to buy a garage door opener remote than can learn from existing remote (like a learning t.v. remote control).

3) Cannot find such an opener, which jibes with my experience--you make the new remote learn from the mechanical _opener_, not the existing remote, either from a button on the opener or (ugh) tiny little dip switches.

4) Also have HomeLink-esque things in some cars' sun visors. Would like those to work on gate too.

Question: am I mounting a clandestine reconnaissance on the gate and its opener to make the remotes learn from the gate opener like I would if this was my garage door opener, or am I and my Googling incorrect and I can make new remotes learn from existing remotes in the fashion of a learning t.v. remote control?

Thanks.

Scott


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