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

Pat Horne patintexas at icloud.com
Fri Sep 7 07:00:55 MDT 2018


Might have to add both ends of the radio link so they work together. 

Peace,
Par

Pat Horne 
We support Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity


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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