Programming Help

This area is designed to help you program your own remotes and also contains some basic help for you regarding your doors. If you have questions about items in this area, give us a call. Note: We will be adding to this page regularly.

 

Click This For:  LiftMaster, Craftsman, Chamberlain, AccessMaster

 

Click This For:  Genie, Overhead brands

Click This For:  Marantec

 

Click This For:  Homelink

 

Note: Some vehicle manufacturers have started incorporating their own protocols in the vehicles instead of using homelink. While this may save them the homelink fee, some vehicles (chevrolet) have not programmed well to some openers. If your vehicle has more than one LED on the three button module in your vehicle, it may not be a homelink system and you may have to contact the dealer for better instructions than the ones found in your vehicle manual.

 

Programming Chamberlain Remotes
Liftmaster, Craftsman, Chamberlain, AccessMaster

Background Information: All four of these brands are made by the same company, "Chamberlain". The LiftMaster brand is the best with the main advantage being the solid rail assembly and the better warranties. The Craftsman is the Sears "house" brand, and the Chamberlain version is the name used for sales in the "Big Box" stores. We believe that the LiftMaster brand is the best in the business right now and we install 80 LiftMaster openers per month. LiftMaster parts are compatible with most of the other brands in the Chamberlain family and we repair all brands. At this time almost all of the Chamberlain openers out there are using Security Plus code technology which uses a microcomputer on the Opener logic board to learn or recognize your remote. There are still a few "Dip Switch" openers still out there, but not many. If you have one and need a remote, buy another opener. Send your current opener to the Smithsonian Museum and replace it. It's 20 years old and that's 200 years in Garage door Opener years. It's not worth the money for a vintage remote, the unit probably doesn't have safety eyes, and it is not as secure as the new openers.

 

The Terminology:

1. Operator/Motor. The box mounted on the ceiling of your garage.
2. Learn Button - A Green, Red, or Purple button located on the logic board on the operator described above. Very old ones can also be yellow.
3. Remote - The thing in your hand with the buttons and the battery.
4. Keypad - A wireless keypad mounted outside on the wall of your garage. Most people do not have these. But they are great and can be added easily.
5. Wall console. The button mounted by the door into your house. Everyone has one of these. Older units look like a doorbell.

 

Programming your opener:

• Erasing all the old remotes. Note, This is optional. Do not do this unless you want to erase all of the remotes from the system. If someone stole your remote from your car, you could do this so that the stolen remote would be disabled. To erase all the old remotes, press the learn button on the operator and hold it down until the LED on the logic board next to the learn button turns off, or wait 60 seconds.
• Program the new remotes. Press the learn button on the operator for 1 second and then press the button the remote that you want to use. If the opener learns the new button, the light bulb on your opener will blink and you will hear a clicking sound in the motor. Good, one remote learned. Now press the learn button again for 1 second and press the button on the next remote. Do this for each remote. Up to 8 on a Chamberlain family device. If you have a wireless keypad press the learn button again and then enter the 4 digit code on the keypad and press the send key for 2 seconds. Again the light bulb will blink and the code is stored.

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Programming Genie or Overhead Remotes

Background Information: The Genie brand has been around for a long time. In our opinion more famous for it's older screw drive openers. Overhead door company also produced a line of openers for a number of years. Some time ago Overhead Door company bought Genie and markets both brands. The programming and coding of these openers is identical at this time. They use a logic board to set the code and they use the terms "Intellicode" and "CodeDodger" to describe their compatible coding technologies.

 

The Terminology:

• Operator/Motor. The box mounted on the ceiling of your garage.
• Learn Button - A Black round or square button located on the logic board on the operator described above.
• Remote - The thing in your hand with the buttons and the battery.
• Keypad - A wireless keypad mounted outside on the wall of your garage. Most people do not have these.
• Wall console. The button mounted by the door into your house. Everyone has one of these. Older units look like a doorbell.

 

Programming the Remotes:

• Erasing all the old remotes. Note, This is optional. Do not do this unless you want to erase all of the remotes from the system. If someone stole your remote from your car, you could do this so that the stolen remote would be disabled. To erase all the old remotes, press the learn button on the operator and hold it down until the red LED on the logic board next to the learn button turns off, or 60 seconds.
• Program the new remotes. Press the learn button on the operator for one second and then press the button the remote that you want to use for one second. Now press the button on the remote for a second time for one second. On the third press, the opener will begin to move the door.  Good, one remote learned. Now press the learn button again for 1 second and press the button on the next remote three time like the first remote. Do this for each remote.

 

Program Wireless Keypad.

• Click here to go to the Genie website to see thier instructions on programming the keypads, or read the following steps:

• If you have a wireless keypad First you must program the keypad. Press the 3, then 5, then 7, buttons and then press the program button. Enter the 3 to 8 digit code on the keypad and press the Prog key for 2 seconds. The red LED on the keypad will blink twice and turn off.
• Learn the Keypad - Now go to the opener on the ceiling and press the learn button again. Within 30 seconds go the the keypad and enter your code followed by the ]Send button or the button on the bottom marked with two up and down arrows. Press the send button again for 2 seconds. And finally press the send button gain for and the door will operate. Complete.
• Note: To erase a wireless keypad do this; Press and Hold the Prog Button. Now Press 6 and Hold, finally with your third hand press and hold the Send Button (Up and down Arrows). the blinking LED on the keypad will turn off. Now release all buttons.

 

Programming older "DIP Switch" Genie/Overhead doors:

• Locate the set of Dip switches on the motor on the ceiling. Read the switches and write down the pattern being careful to note that each switch is numbered. Also note that there are three positions for each switch. Up, down, and middle.
• Program the new remotes. Set each of the switches to the same position you recorded in the previous step.