garage door openers have sensors, something is in the way door pops up. How does the GB handle this.? ie: Leaves, do you end up with up & down?
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The sensors remain along with the safety features. The GB will continue to try to close the door after its cycle. The beeper is very loud and it will alert you that something is wrong. If you are not home that would mean it would try to close every X mins based on your setting.
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The Butler system does not interfere with the sensor. The door will sense an obstruction, as normal, and stop it's downward travel and go back up. I assume, since I've never tried it, that it will remain up until the obstruction is removed. In any event, the Butler does not change anything re the sensor system.
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If something is blocking the garage door sensor, the door will go back up. The Garage Butler will go through they cycle and attempt to close again after the set delay has elapsed. The garage door sensor and the Garage Butler sensor are two different sensors. I had this in my garage for several years and never experienced an interrupt because of blowing leaves, but I guess anything is possible.
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The GB is connected into your garage door opener and recognized the sensor. When the object is removed it closes.
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The GB does have a sensor. It does not pop up from leaves. The door sensor may need an adjustment.
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Your original door sensors remain so there's no change to how the door operates.
2215994
Maybe you need a different contractor for this. These are great openers, but many garage door contractors don't know much about them. I haven't had any problems with the two I own, but when i got new garage doors recently, my GD contractor acted like he had never seen them before... These make so much more sense than belt/chain driven systems. i don't know why these aren't the only thing people install anymore.
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You'll have to state the question more clearly. I would recommend you remove the wires from the garage door opener and remove the battery from the Magic Closer. Wait a few minutes and re-install again according to instructions. Insure your sensor is located at the top left of the garage door.
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yes. I have 2 openers side by side and I had the same issue. I called lift master several times. Finally I got someone that was knowledgable enough to help me. he said that if the openers are too close together this problem occurs. He suggested moving one so that they are about 18" apart. The other option is to turn off the sensor on one.
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I have a door bell type nof switch inside my garage. It is the only way I can reliably open the door. The remote is a hit or miss. Most of the time I have to get out of my car and use the inside switch, then go out my man door. Not a good product.
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Hi Bob, there are two sensors on this model; 1) there are electric eye sensors that are mounted on the bottom of the door rails. These sensors are designed to cause the door to reverse when something interrupts the light path (like a child) so the object is not squashed. Interestingly, my dog just tripped this one about 10 minutes ago. The door reversed as it was designed and both dog and door are ok. 2) There is an obstruction sensor that detects if there is something that will prevent the door from fully closing. If the door meets resistance as it is closing in other than the full down position it interprets the resistance as an obstruction and reverses motion. So if you inadvertently left a 2x4 laying across the threshold, the door would hit the 2x4 and interpret it as an obstruction and then reverse motion and return to the full up position.
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Not sure what you mean. It is very sensitive...it will go off with the slightest pressing on the top...from either side of the door.
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look on their website, I am pretty sure they sell a button opener. They also have a magnetic sensor that you can bury and the gate will open when you pull your car up to the gate.
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If it is making constant contact, thus allowing constant voltage on your opener from a full time closed loop instead of a momentary pulse, which it should be doing, then yes it will keep the opener in one position. It is an override for the safety sensors at the bottom of the door. If the sensors fail, the only way to close the door is to stand there and hold the button down until the door is fully closed. If this is not the first time you have had to change the button, then I would guess that you have a short in the wire, most commonly caused by a staple shorting the two wires together somewhere between the button and the opener. If it is making constant contact, thus allowing constant voltage on your opener from a full time closed loop instead of a momentary pulse, which it should be doing, then yes it will keep the opener in one position. It is an override for the safety sensors at the bottom of the door. If the sensors fail, the only way to close the door is to stand there and hold the button down until the door is fully closed. If this is not the first time you have had to change the button, then I would guess that you have a short in the wire, most commonly caused by a staple shorting the two wires together... » Read More If it is making constant contact, thus allowing constant voltage on your opener from a full time closed loop instead of a momentary pulse, which it should be doing, then yes it will keep the opener in one position. It is an override for the safety sensors at the bottom of the door. If the sensors fail, the only way to close the door is to stand there and hold the button down until the door is fully closed. If this is not the first time you have had to change the button, then I would guess that you have a short in the wire, most commonly caused by a staple shorting the two wires together somewhere between the button and the opener. « Show Less
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I had a similar problem with my liftmaster so I called Chamberlain customer service. After trying a few troubleshooting procedures he diagnosed that it was probably the logic board. Their price was ~$95.00 but he suggested I try Amazon. I have had the new board installed for a couple of months now and can open and close my door from at least three houses away. The board was easy to install but take care to unplug the opener when working on it and use the instructions included with the new board for programming. You should have no problem. Best wishes on your project!
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Maybe this reading might help a little, http://www.garagerepairutah.com/garage-door-opener-open-close-problems/Door openers know their state, and it's not based on the eye sensors or anything like that. When you click the button on your remote, the entire assembly knows if it needs to open, or to close, or if it is in the middle of one of the operations. I can assure you from hundreds of customers using this specific button that is internet connected, their phones know quite positively the status of the door. It updates and even shows confirmation once it is in that other state. If you're on the fence about getting it because you just don't understand how it works, go ahead and get it and let it surprise you! Maybe this reading might help a little, http://www.garagerepairutah.com/garage-door-opener-open-close-problems/Door openers know their state, and it's not based on the eye sensors or anything like that. When you click the button on your remote, the entire assembly knows if it needs to open, or to close, or if it is in the middle of one of the operations. I can assure you from hundreds of customers using this specific button that is internet connected, their phones know quite positively the status of the door. It updates and even shows confirmation once it is in that other... » Read More Maybe this reading might help a little, http://www.garagerepairutah.com/garage-door-opener-open-close-problems/Door openers know their state, and it's not based on the eye sensors or anything like that. When you click the button on your remote, the entire assembly knows if it needs to open, or to close, or if it is in the middle of one of the operations. I can assure you from hundreds of customers using this specific button that is internet connected, their phones know quite positively the status of the door. It updates and even shows confirmation once it is in that other state. If you're on the fence about getting it because you just don't understand how it works, go ahead and get it and let it surprise you! « Show Less
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We have two key pads. One for in and one for out plus remotes for each of our cars. There is a sensor available but it is very expensive and in my opinion less secure cause someone could jump our gate and manually trip the sensor opening the gate.
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If your garage door has a sensor beam near the bottom of the door, or a torque sensor that stops the door (if the load on the motor is more than the setting), both would stop or reverse the door. Before you blame the remote, check and make certain that the photo-eye censor is always seeing the light beam. Usually, there's and indicating light (sometimes green, but could be white or amber). Try adjusting this. By placing you hand over either end (sender or receiver) when the door begins to operate, your door should either stop or reverse.Mine has come out of adjustment and caused my door to go up. If your garage door has a sensor beam near the bottom of the door, or a torque sensor that stops the door (if the load on the motor is more than the setting), both would stop or reverse the door. Before you blame the remote, check and make certain that the photo-eye censor is always seeing the light beam. Usually, there's and indicating light (sometimes green, but could be white or amber). Try adjusting this. By placing you hand over either end (sender or receiver) when the door begins to operate, your door should either stop or reverse.Mine has come out of adjustment and caused my... » Read More If your garage door has a sensor beam near the bottom of the door, or a torque sensor that stops the door (if the load on the motor is more than the setting), both would stop or reverse the door. Before you blame the remote, check and make certain that the photo-eye censor is always seeing the light beam. Usually, there's and indicating light (sometimes green, but could be white or amber). Try adjusting this. By placing you hand over either end (sender or receiver) when the door begins to operate, your door should either stop or reverse.Mine has come out of adjustment and caused my door to go up. « Show Less
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Its slow and I think they will get out of the way, make the door as light as possible, it will keep the motor from straining, and extend the life of it. My opener works well and i'm very satisfied.
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I only can respond that I now have 2 buttons to close and open my garage door. My regular one and my garage butler. Hope this helps.
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The answer you see a lot for this question, is blame the sensors. But another big issue, is the downforce because of changes in the door. Read http://www.garagerepairutah.com/garage-door-opener-open-close-problems/ They have several tips for how to fix the downforce, how to test the door and what not.
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It works fine with Vera 2 / UI 4 firmware 1.1.1350 as well. Shows up as a motion sensor: no motion when the door is closed and motion when it's open. If you wanted to futz with it you could get door or window icons in the user interface instead of motion icons, but it's still just a two-state sensor so why bother? I have mine on the garage door and it's working great, with Vera sending alerts by email and tripping a camera to upload to micasaverde. I'm saving for a couple more.