Garage door opener oddity
 

Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called
Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem...
maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't
work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The
little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the
door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA

Garage door opener oddity
 

"uncle K" wrote:

Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called
Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem...
maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't
work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The
little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the
door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA

It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on
the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking.
--
Jim Rusling
More or Less Retired
Mustang, OK
http://www.rusling.org

Garage door opener oddity
 

"Jim Rusling" wrote in message
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It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on
the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking.

Jim, that's what came to mind as I hit send. I'm 90 miles from the unit,
but I'll make a call and see if this is the answer.

Thanks

Garage door opener oddity
 

"uncle K" wrote in message
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"Jim Rusling" wrote in message
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It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on
the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking.



I just tried it on mine and you're right.

Garage door opener oddity
 

"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message
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uncle K wrote:
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes.

My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make
contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the
remotes from working.

I believe we are talking about the same switch. The reference to "wall"
switch meaning hard wired as opposed to a remote.

Garage door opener oddity
 

"Sanity" wrote in message
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It sounds like you may have locked it. If you have a lock button on
the wall switch, try pressing it and see if the light quits blinking.

I just tried it on mine and you're right.

This is at my folks' house. My aging dad is a pretty good electrician, but
unable to solve this, so far. He tried the lock switch and nothing changes.
He even took it apart to inspect (there isn't much there), and didn't find a
problem. Rats!

I'll be there in a couple of days to give it a go and report back.

Thank you.

Garage door opener oddity
 

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:24 -0700, "uncle K" wrote:

Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called
Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular problem...
maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes don't
work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked. The
little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking, whether the
door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA


You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for
a couple of hours and see if it might come back up.

Garage door opener oddity
 

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:22:59 -0400, wrote:

You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for
a couple of hours and see if it might come back up.

You got me curious, now. Any link for a "re-boot" of a garage door
opener?

Around here we plug them in and they magically work. No waiting "a
couple of hours".

Garage door opener oddity
 

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:36:57 -0700, against all advice, something
compelled Oren , to say:

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:22:59 -0400, wrote:

You might try a re-boot. Disconnect all power to the unit for
a couple of hours and see if it might come back up.

You got me curious, now. Any link for a "re-boot" of a garage door
opener?

Around here we plug them in and they magically work. No waiting "a
couple of hours".


I have a Genie that refuses to work every once in a while. I
think it has a security feature that is either a little too
aggressive, or poorly understood by me. I just shut off the
breaker for thirty seconds and then turn it back on. It works as
expected after that.



--

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will
have to ram it down their throats.
- Howard Aiken

Garage door opener oddity
 

"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message
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uncle K wrote:
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I called
Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this particular
problem... maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the remotes
don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries were checked.
The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad is blinking,
whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA

My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would make
contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing the
remotes from working.

Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The door
electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been "knocked"
ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not allow the
remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control board! The
wall button is hard wired to the opener and may by- pass the sensor system
.. My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment.

HTH

Bill in Plano

Garage door opener oddity
 

Bill Hall wrote:

"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message
...
uncle K wrote:
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. I
called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this
particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the
remotes don't work. Nothing has been altered and remote batteries
were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad
is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA

My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would
make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing
the remotes from working.

Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The
door electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been
"knocked" ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not
allow the remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control
board! The wall button is hard wired to the opener and may by- pass
the sensor system . My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment.

My door will open no matter what the sensors are sensing, or not
sensing. They do however need to be working for the door to close.

Garage door opener oddity
 

On Sep 30, 12:04*pm, Tony wrote:
Bill Hall wrote:

"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message
m...
uncle K wrote:
Crafstman garage door opener with wall switch and two remotes. *I
called Sears and talked to a tech who had never heard of this
particular problem... maybe someone here has experienced this.

The unit operates fine from the wall switch, but suddenly, the
remotes don't work. *Nothing has been altered and remote batteries
were checked. The little light in the wall switch up/down touch pad
is blinking, whether the door is up or down, which isn't right, but why?

TIA

My doors have a momentary contact push button. A wall switch would
make contact all the time probably shorting the circuit and preventing
the remotes from working.

Surprising that no one has mentioned the hopefully obvious cause ! The
door electronic -eye sensors will cause this problem if they have been
"knocked" ever so slightly out of line. The beam not lining up will not
allow the remote openers to work and show a malfunction to the control
board! *The wall button is hard wired to the opener and may *by- pass
the sensor system . My best guess would be to check the sensor alignment.

Garage door opener oddity
 

Update: Problem solved - 1st diagnosis was correct.

First, for whatever reason, this opener does not have electric eyes. I
personally inspected the situation last night. To verify that my dad had
done what I asked, I had him show me. He hit the lock button twice...
nothing. I tried it myself, being very deliberate, holding the button in,
then releasing it. Bingo. (Turns out it's all in the wrist).

So, he's back in business. Thank you all for your suggestions.

Uncle K