Anyone else having an issue programing their built in garage door opener?

[ThreePedalPlow]

I've been messing with this thing longer than I care to admit and it's the first time I have had this type of opener. The only thing I noticed is that the manual says if you want to clear the codes to press the two outer buttons for 10 seconds but that seems to be more like 20 seconds so I'm wondering if the instructions are messed up in other ways. I tried programming it to both the opener and the transmitter and couldn't get either method to work. I just have a generic Craftsman. I would prefer to program it to the actual overhead motor but I would settle for either method at this point. The closest I could get was trying the transmitter method under "Programming the Garage Door Opener to Your Handheld Transmitter". I could complete step 4 but step 5 never did anything. Maybe my stuff is too old and incompatible or something.

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[Dena]

Get the instructions for your opener which you probably can find on the internet. See if the process for programming and additional remote is the same. Older remotes had dip switches that you would set with a unique code but you couldn't select very many numbers - normally about 256 with 8 switches. If this is your system, it probably is not compatible.
Newer remotes have the code manufactured inside them and are unique to each remote. Any of these should be compatible.

 

[Zig]

First, does the handheld transmitter still work? Wouldn’t want to have messed that up trying to sync directly.

By chance have you tried skipping the ‘clearing’ steps and start at ‘reprogramming the garage opener’

edit: yeah if you can’t get past step 5 it’s on to trying programming directly to the ‘opener motor’. I’ve not had much success when having to use that method and have ended up resorting to keeping the opener with me (in one of my other vehicles)

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

First, does the handheld transmitter still work? Wouldn’t want to have messed that up trying to sync directly.

By chance have you tried skipping the ‘clearing’ steps and start at ‘reprogramming the garage opener’

edit: yeah if you can’t get past step 5 it’s on to trying programming directly to the ‘opener motor’. I’ve not had much success when having to use that method and have ended up resorting to keeping the opener with me (in one of my other vehicles)

Yea, the hand transmitter still works great. Bought it a couple years ago and it was able to work on my old opener. The opener itself is over 13 years old as I bought this place 13 years ago and I've never replaced it. It has a keypad for the outside and everything still works great so I don't really want to replace the overhead unit just to make this thing work. I might just buy another remote to keep in the Mustang but that's going to annoy me knowing it should be built into the visor. I noticed the Craftsman transmitter has a small program button on the backside you would press in with the tip of a pen but the directions in the Mustang manual don't mention anything about using that type of button and I don't use it when I'm programming the Craftman transmitter to the opener either.

 

[antzman]

I tried for an hour to program mine and never could get it to work. At one point I erased everything off of my garage door opener by holding its button too long. I had to reprogram all of my openers and keypad after that. Thankfully I had an extra handheld opener to clip on my visor, but I’d much rather use the home link buttons

 

[Jrws1014]

I’ve had luck with the holding the transmitter close to the home link buttons and linking that way.

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

I’ve had luck with the holding the transmitter close to the home link buttons and linking that way.

Yea, that is what I was doing. The directions indicate to hold it 1 to 3 inches away I believe. What kind of overhead system do you have? Is it old? Did you replace the batteries in the transmitter before trying to program home link? The directions suggested doing this with fresh batteries but I haven't tried that yet. Seems kind of pointless when it's still functioning from far away.

 

[Jrws1014]

It’s not a new system. At least 12 years old. Didn’t touch the batteries. Just followed the directions. Just did it 2 months ago for my wife’s expedition

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

It’s not a new system. At least 12 years old. Didn’t touch the batteries. Just followed the directions. Just did it 2 months ago for my wife’s expedition

I see. Is it Craftsman or do you have a different brand ?

 

[Decio]

I haven't taken delivery yet, but on my '15 Impala I couldn't get the garage door opener to work. Seven years later, I had a garage door tech offer to program it. Tried and failed with the button labeled #1, but magically worked with the second of the three available buttons.

I understand that's a different make, but give it a shot and see if that helps?

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

I haven't taken delivery yet, but on my '15 Impala I couldn't get the garage door opener to work. Seven years later, I had a garage door tech offer to program it. Tried and failed with the button labeled #1, but magically worked with the second of the three available buttons.

I understand that's a different make, but give it a shot and see if that helps?

Are you talking about the 2nd of the 3 buttons on the home link built into the visor or the 2nd of the 3 buttons on the standard transmitter that comes with the garage opener or both possibly?

 

[Decio]

Buttons 2 and 3 on the car itself. I was up on a ladder hitting reset and running like a madman. The tech showed me how the car just captures the signal from an existing remote - no ladder needed.

Literally try the programming sequence again with button 2 and/or button 3 on the car. Try one with clearing codes first and try the other one by diving into programming. I hope it works! I hate leaving a transmitter in a convertible - I always took it with me or locked it in the trunk in my S197.

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

I haven't taken delivery yet, but on my '15 Impala I couldn't get the garage door opener to work. Seven years later, I had a garage door tech offer to program it. Tried and failed with the button labeled #1, but magically worked with the second of the three available buttons.

I understand that's a different make, but give it a shot and see if that helps?

Yea, I will try that out today or tomorrow hopefully. What brand of overhead opener / motor do you have and is it old? I just had a dash cam delivered today so I'll be messing with that as well. It was cool Ford put a USB in the rearview mirror for power so I won't have to run power hopefully but it was hard to find a good dash cam that uses regular USB instead of USB-C.

 

[Tafische]

I have had this similar system on a few cars. It can be a little finicky. It should work on the Craftsman red button door with no problem. I usually press the original remote several times in a row for a couple of seconds each time to get it to recognize the codes.

 

[ThreePedalPlow]

I have had this similar system on a few cars. It can be a little finicky. It should work on the Craftsman red button door with no problem. I usually press the original remote several times in a row for a couple of seconds each time to get it to recognize the codes.

red button door? Are you talking about the program button on my overhead motor ?

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