How To Set Up A Garage Door Sensor

The latest garage door sensors are technologically advanced and even allow you to control the opening and closing through an app on your smartphone.

How to set up a garage door sensor. All garage door openers use a sensor light to prevent the door from closing when an object is in its path. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. If your craftsman garage door opener fails to close the door properly you may need to disable the sensor light temporarily until you can replace the sensors. Visit our support site for articles and videos on myq connectivity.

Turn it a fraction just a fraction. Slide each garage door sensor downward so it is as. Loosen the screws that mount each of your garage door sensors. Turn off the power to your sensors by tripping the fuse for your garage.

For more on garages. You ll find this in your home s breaker box. This video will show you how to align the safety reversing sensors on your garage door opener. Test the door with something small in the area just before the door would close.

Sometimes the sensor becomes faulty and needs to be replaced. Download the free myq app and purchase either a chamberlain smart garage hub or upgrade your existing garage door opener to a smart garage door opener with built in myq connectivity. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. Don t take them all the way out.

Your home will also need a strong wi fi signal to be able to control and monitor your garage through the myq app. If it is a single garage door sensor it will probably be set on one.