Have To Hold Down Garage Door Button To Open

Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously.

Have to hold down garage door button to open.

When the door is up the sensor lights are off. My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down. Some garage door receivers have a motor overload protector that shuts down with repeated attempts to open the door. If i lift my finger off the button before that point the door will stop and then i have to press the button again and the door will go back down.

It just opens an inch and stops. I tried resetting them but now the large button opens both doors at the same time. The remote control in my car will not work at all. Tuesday june 26 2018 you are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.

Why do i have to hold down the button to close the garage door. I have 2 craftsman 1 2 hp door openers each car has a remote and i am trying to get my remote to open with the large button on the remote and my wife s door to open with the other button. I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly. The remotes do not work the same and will not open the door at all.

The amount of time it takes for the protector to reset depends on the model. Generally 30 minutes of inactivity will allow most models enough time to reset. Wait at least 30 minutes then try the console again. To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up.

I have a genie intellicode. After i hold the button down to close it the sensor lights come back on. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.