| mtbnut |
| Help. I'm trying to set up my home link up but DO NOT have hand held garage door transmitter. My overhead opener has the learn or smart button and I also have a keypad outside. It seems like I need the hand held transmitter to set this up. DOes anyone know a work around? |
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| Eric L. |
| According to the instructions, apparently you do need the hand held control. Sorry cannot be of much help here. |
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| Pops |
| Is your outside keypad wireless. Maybe you could use that. Or maybe you could borrow the neighbors remote, program that using your units learn feature, program your homelink, then give it back to the neighbor?? |
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| njjoe |
mtbnut-
What is the make of your garage door opener?
-njjoe |
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| charliedigital |
| if your opener has a learn button, I dont believe you need a handheld remote. You just press(maybe hold) that learn button to get it in "learn mode" and then you have to press(maybe hold) one of the homelink buttons in the MO within about 30 seconds. I think that's it, it was really easy for me. |
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| UncaDanno |
Sorry. The homelink has to learn from the handheld transmitter first.
You put the HT in "send" (or "teach" or whatever the mfgr calls it) mode and the homelink in "learn" mode. That allows the homelink to get a clue as to what protocol the opener uses. After homelink learns, you put the opener in learn mode and fire up the homelink so the opener can recognize it.
That handheld transmitter in "teach" mode and the homelink in "learn" mode allows the homelink to pick up on the data packet protocol and whether the opener uses a rolling code. Without this step, getting the opener to recognize the homelink transmitter would be a very, very long shot. |
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| Mr3Putt |
I don't remember needing to have my old remote, but it's been awhile.
If Unca is right, than I think you would be able to do a work around with the wireless keypad.
http://www.homelink.com/training/train.taf |
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| wa4qfy |
One note, I have a couple of Genie
openers on my garage doors, and I had
a heck of a time programming them.
Until I flipped a little switch on the remote.
It changes the frequency (I think).
I spent about 3 hours trying, flipped the
switch and programmed both remotes in
probably less than two minutes... :headslap: |
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| wchandler |
| My experience (with a 2006 Murano) is the same as that of charliedigital. Press the learn button, then the homelink. The Murano doesn't care whether it's a remote or the garage door opener. |
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| UncaDanno |
| Could be the handheld transmitter is needed only if the opener uses a rolling code. |
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| SIM |
| Sometimes it doesn't work. My garage door opener is working Ok but I can't program my ADT wireless alarm system remote OFF beam in it. It simply does not understand it I guess. |
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| 06murano |
is your outside keypad a wireless? if it is, then its just like a transmitter. unscrew it from the wall, put it within 12 inches from the home link in the mo, punch in the right code. when you hit enter (keep holding the enter key) do the programming thing on the link (while keeping the enter key down on the keypad).
then you should have it. hope it'll work for you.. |
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| UncaDanno |
| Yep, that should work (what 06MO said). After all, if the handheld has to teach the homelink, the handheld has to learn from the keypad. |
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| mtbnut |
| Thanks folks. The solution was to use the wireless transmitter as the handheld remote. Thanks to all that chinmed in. |
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