Garage door opener

[golfing eagles]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Tinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????

[villagetinker]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Thinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????

IMHO, one of you needs to change the codes, I would suggest the neighbor just in case they still have the possible contractor code. I would erase ALL of the codes in the opener, then reprogram with their remotes, and finally double check that your remote no longer operates their opener. The instructions are available online, and I may have them electronically but will need to check.

Also, I have no idea why the sudden change in the operation, unless one of you where working with the equipent.

[golfing eagles]

IMHO, one of you needs to change the codes, I would suggest the neighbor just in case they still have the possible contractor code. I would erase ALL of the codes in the opener, then reprogram with their remotes, and finally double check that your remote no longer operates their opener. The instructions are available online, and I may have them electronically but will need to check.

Thanks. This happened once with a different neighbor 10 years ago, and I just reprogrammed the codes. I'm just confused that after no problem for 10 years this just crops up. Ghost in the machine???? Something corrupted?? Electrical surge?????

[mtdjed]

Thanks. This happened once with a different neighbor 10 years ago, and I just reprogrammed the codes. I'm just confused that after no problem for 10 years this just crops up. Ghost in the machine???? Something corrupted?? Electrical surge?????

Is it possible that you used a different controller than usual or pressed a different button.

We had all kinds of problems when we moved in as the contractors and real estate agents had made most of the hand controls compatible with the overhead controllers. Remember, that it is the overhead control, that must remember the signal the handheld control sends. It can only remember when in the learn mode and then only what is transmitted.

[C. C. Rider]

Modern garage door openers do an automatic reset of the code every time that the door is opened. Somehow your or your neighbor's opener reset BOTH door opener codes the same.

Suggest that you remove the antenna from your opener and have your neighbor open and close his door a couple of times. That should reset his to a different code from yours. Then reinstall your antenna so that your opener will work.

Or you might simply shield your antenna with aluminum foil instead of removing it.

No guarantees from me, but it MIGHT work.


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[mrf0151]

Our Allister MVP garage door opener was going up and down randomly. Tried to change the code with no success. Bottom line is the circuit board had failed. This is common from what I found out on these units. Just replaced it with a Chamberlin MYQ DC drive unit. Super quiet operation. Called Romac and they wanted over $900.00. Scott's did it for almost half that price.

[dewilson58]

Thanks. This happened once with a different neighbor 10 years ago, and I just reprogrammed the codes. I'm just confused that after no problem for 10 years this just crops up. Ghost in the machine???? Something corrupted?? Electrical surge?????

It's the Developer's fault.

[golfing eagles]

It's the Developer's fault.

Wrong! It's the snowbirds fault :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[JRcorvette]

Our Allister MVP garage door opener was going up and down randomly. Tried to change the code with no success. Bottom line is the circuit board had failed. This is common from what I found out on these units. Just replaced it with a Chamberlin MYQ DC drive unit. Super quiet operation. Called Romac and they wanted over $900.00. Scott's did it for almost have that price.

I am looking to replace my noisy Romac unit. Who is Scott’s? Can you send me a PM

Thanks

[retiredguy123]

I am looking to replace my noisy Romac unit. Who is Scott’s? Can you send me a PM

Thanks
Scott Garage Door Repair, 352-697-0321

[golfing eagles]

Thanks everyone. (except Mr. Helpful:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:)

[PGApromike]

My suggestion is both of them should clear all codes and then both change to new codes. If only 1 changes then one person still knows the others code.

[JWGifford]

Wrong! It's the snowbirds fault :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
Wait, are you sure? It might have been a dog.

[rsmurano]

Your neighbor might have put his garage door in ‘learn’ mode and you hit your garage door opener at the same time. Your garage door opener is stupid and will read the first code it encounters when in learn mode. Your neighbor will need to reset his garage door opener and reprogram it with his remotes/homelinks.
Every new home owner should reset their garage door openers within the 1st hour of moving into their new house. Or you need to reset the opener if your car has been stolen. Many thieves who steal a car has your address in the glove compartment and your garage remote/homelink to open your garage and steal whatever is in your garage.

[BostonTom]

I am looking to replace my noisy Romac unit. Who is Scott’s? Can you send me a PM

Thanks

Lowes installed ours 350 no issues it's also WiFi

[mrf0151]

Lowes installed ours 350 no issues it's also WiFi

Interesting. The Chamberlin Q DC drive unit with door sensors, wall controllers inside and outside and 2 remotes cost $300.00 average. Are you saying they only charged $50.00 in labor to install?

[RRGuyNJ]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Tinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????

We had that happen when we rented for the month of January. Every morning our garage door would go up and we started to notice the same car leaving the front of the house. We thought it may have been someone who just happened to have the same code and hated the dreaded short term renters and they were just messing with us. Turned out it was the neighbor across the street and he had no idea it was happening. We got permission from the owner to clear out all the codes and reprogram the opener and all was well.
In your case I would imagine it would be best to talk to your neighbor about reprogramming his opener. I don't think the remote can be programmed. Reprogramming only takes a few minutes and ALL his remotes would have to be programmed again. Instructions can be found online. Good luck!

[nn0wheremann]

IMHO, one of you needs to change the codes, I would suggest the neighbor just in case they still have the possible contractor code. I would erase ALL of the codes in the opener, then reprogram with their remotes, and finally double check that your remote no longer operates their opener. The instructions are available online, and I may have them electronically but will need to check.

Also, I have no idea why the sudden change in the operation, unless one of you where working with the equipent.
This happened to my Allstar opener a couple years ago. I changed the code, and no issues since. My neighbor’s opener started opening at random intervals while they were away. A change of code stopped this for about a month, and then it started happening again. Another erase and change needed. Or a new garage door opener.

[main12use]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Tinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????
Call Romac - They will email instructions for free on how to re-program your wall remote with a paper clip.

[bobmarc]

I called this number at Romac and she sent me easy directions that worked just fine.

HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL.


Alex Libberton
Lady Lake Garage Door Customer Service

352-748-4575

722 Duck Lake Rd., Lady Lake, FL 32159

icon RoMac Building Supply | High-Quality Building Materials and Services in Central Florida (http://www.romacfl.com)

[Lancer]

Don’t know why they put these garage door openers in these homes. They don’t appear to use rolling codes like Genie and other brands.

[Dusty_Star]

Don’t know why they put these garage door openers in these homes. They don’t appear to use rolling codes like Genie and other brands.

Economics?

[Elixir34]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Tinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????

Only my neighbor’s opener started opening my garage door. We both have MVP garage door openers. I performed the procedure to erase all codes from my door operator and then the procedure for it to “relearn” the code stored in my remotes. Procedures to do this are in the MVP manual and also on line.

Didn’t have to change the 9-digit code (9 combinations of the +, - and 0 buttons on the remote). As a matter of fact, I don’t even know what the code is. Just did the process to erase what the operator had “learned” and then have it relearn whatever code was already set up in my system.

Problem solved.

Phil P

[Scbang]

MVP only has 19,683 combinations of the code. Given the number of the houses in the range of the remote, this problem is not going to go away any time soon unless we all upgrade it to something more advanced :-)

Cheers!

[C. C. Rider]

MVP only has 19,683 combinations of the code. Given the number of the houses in the range of the remote, this problem is not going to go away any time soon unless we all upgrade it to something more advanced :-)

Cheers!

How many houses do you think are within the range of your garage door remote when used from in front of your house? I'll bet it's not 19,000. It might be a few dozen, but likely not more than that.

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[Laker14]

Here's an interesting problem---and a good one for Village Tinker:

Just now, my golf cart garage remote started opening my neighbor's main door. Neither of us had changed anything and it was fine 3 hours ago. What happened, and more importantly, how to fix it??????

It's the Developer's fault.

Wrong! It's the snowbirds fault :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Wait, are you sure? It might have been a dog.

If you don't like it here why don't you just move?

[Lee55]

If you don't like it here why don't you just move?

Nooooooo….. If GE or DeW58 moved I would be deprived of what makes TOTV so informative and entertaining!
Lighten up!

[golfing eagles]

If you don't like it here why don't you just move?

To whom were you addressing that "intelligent" question????