[mkjelenbaas]

Originally Posted by pdp07

Last month my Cars built in transmitter and 1 of my 2 portable transmitters started open my neighbors garage door. We both have the original Ro mac openers and have not changed the codes. In the 8 years we have lived here there has never been a problem, until last month. Any ideas as to what has caused this to happen?

What did to Roe Mac say when you called them?

[jrandall]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Not a good thing for part time residents. I would hate to be away from our house for an extended period and have our garage door opened every time a neighbor uses their remote. Another thing to worry about when away, but at least we have a great neighbor across the street that keeps an eye on things for us.

When you leave for an extended period put the safety locks on the wall mounted keypad for your garage door(s).

[bkgma]

Originally Posted by Nick B

MVP opener is not a rolling code. It is old analog type. The only cure is to change openers to a more secure type. Liftmaster/ Chamberlain is the best. Most of the time the problem is because someone bought a
new remote and left the factory default code in it. I am a garage tech with over 25 years experience.This has always been a problem in TV.

I recently had Geek Squad out here to install MyQ controllers in my garage. They said the controllers wouldn’t work with MVP because there was no reprogram button on the opener, and so they couldn’t program the codes into the new controller. They also showed me a list of incompatible openers in the installation manual and MVP was on it. So they said I needed to buy a new opener to have smart functions. But after thinking about it, I wondered how I could program the homelink using my remote but they couldn’t program the MyQ using the remote. I suppose maybe the opener needs to be programmed to the MyQ and not the other way around like homelink. Has anyone successfully paired a MyQ controller to an MVP opener?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

When you leave for an extended time, you should move the switch at the bottom of the inside control pad to the locked position. That way, no one can open the garage door with a remote.

Originally Posted by jrandall

When you leave for an extended period put the safety locks on the wall mounted keypad for your garage door(s).

Thanks for the idea, unfortunately, there is no safety lock feature on our wall mounted keypad. I am going to add “turn off the circuit that powers the garage door opener motor” to the list of stuff that needs to be done before going away. Easy enough, my last task before leaving is to throw the circuit to the hot water heater and turn off the whole house water valve, so flipping one more circuit is easy peasy.

[bkgma]

I leave a battery tender on in the garage, so instead of flipping the circuit breaker I would probably just pull out the plug in the ceiling next to the opener.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by bkgma

I leave a battery tender on in the garage, so instead of flipping the circuit breaker I would probably just pull out the plug in the ceiling next to the opener.

I thought of that, but with both golf carts in the garage it would be difficult to get a ladder under the opener. I could reach the outlet without a ladder, but my wife couldn’t. I like to keep the process as simple as possible for the times when my wife flys down for a couple weeks without me (someone has to stay home with the dog when one of us fly’s down for a short stay and has to pull all the dam weeds).

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Let the fun and games begin!

[Topspinmo]

If they’re don’t open mine, not my problem

[turk3531]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Been there.....done that. Hubby re-programs the codes and all is good for a while.......until it happens again. Why it happens after all these years? Have no idea.

Been there. Found out the internals are going bad. Will have to replace the opener,

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I thought of that, but with both golf carts in the garage it would be difficult to get a ladder under the opener. I could reach the outlet without a ladder, but my wife couldn’t. I like to keep the process as simple as possible for the times when my wife flys down for a couple weeks without me (someone has to stay home with the dog when one of us fly’s down for a short stay and has to pull all the dam weeds).

Use rake….

[DEETAMAC]

Originally Posted by pdp07

Last month my Cars built in transmitter and 1 of my 2 portable transmitters started open my neighbors garage door. We both have the original Ro mac openers and have not changed the codes. In the 8 years we have lived here there has never been a problem, until last month. Any ideas as to what has caused this to happen?

I had the same problem because of the storage of numbers in the opener. Called Ryan O'Cull Ryan O'Cull Garage Doors, Inc. / 352-351-1752. He came by the same day, cleared out all the old numbers, reprogrammed all my remotes. NO PROBLEMS since ! Took him a couple of minutes. Fast service, great prices. I use him for any problems I have from drive belts to springs.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

For a fun evening, we drive thru neighborhoods and see how many we can open.

Mystery solved. So that’s the reason occasionally my garage door goes up by itself. 😜

[LieutenantEd]

Ro-MAC Service to the house, I asked if the doors use “Rolling codes for increased security. Technician stated only 10,000 codes available, garage door Units utilized ran out of codes quite a while ago, Villages construction are aware of it...........

[MoNonnon]

Not true. My neighbors remote started opening our garage door….even though we put the “lock” on it for the night.

[Babubhat]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Not a good thing for part time residents. I would hate to be away from our house for an extended period and have our garage door opened every time a neighbor uses their remote. Another thing to worry about when away, but at least we have a great neighbor across the street that keeps an eye on things for us.

Move the switch to lock position on the pad inside garage while away