Garage door programming
03-27-18, 07:18 AM
#46
Lexus Test Driver
We have a mq lift master.
It's as easy as pressing the yellow learn button, holding a button on your RX rear view mirror till it blinks slowly. Then taking your remote and holding it whilst holding the button and it should rapidly blink.
If it rapidly blinks already that means you messed up so you have to clear all the presets by holding the far left and right buttons until it blinks slowly. Then you can start over
It's as easy as pressing the yellow learn button, holding a button on your RX rear view mirror till it blinks slowly. Then taking your remote and holding it whilst holding the button and it should rapidly blink.
If it rapidly blinks already that means you messed up so you have to clear all the presets by holding the far left and right buttons until it blinks slowly. Then you can start over
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03-27-18, 07:30 AM
#47
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Keep in mind that without fob it is not possible. Homelink learns your signal pattern from your fob. Your GDO unit learns the signal from homelink which is duplicate of signal from fob. Do you have keypad on the wall? If so, use that in lieu of fob. What brand is yout GDO? You can get replacement fob from eBay easy.
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03-27-18, 01:00 PM
#48
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I didn't accurately proofread what I wrote. So the issue is the original remote for the garage door is missing. When you say fob are you talking about the key to car or is that a term for garage opener as well? I do have keypad on the wall for both sides of my garage and the brand is Sears. How can I do it with keypad on wall though if isn't too much trouble for you to explain. Thank you so much.
03-27-18, 05:35 PM
#49
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I didn't accurately proofread what I wrote. So the issue is the original remote for the garage door is missing. When you say fob are you talking about the key to car or is that a term for garage opener as well? I do have keypad on the wall for both sides of my garage and the brand is Sears. How can I do it with keypad on wall though if isn't too much trouble for you to explain. Thank you so much.
03-27-18, 05:56 PM
#50
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I didn't accurately proofread what I wrote. So the issue is the original remote for the garage door is missing. When you say fob are you talking about the key to car or is that a term for garage opener as well? I do have keypad on the wall for both sides of my garage and the brand is Sears. How can I do it with keypad on wall though if isn't too much trouble for you to explain. Thank you so much.
Go here to learn how to program your remote into your RX's HomeLink system on the rearview mirror: HomeLink Programming Instructions
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03-27-18, 06:43 PM
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Homelink is dumb device, it just learns fob signal and store it in of the 3 memory banks(hence you can use it for 3 different
devices) It acts like the fob. That's it. All 3 cars use homelink now. Old remote fob is still in the car as a back up.
03-29-18, 11:54 AM
#52
FYI.............. beware, there are a number of things that can interfere with your garage door openers operation. Neon lights, led light bulbs and some transformers used on various components can duplicate your remotes frequency and cause all kinds of havoc.
Been there done that with a neon clock in my garage. Just my 2 cents.
Been there done that with a neon clock in my garage. Just my 2 cents.
03-29-18, 01:52 PM
#53
I didn't accurately proofread what I wrote. So the issue is the original remote for the garage door is missing. When you say fob are you talking about the key to car or is that a term for garage opener as well? I do have keypad on the wall for both sides of my garage and the brand is Sears. How can I do it with keypad on wall though if isn't too much trouble for you to explain. Thank you so much.
Someone mentioned that lots of stuff interferes with the openers. That’s an understatement! I changed out my opener bulbs with cooler, brighter LED bulbs & suddenly, my door would fail to open without pushing the button multiple times & needing to be right in front of it. I found out anything other than an incondesent bulb will mess with the frequencies. Genie door openers make special LED bulbs for openers that won’t mess with the frequency. I ordered them thru Home Depot & they work great.
04-28-18, 10:46 AM
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It’s been a huge deal us
The next step will be to reset the opener to clear out the memory and reprogram all four cars. Then buy a new opener if that doesn’t work.
04-28-18, 12:55 PM
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I’ve programmed three other Lexus’ to this sane opener but our “new” 2015 RX will not sync the Homelink button to the opener. Yes i’ve read the manual and followed the directions, gone to the Homelink website, watched YouTube videos, had our 23 year give it a try, done online searches to come up with other options. Nothing works.
The next step will be to reset the opener to clear out the memory and reprogram all four cars. Then buy a new opener if that doesn’t work.
05-05-18, 02:57 PM
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GDO model IS550/A
Well what is the GDO model and how old is it? Which step does it fail. Home link picks up fob signal? Then GDO picks homelink signal? While GDO is in learn mode keep pusing homelink button every 2 secs. or so until door starts move(up or down = learning complete). I programmed so many different cars w/o any issues. My GDO is Lift master MyQ belt drive. Previous one was Genie screw drive Power Max 1500. My last Lexus was'15 RX-450h which had no problem programming.
1. I bought a new GDO remote and programmed it.
2. I cleared out the Homelink holding down buttons 1 and 3.
3. I held the remote next to the Homelink and held both buttons until the led flashed rapidly.
4. I pushed the program button on the back of the GDO and pushed the Homelink button several times.
5. The garage door never opened.
6. I repeated step 4 with the other Homelink buttons and also pressing the Homelink button for longer and shorter intervals up to 10 times during the GDO programming.
Any suggestions?
05-05-18, 07:34 PM
#57
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My GDO model is a genie IS550/A
1. I bought a new GDO remote and programmed it.
2. I cleared out the Homelink holding down buttons 1 and 3.
3. I held the remote next to the Homelink and held both buttons until the led flashed rapidly.
4. I pushed the program button on the back of the GDO and pushed the Homelink button several times.
5. The garage door never opened.
6. I repeated step 4 with the other Homelink buttons and also pressing the Homelink button for longer and shorter intervals up to 10 times during the GDO programming.
Any suggestions?
05-05-18, 08:54 PM
#58
I don’t think it’s beyond normal to have a bad HomeLink unit. It shouldn’t be this difficult for you & I don’t mean that in an insulting way. I would have given up long ago.
05-06-18, 06:34 AM
#59
My GDO model is a genie IS550/A
1. I bought a new GDO remote and programmed it.
2. I cleared out the Homelink holding down buttons 1 and 3.
3. I held the remote next to the Homelink and held both buttons until the led flashed rapidly.
4. I pushed the program button on the back of the GDO and pushed the Homelink button several times.
5. The garage door never opened.
6. I repeated step 4 with the other Homelink buttons and also pressing the Homelink button for longer and shorter intervals up to 10 times during the GDO programming.
Any suggestions?
05-06-18, 11:37 AM
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My GDO model is a genie IS550/A
1. I bought a new GDO remote and programmed it.
2. I cleared out the Homelink holding down buttons 1 and 3.
3. I held the remote next to the Homelink and held both buttons until the led flashed rapidly.
4. I pushed the program button on the back of the GDO and pushed the Homelink button several times.
5. The garage door never opened.
6. I repeated step 4 with the other Homelink buttons and also pressing the Homelink button for longer and shorter intervals up to 10 times during the GDO programming.
Any suggestions?
The one thing you may not have done as requested in the instructions is to replace the battery of the GDO remote. Going by the age of your GDO it must have rolling codes so pushing the learn button is a must and within 20 seconds the homelink button on the mirror. Bets to have 2 persons for this task.