My Garage Door Sensor

Garage door sensors are safety mechanisms that won t allow the door to close if something is blocking their beam of light.

My garage door sensor.

Look for small led lights on the sensors. If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply. The myq app includes core features that allow you to control your garage door get status notifications and set schedules from anywhere. Garage door sensors protect your family possessions and pets by not allowing the heavy garage door to close if there is anything in the glide path.

This safety feature was made standard in the early 1990s to avoid unnecessary injuries. While we can all appreciate these sensors they can become a nuisance if they start to malfunction. A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply. Place the box in the garage doorway making sure the box is in front of the garage door sensors.

They do this by using an electric eye sensor that crosses the doorway. If the sensor doesn t receive the beam emitted by its opposite number the door won t close. Adding the door sensor will allow the ability to check the status and control 2 garage doors. If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.

Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway.