Setting Garage Door Limits

Program the garage door opener to recognize when your garage door is completely open.

Setting garage door limits.

Measure the distance from the top of the garage door opening to the bottom of the garage door in inches. Press the button on your remote to open the garage door. Incorrectly set limit switches may prevent your garage door from closing completely. Garage door doesn t open all the way.

Over time it may be necessary to adjust the switch to make the garage door close completely if it is not working properly. Bottom of the genie garage door opener. In this video we show you how to set the travel limits and force control for genie opener models 7055 2055 3055 and 3035 kv. The close limit switch may need adjusting.

Setting the down closed limits 1. Hold down the open travel limit button until the door has raised all the way. The force dials have an upward or downward arrow containing the letters kg step 3 adjust the down limit dial first. Start with the garage door open.

Release the down button and the long led will flash blue. This video demonstrates how to program the travel on a chamberlain garage door opener with a yellow learn button. Turn it a full turn counter clockwise to increase the amount of downward travel by two inches and clockwise to reduce the amount of travel. Stand on a step ladder to reach the up limit switch adjustment screw on the side of the garage door opener.

The garage door opener limit switch tells the motor that lifts and lowers the garage door when to stop running. Push the open set limit button then release to save the door s position as the new open limit setting. Press and hold the down button for 2 seconds the long led comes on blue the round led stays off 3. You can do almost anything all you have to do is try.

A garage door limit switch is a device that helps you set the appropriate functionality of a garage door. How to adjust the travel limits of your garage door if it won t close all the way. The limit dials have an icon of an opening or closing garage door. The green indicator light will flash twice to confirm.

Garage door won t close all the way. If the garage door opens correctly but fails to close completely there may be one of three common causes.