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Side note: Before I moved from the Bay Area, I had a new LiftMaster
opener installed. I a bought a router for it, and you can not only open
and close it with an app, but can check the status of the door
remotely. Of course, none of you have /ever/ gotten half-way to work
and wondered 'Shit, did I close the garage door?!' right?
Bob
On 9/7/2018 9:20 AM, Peter Murray wrote:
> Scott-
>
> If you were loaned a working remote for that gate, that leads me to
> believe that it is a 9- or 12-bit DIP switch system, which allowed
> easy programming for your gate's fixed code. You can disassemble it to
> see if it has DIP switches (or search on the opener's part number) to
> be sure.
>
> In any case, I'd have a look at the receiver that actuates the motor
> connected to the gate, and replace it with a modern one. Even if the
> receiver is integrated into the motor unit, you should be able to
> disconnect, disable or otherwise replace that receiver and integrate a
> new one which will use modern security techniques, with relative ease.
>
> This <http://a.co/d/fLbc6hT>Â is one possible option.
>
> -Peter
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM <eric@megageek.com
>
> Scott,
> there are different types of openers.
>
> The old (pre 90's) units used a series of DIP switches to set a
> code for the opener. They were easy to clone and are no longer
> used. If  the opener you got uses this system, you can clone it
> from the remote, but you need to make sure the new remote will
> support the old style. Most, if not all, new remotes will NOT
> support this old type. The one in your car will not.
>
> The new system is a 'rolling' code. Â This needs to be configured
> between the opener and remote. It can not be set by 'cloning' a
> remote only. This is what you have in your car.
>
> There are even newer systems that connect to the internet and
> allow you to open with your phone/etc. I would NEVER connect any
> system component to the internet.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions.
>
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
> Tech Viper
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a
> rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
> territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson
> _______________________________________________
>
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<p>Side note: Before I moved from the Bay Area, I had a new
LiftMaster opener installed. I a bought a router for it, and you
can not only open and close it with an app, but can check the
status of the door remotely. Of course, none of you have <i>ever</i>
gotten half-way to work and wondered 'Shit, did I close the garage
door?!' right?<br>
</p>
<p>Bob<br>
</p>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/7/2018 9:20 AM, Peter Murray
wrote:<br>
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<div>Scott-</div>
<div><br>
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<div>If you were loaned a working remote for that gate, that
leads me to believe that it is a 9- or 12-bit DIP switch
system, which allowed easy programming for your gate's fixed
code. You can disassemble it to see if it has DIP switches (or
search on the opener's part number) to be sure.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
In any case, I'd have a look at the receiver that actuates the
motor connected to the gate, and replace it with a modern one.
Even if the receiver is integrated into the motor unit, you
should be able to disconnect, disable or otherwise replace that
receiver and integrate a new one which will use modern security
techniques, with relative ease.
<div><br>
</div>
<div><a href="http://a.co/d/fLbc6hT"; target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">This</a>Â is one possible option.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Peter</div>
</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM <<a
href="mailto:eric@megageek.com"; target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eric@megageek.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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size="2" face="sans-serif">Scott, </font>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">there are different types of
openers.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">The old (pre 90's) units used
a series
of DIP switches to set a code for the opener. They were
easy to clone
and are no longer used. If  the opener you got uses this
system,
you can clone it from the remote, but you need to make sure
the new remote
will support the old style. Most, if not all, new remotes
will NOT
support this old type. The one in your car will not.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">The new system is a 'rolling'
code.
 This needs to be configured between the opener and remote.Â
It
can not be set by 'cloning' a remote only. This is what you
have
in your car.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">There are even newer systems
that connect
to the internet and allow you to open with your phone/etc.Â
I would
NEVER connect any system component to the internet.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Let me know if you have any
other questions.</font>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Tech Viper<br>
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights
as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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