Question:
I recently had to replace my LiftMaster 1260LM garage door opener's receiver
board after an electrical surge damaged the old one. I also replaced both
sensors and the wall control.
While the door goes up and down fine, the wall-mounted control does not. The
control has a large button for open and closing the door which works fine.
However, the light button and the lock button do not work. The light button
will turn the light on but not off. The lock button actually operates the
door in the same manner as the large door button (!). I have double and
triple checked my wiring.
I substituted my old wall control and same thing happens. The only
difference I can find is that my old receiver board was a 41A4252-6A and the
new one is a 41A4252-6D. LiftMaster says the difference is merely an upgrade
and that the problems lies in the wiring. However, I haev check and
re-checked the wiring.
Any ideas, anyone?
Answer:
-LiftMaster is made by Chamberlain, who also makes Craftsman openers. If I'm
not mistaken, don't they all use 2 stranded bell wires to connect to the
controller? I don't see how wiring could be your problem. I realize that
the problem may also lie with the wiring or connection of the board but,
there again, there's isn't much to installing these things. It just seems
to me that the problem is with circuitry, not wiring. Someone else here may
have some better advice, but I would probably pay the $40 or so service call
fee to have a tech come out and verify things for you.
-The logic board (what you call the receiver board) controls the whole
opener & it should have come w/ a wall panel for that revision of the
board. We always change the wall panel since sometimes the older ones
are not compatible w/ a newer board revision.
The easy test is to disconnect the wall panel wiring from the opener &
wall panel. Connect the wall panel to the opener w/ a short piece of
wire. If you still have the problem exchange the new board & the new
wall panel. If the wall panel works fine, then the problem is in the
existing wiring (most likely the wire being stapled too tight
somewhere or something in the attic on top of the button wire).
