Question:
We just bought a house with old garage door openers, and the previous
owners had long since lost their remotes. The openers are old Stanley
V-76 models with 8 dip-switches on the receiver. We got a new universal
remote (the 'Clicker'), which claimed that Stanley models had 10 dip
switches, so presumably our model is so old that Stanley changed the
number of switches they used since they made ours.
My question is: presumably, the nice little dangly antenna on our garage
door opener will respond to the right frequency, and our new remote could
be made to reproduce that frequency. But how can I match up the two?
I did read that the FCC reduced the spectrum of possible garage-door
frequencies in the 90's due to UHF interference or some such, but if it
was just reduced, there'd presumably be some dip-switch setting I could
find on my the opener that would be in the new range. Anyone? Or anyone
know of a better website on which to ask?
Answer:
-I don't think changing the DIP switches has any effect on the carrier
frequency. I think the switch selects different modulation sequences.
-The dip switches set the binary 'secret' code for the opener. There are
instructions on how to set the 'extra' switches for an 8 bit code.
-You can purchase replacement remotes, and receivers that replace the
existing units. They work by closing the contacts of the hard wired
pushbutton switch that is usually mounted by the door leading from the
garage to the house.
