Re: Garage door opener combination


"Stan Brown" wrote...

Sun, 27 May 2007 15:06:11 GMT from Craig :

"Stan Brown" wrote...

[seller didn't disclose combination to garage-door opener]

Craig,

Thanks so much for your very comprehensive answer. As soon as you
suggested looking at the opener inside the garage, I said to myself
"Duh! How could I not have thought of that?"

My combination box doesn't look like any of the ones in the Supra
brochure nor on the Genie page, but that could be just because it's
old (i.e., model not made any more).

You're welcome.

One more thought to consider, Stan, if your current opener is quite old.
Back in the old days, openers could be programmed for up to maybe 256 or 512
different codes, but the code always stayed the same. Given one of those,
the possibility of a neighbor's opener causing interference--or a determined
hacker trying to break into your garage didn't have too much work to do to
get your garage door opened since it wouldn't take that long to go through
every conceivable combination.

The newer openers have millions of possible combinations and the code
changes after every opening/closing, so it's virtually impossible to have a
neighbor/thief conflict. If your opener is of the ancient variety, it may be
worth looking into having the whole opener system replaced with a new one.
Overkill, maybe--but that will solve your current problem ;-)

Craig


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