My Garage Door Sensor

They do this by using an electric eye sensor that crosses the doorway.

My garage door sensor.

Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway. This safety feature was made standard in the early 1990s to avoid unnecessary injuries. Set up customized real time alerts so you know when your garage door opens or closes. The myq app includes core features that allow you to control your garage door get status notifications and set schedules from anywhere.

The sensors are located above the floor at each side of the door opening and. While we can all appreciate these sensors they can become a nuisance if they start to malfunction. Place the box in the garage doorway making sure the box is in front of the garage door sensors. If the sensor doesn t receive the beam emitted by its opposite number the door won t close.

If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply. Garage door sensors are safety mechanisms that won t allow the door to close if something is blocking their beam of light. Garage door sensors protect your family possessions and pets by not allowing the heavy garage door to close if there is anything in the glide path. Adding the door sensor will allow the ability to check the status and control 2 garage doors.

Press the button that closes the garage door on the garage wall or on your remote.