Anyone have a wired garage door opener with a keypad that they like? I’m tired of my universal wireless not always opening the garage door. I found the one below on Amazon but cant find much info on it.
Thanks in advance, DT
The button on the wall is an open contact that closes when you push it. I am sure you could wire that pad up to the garage door opener at the same spot where you have the 2 wires coming from the button. I don’t think there would be much to any of them.
What brand of door opener?
I believe lift master but I’ll double check when I get home.
DT
I have the same problems, have to push enter acouple times to get to work some days.
I have the same problems, have to push enter acouple times to get to work some days.
I have to do the same with my universal remote to a lift master opener. But at most I hit enter 2 maybe 3 times and it works.
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I have the same problems, have to push enter acouple times to get to work some days.I have to do the same with my universal remote to a lift master opener. But at most I hit enter 2 maybe 3 times and it works.
I’ve had days where I hit ENTER maybe 20 times and then re-enter the password another 10 times and then hit random numbers and it opens. LOL. It never fails though that it always closes right away. 
DT
Sometimes cheapo LED bulbs interfere with the signal but it would affect remotes as well. Keypads just get old as well. I just replace them. That wired one wouldn’t work on a newer opener. Luck.
I put one of the myQ Smart Garage Hubs in and I love it.
The main box mounts in the garage, connects to both Wi-Fi and the RF signals of your existing GDO (mine controls both of my doors). A battery powered sensor gets placed on the door to report back position status. You do the rest from your phone.
I can pop my garage door if I’m standing right next to it or if I’m on the other side of the planet. I don’t even know my PIN any more…
Sometimes cheapo LED bulbs interfere with the signal but it would affect remotes as well. Keypads just get old as well. I just replace them. That wired one wouldn’t work on a newer opener. Luck.
This,mine drove me nuts until I removed the LED’s I think I read that they make LED’s that won’t interfere with remotes now.
Yeah, it is completely random.
Sometimes cheapo LED bulbs interfere with the signal but it would affect remotes as well. Keypads just get old as well. I just replace them. That wired one wouldn’t work on a newer opener. Luck.
I would assume that’s only when they are on though correct?
The wifi option would be ideal but I live in an apartment and my internet won’t hit the garage.
DT
I theory, yes. It isn’t the LED itself, it is the power converter that runs them. It can be anything that converts 120ac to DC power. Sometimes you just can’t find the source. Sometimes you get lucky and can just shut the lights off and everything works.
If the keypad has one sticky button it will be unreliable and drive you insane. If the problem is just the keypad and reception for the remotes is ok, I would start there.
Maybe the problem here is really the use of a “universal” wireless remote, rather than the manufacturers OEM model? Some days you get what you pay for.
HRG
Maybe the problem here is really the use of a “universal” wireless remote, rather than the manufacturers OEM model? Some days you get what you pay for.
HRG
Most likely why he was asking about a direct wired controller
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