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As previously mentioned, the previous garage door opener is no more. Well, it's still in the garage on the floor, but it stopped functioning effectively, so I replaced it.
I had trouble deciding which kind to get. The old one was a screw drive. I almost got one just like it, because I thought it would use all the same mounting points, but I decided to go with a chain drive unit because it came with an app. Chain drive is supposed to be noisier than screw drive, but I have not found it to be noisier than the old screw drive unit.
I thought the phone app would be cool. I occasionally forget to close it when I leave in the morning, so instead of turning around and going back to look, I could just pull over and check my phone. Or do it when I get to work. We've also forgotten to close it at night, but the problem is remembering to check it, and at that point it's just as easy to walk to the door and look, as it is to find my phone and call up the app. I also realized it would be good in case of emergencies, like if someone had to get in the house. They could call me and ask me to open it. Or if there was a medical emergency where I could reach my phone to call 911, but not get to the front door to unlock it, I could open the garage.
I thought I could get the thing mostly installed on Saturday, but I didn't get moving as early in the morning as I'd hoped (of course). And I found that I moved rather slowly. Let's call it deliberately. I'm like that when I don't know exactly what I'm doing. I read the instructions a lot, and contemplate my next moves a lot. It took me most of the afternoon to assemble it and get it more or less in place. We had dinner plans with a friend, but after dinner I went out and bought some angle iron and hardware to actually hang it. Sunday I got it mounted securely, mounted the button on the wall and wired it in, hooked up the safety sensors (but didn't mount them in their proper spot and got it running and adjusted - just before I had to leave. But then the batteries in the remotes didn't work, so I had to buy new ones Monday evening.
So now it's all set except the app. I've got to set up an account somewhere, and then get the unit to recognize it. Maybe I'll do that now.
EDIT: The account did not recognize the provided internet gateway. I'll have to call customer service tomorrow night. I wonder if this has anything to do with the unit being seven years old.
I had trouble deciding which kind to get. The old one was a screw drive. I almost got one just like it, because I thought it would use all the same mounting points, but I decided to go with a chain drive unit because it came with an app. Chain drive is supposed to be noisier than screw drive, but I have not found it to be noisier than the old screw drive unit.
I thought the phone app would be cool. I occasionally forget to close it when I leave in the morning, so instead of turning around and going back to look, I could just pull over and check my phone. Or do it when I get to work. We've also forgotten to close it at night, but the problem is remembering to check it, and at that point it's just as easy to walk to the door and look, as it is to find my phone and call up the app. I also realized it would be good in case of emergencies, like if someone had to get in the house. They could call me and ask me to open it. Or if there was a medical emergency where I could reach my phone to call 911, but not get to the front door to unlock it, I could open the garage.
I thought I could get the thing mostly installed on Saturday, but I didn't get moving as early in the morning as I'd hoped (of course). And I found that I moved rather slowly. Let's call it deliberately. I'm like that when I don't know exactly what I'm doing. I read the instructions a lot, and contemplate my next moves a lot. It took me most of the afternoon to assemble it and get it more or less in place. We had dinner plans with a friend, but after dinner I went out and bought some angle iron and hardware to actually hang it. Sunday I got it mounted securely, mounted the button on the wall and wired it in, hooked up the safety sensors (but didn't mount them in their proper spot and got it running and adjusted - just before I had to leave. But then the batteries in the remotes didn't work, so I had to buy new ones Monday evening.
So now it's all set except the app. I've got to set up an account somewhere, and then get the unit to recognize it. Maybe I'll do that now.
EDIT: The account did not recognize the provided internet gateway. I'll have to call customer service tomorrow night. I wonder if this has anything to do with the unit being seven years old.
