My Garage Door Sensor

A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.

My garage door sensor.

The myq app includes core features that allow you to control your garage door get status notifications and set schedules from anywhere. Garage door sensors are safety devices that prevent the door from closing on people pets or objects in the doorway. Look for small led lights on the sensors. If the sensor doesn t receive the beam emitted by its opposite number the door won t close.

They do this by using an electric eye sensor that crosses the doorway. 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. If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply. Press the button that closes the garage door on the garage wall or on your remote.

Adding the door sensor will allow the ability to check the status and control 2 garage doors. Set up customized real time alerts so you know when your garage door opens or closes. This safety feature was made standard in the early 1990s to avoid unnecessary injuries. Place the box in the garage doorway making sure the box is in front of the garage door sensors.

While we can all appreciate these sensors they can become a nuisance if they start to malfunction.