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From: jmasters@pcocd2.intel.com (Justin Masters )
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Garage Door Openers
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Date: 20 Jun 89 19:30:09 GMT
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I have a question for you folks out there.  I just bought a home, which has a
garage door opener by Genie.  This has 9 dip switches, and has a frequency
number of 390 (Mhz or Khz, I don't know).  My realtor said that the controls
hadn't been left by the previous owner who died (what an odd thing to take
with him).  I had him buy two more for me, since he told me that they were
around somewhere.  Well, he got one with the proper frequency (according to
the package), but this has 12 dip switches.  I tried setting three switches
high and low, while setting the other 9, without a result.  Has anybody taken
a good look at these and seen if I can somehow alter the controllers so that
they are compatable with the receiver?   After pouring all this money into the
house, I find it hard to pump another $60.00 for more controllers. 

I know many of you will say, "But get your realtor to get them".  I moved in
almost 3 months ago, stuffing all our stuff into the garage.  There was no
need to open it for the car until recently.  Now, I'm SOL, unless someone out
there knows if I can do anything about the controllers.

Please email to me directly at jmasters@pcocd2.intel.com  

	   thanks in advance.
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