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Old Apr 17, 2018 | 03:09 PM
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Programming Homelink

Does anybody have an easy way to program the Homelink buttons for the garage door opener? I have read what the manual says. Either I just am doing it wrong or maybe my button is broke. My truck is an 2009 F-250.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2018 | 03:33 PM
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If you are using a chamberland brand of opener it will not work, unless you buy a repeater, and then it takes a special procedure to program it
 
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Originally Posted by bobv60
If you are using a chamberland brand of opener it will not work, unless you buy a repeater, and then it takes a special procedure to program it
Well why wouldn’t it work with my Chamberlin opener. Well at least I am not crazy when I couldn’t get it to work.
Thanks for crushing my hopes and dreams . Seriously though thank you letting know. I love my opener because I can monitor it’s status from my phone.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2018 | 05:13 PM
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Well why wouldn’t it work with my Chamberlin opener. Well at least I am not crazy when I couldn’t get it to work.
Thanks for crushing my hopes and dreams . Seriously though thank you letting know. I love my opener because I can monitor it’s status from my phone.
sound like we have the same opener. The app is nice and I can mess with my wife by opening the garage while I am at work.
I got the repeater and hooked it up and got it to work with my 2011 f450. It did take a different procedures to get it to work, but I can't remember how I did it. I think it was set in program mode and withen ten srconds push and hold the botton to be programmed for three seconds, reported a total of three times in 30 seconds.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2018 | 07:24 PM
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Or, install a dash switch and wire it to the Chamberlain opener.
I did this on my bike, for an easy fix.
 
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I will just stick with the normal opener. Was just trying to de-clutter the truck a bit. Thank everyone for there help though.
 
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