This was a very thorough video and very helpful in repairing my uncle’s Genie garage door opener. There were actually two problems with his, one with pinched wiring from tight stapling during original installation and depending on time of day, the sunlight caused problems with the green sensor. This video addressed both problems very well. Thanks for the attendance to detail.
I had a similar issue with the sun, and I attempted all sorts of solutions with the outdated box-style sensors. However, I decided to purchase the newer sensors and installed the green one on the side with more shade. Your advice was incredibly helpful - thank you for sharing!
I watched this video as I was pondering how to mount the sensors when switching from Genie (1024 model with old school boxy sensors) to Chamberlain. I decided to keep the old Genie bracket. I slid the sensor off and drilled a hole in the bracket to fit the screw hole for the Chamberlain/liftmaster sensor. It's a surprisingly good fit.
I have run into the sunlight problem, I made an ABS pipe cover and then they worked perfectly. Thanks....Jim PS.....I got a new Liftmaster 8550, it’s so much better than a Genie.....I’ll never go back. My new door opener is so quiet, has battery backup, has MyQ, is so easy to program, and has a button on the outside pad to close......many things Genie lacked. I never got more than 8 years out of a Genie. In my family there are 2 Liftmaster over 25 years old. Programming is so easy.
Hello Jim Pie! Thanks for the feedback. The 8550WLB is my go-to belt drive motor from LiftMaster. It's a very polished motor. I've never had a customer complain this motor. Genie use to dominate the garage door motor space for a long time. But they have had an uphill battle with some of their newer motors. I appreciate your feedback. Stay safe party person!
Will the new Genie Safety Eyes work with my Genie Blue Max screw drive circa 1994? If so the old sensors have a plug on the end of the wire that goes into the back of them. Do I just cut the plug off and strip the wires and connect them via the screw terminals? If so which colored wire goes to which terminal? One wire is solid white and the other is white with a blue stripe. Thank you!
Very thorough explanation, thank you. We have two Genie door openers, one is connected Genie Aladden connect. We are wanting to add another door sensor on the other door, however for all Genie's videos and TH-cam, they do not show how to wire connect the two openers together allowing Aladdin Connect to manage the other door.
My old Genie square sensors were working fine, then all of a sudden they died, i.e. no green or red lights. I ruled out the potential wiring problem since the system was working. I plugged in the two new Genie sensors shown in this video. Unfortunately, there is still no green or red light with the new sensors. Any thoughts on what could the problem be? BTW, the garage door opener motor is still working; it will open, but it won't close for the obvious reason that the sensors are not working.
One of my sensors ate lighting up green and the other doesn't light up at all. What should i do? The wires are twined together at the module n plugged in properly
My genie sensors have gone bad... they are the older square style but the wires Clip in... can I buy the same ones so I don't have to do any wiring/stripping?
I had to replace the sensors on my aunt's genie intellicode screw drive once. The red sensor was giving the 3 flash error code, meaning it was getting interference. It wasn't from the sun, it still did it when the door was closed. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so we just changed them out and we haven't had any issues with it since.
Hi, someone installed them genie sensors in my garage and they keep having the 3 lights flashing. But the main mortar is craftsmen does the brand matter?
I have those old box style sensors. Checked everything cleaned lenses etc. It works properly when it wants. Other days I have to keep pushing the button because it want to keep opening.
You should do a follow up video on how to protect the Safe-T Beams. I've seen various cages and metal tubes with foam to keep the sensors safe from kids, dogs, toys, brooms, etc. Hope you like the idea. Great TH-cam channel!!!
I had bad sensors from another brand that is no longer manufactured. I called a local dealer and he told me to put the genie sensors on it. I hooked them up and they have power going to them but the lights are not coming on. No red, no green. Could it be a voltage issue? Any ideas?
Hello. No Genie is not a universal brand. The universal brand sensors come from DigiCode. You can find the sensors here on Amazon: amzn.to/3UqaEja CR2149 DigiCode IR Beam Sensor Compatible With Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Craftsman, Overhead, Genie, Linear, Raynor, MOM, Challenger GDO'S
it’s fine. and something i find surprising with the sensors are they all seem to be universal, on my dog gate at home i have genies on a marantec, and there’s a video of someone with LMs on a genie.. so it’s weird how universal they r
I just bought a new genie opener (model 2035) with these safety beams. The red light blinks three times and the door will open fine but I have to hold the button on the wall for it to close. I have tried swapping the sensors around to see if that helps but it didn’t. I do have a large shelf that is about 6” behind the sensor that I really don’t want to have to move. Do you think that could be the problem or could it be faulty sensors? Thanks
Hello. It's possible that you might have a bad connection to the sensors. I would check the wires to the motor first. Make sure the sensor wires are the two far left connections. I would also check the wiring to the sensors. Another possibility is that the sensors are faulty.
Hello. I believe your wires to the wall button and Safe T Beam sensors are crossed. The wall button wires should connect into the black and white terminal to the motor head (white wire to the white terminal and color/lined wired to the black terminal). There sensor terminals are colored different but you want to place the white wire on the left terminal and the colored/lined wire on the right wire. Hope this helps.
I have the Genie 2040L garage door opener from 2007. My Safe T Beams are blue rectangles. The box of the replacement Safe T Beams indicates that they are not compatible with the 2040L model. Do you know why? Genie could not answer this question when I called them.
Hello. The reason why is because that motor was not from their original manufacturer. The 2040L was from a different China plant and the tech behind this motor which includes the sensors are not compatible. Yet I am surprised they would not support it. Which usually means they are discontinuing the product line.
@@sosgds Thank you for the explanation. Yeah, Genie recommended I try to find part number 36040R.S on eBay or Amazon, which would be made by someone other than Genie. Disappointed that Genie stopped selling the sensors for this specific product. Luckily, my husband seems to have been able to fix our issue of subkhght interference by moving the green light sensor about 6-8 inches deeper inside the garage. So far so good. Thank you for the great video!
Good video, one question, what voltage should I see at the sensors? I replaced the wiring and tried 2 sets of old STB's still nothing. Before I drop the $ for new STB's, I want to rule out the board on the head unit.
Hello. Great question. Garage door safety sensors should have 4-5 volts between the terminals. If you don't have this voltage, it's possible the logic board is bad.
Thanks for that info! My unit the STB was plugged in to the head with a small 2 pin connector. It did not make good contact. took me 4 days after work to find the problem. With your answer I knew I needed to see dc at the STBs. Long story short I used a sliver of wooden matchstick to wedge the connector in place. Now it all works flawlessly. Thanks again.
@@sosgds that's right I'm all about our country and not other countries I don't hate other countries but they takeaway people's jobs and make taxes higher on us
I notice you are showing beams in a blue box and black ed box. I have had an annoying issues for over 6 years with afternoon sun not being able to close my garage door. Which one would you recommended ?
@@sosgds Got it. I ordered PT# 37220R and installed it on Sunday. 6-year annoying issues w\ the afternoon sun G O N E! Thank you! I am almost sure I had the issues you mentioned on top it it. Appreciate you making this video.
Great video. I have the old square versions but my motor is an Overhead Door “LEGACY”. Curious if the genie model you are installing will work with this model motor?
Hey Santiago I loved your video. Easy to follow and very informative. However, I just bought new Genie sensors like the ones in your video and in this model I am able to remove the sensor from the bracket if I need to swap them. I don't know if Genie made a design change to the new models. You may want to look into it. Thanks Santiago.
Hello Miguel! No you should be able to you the brackets on the new motor. Feel free to email me if you have any questions on the installation. sosgdoservice@gmail.com
Hi Santiago, Question- I just purchased the new Genie Max Pro to replace my old Genie Pro Model # CM7600IC/A screw drive. I have the old type sensors that you have shown in this video. As far as you know, besides the sunlight issue is there any reason I need to replace these with the New Safe-T-Senors that came with the new motor? I have checked the operation with my currently installed senors and they work with the new model. Other than the sunlight issues are there any other reason that you know of that I should swap these out for? Thanks for your time. Also- Great video and explanation! Subscribed!
Hello! Thanks for the sub. You should be ok with the older sensors. Although the new motors are UL rated to work with the new motors. Thus Genie might not honor your warranty if they find out that the new upgraded sensors were not installed and a future issue presents itself.
Hello Josh. Great question! If I'm following you, I believe you have a white and blue/white wire with two clips on one side of the sensor and one clip on the other side of the sensor. Am I correct? If you do please let me know. Basically you have to cut the clips off. You will want to strip a small portion of the plastic sheath to the wire exposing the wiring about 1/2 inch. And you will join the white wires together. Then you will join the white blue wires separately together. From there you simply unscrew the contacts on the new Genie sensors and set the wires in securely. Please let me know if that helps.
@@sosgds actually I did that, and it still doesn’t work, I have the genie 1/2 hp with the crimson red cover, I seriously don’t have any idea how to fix it . I have to press hard and hold the button to close garage
Great video - I'm trying to figure out if my old sensors would be compatible with the new Safe-T-Beams. My current sensors are the old black square ones, but the terminals are on the inside of the box, not on the outside like the ones you showed in this video. Inside the main/transmitter sensor, there are 5 connections. Can't seem to find anything on these but since you seem to know a lot about Genie Sensors I thought maybe this is something you've seen. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Santiago, I've bought a Chamberlain model sensor kit to install onto a few years old Genie opener; this was the only one Home Depot carried at several stores. In your experience, are they cross compatible. The Chamberlain box says only to install onto a couple different brands but doesn't mention Genie as one of those brands. I have to install on a rental property that is a bit of a drive and I don't want to travel all the way out there to find that they don't work together. Its seems like one of your readers mentioned this (Dollar Guy), but not the Chamberlain model specifically. Thanks Santiago. Great video btw. Remy
Hello! No unfortunately the Chamberlain sensors will not work on the Genie garage door motors. The sensors for the Chamberlain motors will work for Chamberlain/LiftMaster/Craftsman/Raynor. Thus you want to look for Genie sensors model: Genie 37220R Replacement Safety Beams Amazon does seem to have some available: amzn.to/39tmPcZ
@@sosgds Thank you Santiago. I happened to be at another HD yesterday and found that they carried the Genie Safe-t-beam sensors, so I picked one up. Thanks again :)
Thanks for the details. I have older GXL screw drive openers with 2 clips on one side(red light blinking) and one on the other. I replaced the clips and checked the solder connections. Tried swapping both sensors with the good set and it still blinks red. 12 v readings at all clips. Any tips to try next?
I may have solved it. I swapped the sending side clip from the good unit and the light came on! It is like on life support from the good unit. So, I guess I have a short or interference on the bad unit? Will try a jumper wire next.
Okay so it should be that you should have two terminals on each sensor. And the four terminals to the Motorhead will be for the wall button and the sensors. So the last thing you want to do is to apply the safety sensor wiring to the connecting terminals for the wall button. You only want to use the two terminals for the safety sensor. I know that sounds a little confusing but basically if all four terminals to the motor are occupied then that means your specific motor may not have the sufficient terminals for safety sensors, thus your motor would be too old and you're better off upgrading your motor system then simply applying new sensors.
8 Wires & 4 Wires. I have 8 wires, 4 wires on each side. Directions twist solid color wires together Twist stripe color wires together That makes 2 twisted wires on each side. Connected 2twisted wires to top screw and two twisted wires to bottom screw. Test When wired right Geen LED is on (not blinking) and Red LED is on (not blinking) when sensors are alighted. Sensors are not aligned Red LED blinks Wires 8 or 4 wiring. On mine One of the orange solid color wires were pulled out and nothing worked up or down remote or wall switch worked. So spent $40 on new the new Geni tube sensors. Always had a morning light problem with my old square box sensors. The G door would never close. I had to stand and block the direct sun light with my shadow to close the G door.
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This was a very thorough video and very helpful in repairing my uncle’s Genie garage door opener. There were actually two problems with his, one with pinched wiring from tight stapling during original installation and depending on time of day, the sunlight caused problems with the green sensor. This video addressed both problems very well. Thanks for the attendance to detail.
Thank you for the feedback! Glad it was helpful.
I had a similar issue with the sun, and I attempted all sorts of solutions with the outdated box-style sensors. However, I decided to purchase the newer sensors and installed the green one on the side with more shade. Your advice was incredibly helpful - thank you for sharing!
I watched this video as I was pondering how to mount the sensors when switching from Genie (1024 model with old school boxy sensors) to Chamberlain. I decided to keep the old Genie bracket. I slid the sensor off and drilled a hole in the bracket to fit the screw hole for the Chamberlain/liftmaster sensor. It's a surprisingly good fit.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your tip!
THANKS....HELPED ME A BUNCH INSTALLING MY NEW 7055
I have run into the sunlight problem, I made an ABS pipe cover and then they worked perfectly. Thanks....Jim
PS.....I got a new Liftmaster 8550, it’s so much better than a Genie.....I’ll never go back. My new door opener is so quiet, has battery backup, has MyQ, is so easy to program, and has a button on the outside pad to close......many things Genie lacked. I never got more than 8 years out of a Genie. In my family there are 2 Liftmaster over 25 years old. Programming is so easy.
Hello Jim Pie! Thanks for the feedback. The 8550WLB is my go-to belt drive motor from LiftMaster. It's a very polished motor. I've never had a customer complain this motor. Genie use to dominate the garage door motor space for a long time. But they have had an uphill battle with some of their newer motors. I appreciate your feedback. Stay safe party person!
Will the new Genie Safety Eyes work with my Genie Blue Max screw drive circa 1994? If so the old sensors have a plug on the end of the wire that goes into the back of them. Do I just cut the plug off and strip the wires and connect them via the screw terminals? If so which colored wire goes to which terminal? One wire is solid white and the other is white with a blue stripe. Thank you!
Very thorough explanation, thank you. We have two Genie door openers, one is connected Genie Aladden connect. We are wanting to add another door sensor on the other door, however for all Genie's videos and TH-cam, they do not show how to wire connect the two openers together allowing Aladdin Connect to manage the other door.
My old Genie square sensors were working fine, then all of a sudden they died, i.e. no green or red lights. I ruled out the potential wiring problem since the system was working. I plugged in the two new Genie sensors shown in this video. Unfortunately, there is still no green or red light with the new sensors. Any thoughts on what could the problem be?
BTW, the garage door opener motor is still working; it will open, but it won't close for the obvious reason that the sensors are not working.
One of my sensors ate lighting up green and the other doesn't light up at all. What should i do? The wires are twined together at the module n plugged in properly
My genie sensors have gone bad... they are the older square style but the wires Clip in... can I buy the same ones so I don't have to do any wiring/stripping?
Great question. The newer Genie sensors will work on your older model but the wires will need to be stripped.
Fantastic walk through. Ty
I had to replace the sensors on my aunt's genie intellicode screw drive once. The red sensor was giving the 3 flash error code, meaning it was getting interference. It wasn't from the sun, it still did it when the door was closed. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so we just changed them out and we haven't had any issues with it since.
It's was definitely a glitch with the sensors. I have had the same experience. New sensors is the best fix for that type of failure.
Excellent presentation
My Genie garage overhead light bulb keeps coming on when I lock 🔐 it?
Hi, someone installed them genie sensors in my garage and they keep having the 3 lights flashing. But the main mortar is craftsmen does the brand matter?
Agh! Yes it does matter. You need Chamberlain safety photo eyes.
Thank you for confirming I kinda figured out myself
Install new sensors but the light keep blinking and check all wires all good just can't figure it out any suggestion onhow to fix it.
Hello Rigoberto. You might have the polarity crossed on the sensor wiring. Check the wires connected to the motor.
I have those old box style sensors. Checked everything cleaned lenses etc. It works properly when it wants. Other days I have to keep pushing the button because it want to keep opening.
Hello. By any chance is the sun hitting one of the sensors when it's not able to close?
@@sosgds No. Checked all that. Even at night it does this.
good video, this information really helped me out .
Glad it helped. Y'all stay safe!
You should do a follow up video on how to protect the Safe-T Beams. I've seen various cages and metal tubes with foam to keep the sensors safe from kids, dogs, toys, brooms, etc. Hope you like the idea. Great TH-cam channel!!!
Great suggestion! I will start to work on it!
Thank you!
I had bad sensors from another brand that is no longer manufactured. I called a local dealer and he told me to put the genie sensors on it. I hooked them up and they have power going to them but the lights are not coming on. No red, no green. Could it be a voltage issue? Any ideas?
Hello. No Genie is not a universal brand. The universal brand sensors come from DigiCode.
You can find the sensors here on Amazon: amzn.to/3UqaEja
CR2149 DigiCode IR Beam Sensor Compatible With Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Craftsman, Overhead, Genie, Linear, Raynor, MOM, Challenger GDO'S
great, informative video! love all the videos from you!
Thanks for the support Mr Jamison!
uh.. i’m duris lol
@@GDOs Oh! Mr Duris! Sorry about that.
it’s fine. and something i find surprising with the sensors are they all seem to be universal, on my dog gate at home i have genies on a marantec, and there’s a video of someone with LMs on a genie.. so it’s weird how universal they r
I just bought a new genie opener (model 2035) with these safety beams. The red light blinks three times and the door will open fine but I have to hold the button on the wall for it to close. I have tried swapping the sensors around to see if that helps but it didn’t. I do have a large shelf that is about 6” behind the sensor that I really don’t want to have to move. Do you think that could be the problem or could it be faulty sensors? Thanks
Hello. It's possible that you might have a bad connection to the sensors. I would check the wires to the motor first. Make sure the sensor wires are the two far left connections. I would also check the wiring to the sensors. Another possibility is that the sensors are faulty.
I had it wired up backwards. Thanks for responding though.
my safe t beam on. New unit are blinking 3 times abs button on wall. Does not work
Hello. I believe your wires to the wall button and Safe T Beam sensors are crossed. The wall button wires should connect into the black and white terminal to the motor head (white wire to the white terminal and color/lined wired to the black terminal). There sensor terminals are colored different but you want to place the white wire on the left terminal and the colored/lined wire on the right wire. Hope this helps.
I have the Genie 2040L garage door opener from 2007. My Safe T Beams are blue rectangles. The box of the replacement Safe T Beams indicates that they are not compatible with the 2040L model. Do you know why? Genie could not answer this question when I called them.
Hello. The reason why is because that motor was not from their original manufacturer. The 2040L was from a different China plant and the tech behind this motor which includes the sensors are not compatible. Yet I am surprised they would not support it. Which usually means they are discontinuing the product line.
@@sosgds Thank you for the explanation. Yeah, Genie recommended I try to find part number 36040R.S on eBay or Amazon, which would be made by someone other than Genie. Disappointed that Genie stopped selling the sensors for this specific product. Luckily, my husband seems to have been able to fix our issue of subkhght interference by moving the green light sensor about 6-8 inches deeper inside the garage. So far so good.
Thank you for the great video!
Good video, one question, what voltage should I see at the sensors? I replaced the wiring and tried 2 sets of old STB's still nothing. Before I drop the $ for new STB's, I want to rule out the board on the head unit.
Hello. Great question. Garage door safety sensors should have 4-5 volts between the terminals. If you don't have this voltage, it's possible the logic board is bad.
Thanks for that info! My unit the STB was plugged in to the head with a small 2 pin connector. It did not make good contact. took me 4 days after work to find the problem. With your answer I knew I needed to see dc at the STBs. Long story short I used a sliver of wooden matchstick to wedge the connector in place. Now it all works flawlessly. Thanks again.
Always buy from your local store support your country and jobs
Well said. If you have the opportunity to support local business then by all means go for it.
@@sosgds that's right I'm all about our country and not other countries I don't hate other countries but they takeaway people's jobs and make taxes higher on us
I notice you are showing beams in a blue box and black
ed box. I have had an annoying issues for over 6 years with afternoon sun not being able to close my garage door. Which one would you recommended ?
Hello! They are basically. The red box is the retail store version. The blue box is what my distributor offers.
@@sosgds Got it. I ordered PT# 37220R and installed it on Sunday. 6-year annoying issues w\ the afternoon sun G O N E! Thank you! I am almost sure I had the issues you mentioned on top it it. Appreciate you making this video.
Great video. I have the old square versions but my motor is an Overhead Door “LEGACY”. Curious if the genie model you are installing will work with this model motor?
Hey Santiago I loved your video. Easy to follow and very informative. However, I just bought new Genie sensors like the ones in your video and in this model I am able to remove the sensor from the bracket if I need to swap them. I don't know if Genie made a design change to the new models. You may want to look into it. Thanks Santiago.
Hello Miguel! No you should be able to you the brackets on the new motor. Feel free to email me if you have any questions on the installation. sosgdoservice@gmail.com
Hi Santiago, Question- I just purchased the new Genie Max Pro to replace my old Genie Pro Model # CM7600IC/A screw drive. I have the old type sensors that you have shown in this video. As far as you know, besides the sunlight issue is there any reason I need to replace these with the New Safe-T-Senors that came with the new motor? I have checked the operation with my currently installed senors and they work with the new model. Other than the sunlight issues are there any other reason that you know of that I should swap these out for? Thanks for your time. Also- Great video and explanation! Subscribed!
Hello! Thanks for the sub. You should be ok with the older sensors. Although the new motors are UL rated to work with the new motors. Thus Genie might not honor your warranty if they find out that the new upgraded sensors were not installed and a future issue presents itself.
@@sosgds Thank you Santiago! Much Appreciated for the response!
Great video Santiago!
Thanks!
My old genie sensors had clips where you just clip it in, these new ones have screws I can’t clip the wire in. What do I do??
Hello Josh. Great question! If I'm following you, I believe you have a white and blue/white wire with two clips on one side of the sensor and one clip on the other side of the sensor. Am I correct? If you do please let me know.
Basically you have to cut the clips off. You will want to strip a small portion of the plastic sheath to the wire exposing the wiring about 1/2 inch. And you will join the white wires together. Then you will join the white blue wires separately together. From there you simply unscrew the contacts on the new Genie sensors and set the wires in securely. Please let me know if that helps.
@@sosgds actually I did that, and it still doesn’t work, I have the genie 1/2 hp with the crimson red cover, I seriously don’t have any idea how to fix it .
I have to press hard and hold the button to close garage
@@Mydaddyischemosh is the red light to the red sensor blinking or flashing?
@@sosgds it stoped glowing red. I wonder if the garage motor ( the 4 screws for wires) the 3 and 4 one is good?
That could be a source of the failure. I would disconnect them to test the motor. Its possible the logic board could be failing also.
Great video - I'm trying to figure out if my old sensors would be compatible with the new Safe-T-Beams. My current sensors are the old black square ones, but the terminals are on the inside of the box, not on the outside like the ones you showed in this video. Inside the main/transmitter sensor, there are 5 connections. Can't seem to find anything on these but since you seem to know a lot about Genie Sensors I thought maybe this is something you've seen. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Hello! I interested in seeing these sensors of yours. Could email me a picture of them? You can find my email address in my about page.
@@sosgds - just sent a few pics over!
Santiago, I've bought a Chamberlain model sensor kit to install onto a few years old Genie opener; this was the only one Home Depot carried at several stores. In your experience, are they cross compatible. The Chamberlain box says only to install onto a couple different brands but doesn't mention Genie as one of those brands. I have to install on a rental property that is a bit of a drive and I don't want to travel all the way out there to find that they don't work together. Its seems like one of your readers mentioned this (Dollar Guy), but not the Chamberlain model specifically.
Thanks Santiago. Great video btw.
Remy
Hello! No unfortunately the Chamberlain sensors will not work on the Genie garage door motors. The sensors for the Chamberlain motors will work for Chamberlain/LiftMaster/Craftsman/Raynor.
Thus you want to look for Genie sensors model: Genie 37220R Replacement Safety Beams
Amazon does seem to have some available: amzn.to/39tmPcZ
@@sosgds Thank you Santiago. I happened to be at another HD yesterday and found that they carried the Genie Safe-t-beam sensors, so I picked one up. Thanks again :)
Thanks for the details. I have older GXL screw drive openers with 2 clips on one side(red light blinking) and one on the other. I replaced the clips and checked the solder connections. Tried swapping both sensors with the good set and it still blinks red. 12 v readings at all clips. Any tips to try next?
I may have solved it. I swapped the sending side clip from the good unit and the light came on! It is like on life support from the good unit. So, I guess I have a short or interference on the bad unit? Will try a jumper wire next.
Hello! Yes. It could be interference from the sun. It happens quiet often.
Old sensors had 3 wires new sensors have 4 terminals. Any suggestions?
Oh wow. Did you get Genie sensors or a different brand?
@@sosgds genie
Okay so it should be that you should have two terminals on each sensor. And the four terminals to the Motorhead will be for the wall button and the sensors. So the last thing you want to do is to apply the safety sensor wiring to the connecting terminals for the wall button. You only want to use the two terminals for the safety sensor. I know that sounds a little confusing but basically if all four terminals to the motor are occupied then that means your specific motor may not have the sufficient terminals for safety sensors, thus your motor would be too old and you're better off upgrading your motor system then simply applying new sensors.
@@sosgds thanks
8 Wires & 4 Wires. I have 8 wires, 4 wires on each side.
Directions
twist solid color wires together
Twist stripe color wires together
That makes 2 twisted wires on each side.
Connected 2twisted wires to top screw and two twisted wires to bottom screw.
Test
When wired right Geen LED is on (not blinking) and Red LED is on (not blinking) when sensors are alighted.
Sensors are not aligned Red LED blinks
Wires 8 or 4 wiring.
On mine
One of the orange solid color wires were pulled out and nothing worked up or down remote or wall switch worked. So spent $40 on new the new Geni tube sensors.
Always had a morning light problem with my old square box sensors. The G door would never close. I had to stand and block the direct sun light with my shadow to close the G door.
Hello. Do you have a question for me?
U can pull out new one too
Santiago There’s the first generation and the second generation genie Sensors
90% fluff.... tighten this up!
Thanks for the feedback. Tightening up!
wayne dalton and genie fix simple just replace them with a reliable brand problem solved