Clicker Universal Remote Control

This is something I had to get once I got out and about again after my convalescence following my crash on I-20 with my Harley.  Among the effects lost with my bike was my garage door remote control.  I think it was in my shirt pocket or it might have been somewhere else on me.  Anyway, I never saw it again after the accident. I luckily had a programmable remote garage door opener button in my Chrysler Concorde so I could open and close my garage door once I got home and started driving again.  But I realized I needed a separate remote control when I got myself another Harley.  

This is something you don't think about much but once I did I realized how little I knew about the subject.  A little web research revealed the Clicker Remote Control.  I was not sure what the name of my garage door opener was, but when I got home I checked it and found Liftmaster 1/2 HP by Chamberlain.  I went back to the web and found the opener was on the list of ones that could be opened by the Clicker. 

I got the Clicker and read the instructions.  It is battery operated and as small as some of the smaller cell phones but only a fraction of the weight. The battery is included and is one of the small disc type ones about the size of a nickel. Battery number 3V2032 available wherever they sell the small batteries. 

There is a little ritual you have to go through to program the remote to work with your garage door opener.  There are about half a dozen steps and there are a couple different paths depending on which door opener you have and the age of it.  The older ones have dip switches that are little individual micro switches that must be set in a pattern on both the opener and the remote.  The newer ones have a "learn" button that puts out a signal for the remote to glom onto. Mine was the second type with the "learn" button.

You open the little sliding door into the interior of the Clicker and it has a learn button, too. Once you push your garage door motor's learn button it will stay lit. Then you indicate which of the two main buttons you are setting for this code.  Then you have to push your Clicker's learn button the number of times it says to in the instructions for your particular model garage door opener.  Then the two devices will acknowledge each other doing a little flash with their LEDs. Then your Clicker is programmed.  It has an extra button so you can make it open two different garage doors should you be so lucky to have two available to you.  

I stayed outside and programmed the door in about ten minutes once I read the instructions. The Clicker has been working like a champ since I set it up.  It says the battery should be changed once a year. There is also a belt clip provided that slides into a groove in the case.  You can then clip the Clicker to your car's sun visor.

I put the Clicker in the windshield bag of my new Harley Road King so it is always available when I go out.  Now I'm back in the saddle, again. ;>

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