Craftsman Garage Door Opener Lockout



Question:
Both of my remotes are no longer working for one of my garage doors but work fine on the other door. The door that is not working via the remotes works fine from the hard wired button on the wall. The LED in the wall button is flashing continuous, and the LED on the back of the opener flashes when I press the button on the remote (so I assume it is receiving the signal). From the research I've done in this group it looks like the door went into a lockout mode while I was at work. The problem is I only have a single button on the wall switch so I don't know how to unlock the lock out. I also don't have the manuals for the openers because they were already installed when I bought the house. The opener is a craftsman 1/2 HP model # 139.53970SRT any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:
With the single button wall panel, you have to reprogram the transmitters to get the op out of lock-out mode. 1st push the "smart" button on the opener & hold it until the LED goes out, which will erase all of the memory. 2nd push the smart button momentarily, LED will light solid, push the button for that door on the remote, LED will flash & go out. Push smart button again momentarily & push the buttton on the other remote. If you have a keyless that will also need to be re-programmed. Or buy a 3-button wall panel for your operator & then you can turn the lock-out on & off anytime you want from there. It doesn't happen often but sometimes an operator may automatically go into lock-out on its own for no apparent reason.





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