
The compartment houses a single 9-volt battery, which is included in the package. Then you drive a second screw through the back of the battery compartment. There’s a slot in the back that you hang over a screw on the door trim. These can be used by guests, contractors, and delivery personnel. Meanwhile, you can set up temporary PIN numbers on the fly. This single-button closure feature saves time when you’re leaving your garage on foot. However, you can use the large button at the bottom of the keypad to close the door. Thereafter, you use the same number any time you want to open your garage door. When you set up the opener to begin with, you program this number. The standard method of operation is via a 4-digit PIN number. The buttons are white with large black numbering, with backlights that illuminate when each button is pressed. Underneath the cover, you’ll find a 10-key keypad with “*” and “#” buttons and an enter key. There’s a cover to keep the rain off of the buttons, with a hinge at the top so it’s easy to open. It’s off-white in color, with a vertical rectangular profile. The Chamberlain 940EV is a straightforward garage door keypad. After we’ve given each one a thorough evaluation, we’ll be ready to deliver a fair conclusion. We’ll talk about how many openers they work with and any other relevant features. We’ll talk about pairing and how you set up each keypad. Of course, there are many more details we’ll have to go over. The Acvoce Universal Garage Door Opener Keypad is compatible with many garage door openers, some as old as 1983.The Overhead Door Wireless Garage Door Keypad also operates up to three doors, and sports a helpful low battery alert light.The Genie GUK-R has wide compatibility and can pair with three doors at once.The Chamberlain 940EV is a backlit keypad that ships with optional safety sensors.But if you just want the quick and dirty version, here’s what you need to know: There’s plenty to discuss about each of today’s options. Today, we’re going to review four of the best wireless garage door keypads we could find. And it should be tough enough to stand up to the elements without getting damaged. It should be easy to read the numbers by day or night. A keypad should open reliably when you enter the right combination. When you invest in a wireless garage door keypad, you want to know that it’s going to be effective.Īt the same time, it also needs to be easy to use. Things in the forms got pretty contentious in general about Chamberlain and their "policies", and rather than being customer oriented to the complaints, they just shut down the whole thing down, lol.Keeping your home secure is no laughing matter. I put it on my own website and that got shared around a lot by others. I posted about this on their user forums. I'd hit the top of my neighborhood and by the time I got to the driveway the door was just finishing opening. Then with some handy work you can have a door that responds to open/close in Alexa/Google, as well as responds to geofencing. Long story short, if you're handy, get a push button for your opener, a smart two channel relay, and a simple magnetic contact switch. They also don't (or didn't, unsure nowadays) provide a way to use any home assistant to control your door, under the guise of "security". They would not provide any way to close it. I despised how Chamberlain treated MyQ users and forced you to pay for (for example) IFTTT integration just to open the door. I had a MyQ for a few years until I moved (no garage now).


Unless something changed in the last 9 mos since I sold my home, this is incorrect.
