To prevent the garage door from injuring someone in the door or damaging an item in the way of the door all models of liftmaster garage door openers come installed with a safety sensor.
Liftmaster garage door sensor light.
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So how do you fix this issue.
If you do not see a solid illumination or your garage door is not working the problem is most likely due to the sensors being out of line.
You ll need to first equip yourself with a wrench of some sort and a tape measure.
When depressing the garage door opener the door starts to when depressing the garage door opener the door starts to close and then stops and reverses.
If the path between the sensors is unbroken the door will open and close normally.
Garage door sensors work using an infrared beam of light.
If you see that the sender sensor is not yellow and the receiver sensor is not green then this means that your sensors are probably off.
If your door control has a lock button it may have been turned on.
For the door to close correctly without reversing the safety sensors need to be aligned perfectly and there should be nothing in the way of the light beam.
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The light will flash two times.
An open door will not close if the infrared beam is broken.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
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Liftmaster motors will not operate when something obstructs the infrared beam between the safety sensors at the bottom of the garage door tracks.
Liftmaster sending sensor is yellow and receiver light is green.
Press the lock button to turn this feature off.
If you own a garage door opener by lift master chamberlain or craftsman you ll notice that the sender sensor will usually shine a yellow light and the receiver sensor will usually shine a green light.
A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.
Troubleshooting a liftmaster opener with a flashing light involves inspection of the safety reverse sensing system.
When the lock button is on the garage door opener will work from the door control but the remote controls are locked out.
The light is emitted from one side of the garage door to a receiving unit on the other side of the door.
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