Installing Genie Garage Door Opener Safety Sensors

The newest style genie garage door openers that have tube rails are made for easy diy installation.

Installing genie garage door opener safety sensors.

Similarly the genie brand is owned by overhead door so genie s safe t beam sensor also on amazon is the same sensor used for both genie and overhead door garage door openers. Installing the sensors as part of the garage door opener installation requires attention to wiring and adjustments to the devices themselves. Step 1 unroll the low voltage wires on each side of the door from the sensor back toward the genie power head. At source and sensor route wires through bracket as shown and attach wires at terminals.

Genies safe t beam system is designed to ensure maximum safety for your garage door opener operation. You can use this video for other genie garage door openers that use the same tube rail that are belt or chain models as well. These comes with the wall attachment already on. Hook the wires under the flat square and tighten.

First attach the wires to the screws on the side of the sensor by gently loosening the screws. Wiring a sensor for a genie garage door opener is much like any other opener. 1 push the safety sensor with attached carriage bolt. Either wire to either terminal non polar.

The convenient video features step by step directions for installing genie garage door opener models 2055 and 7055. Using an invisible infrared beam across the opening of the door the genie garage door safety sensor detects any object passing through the led beam of light and automatically reverses the closing garage door keeping children and pets safe. Fasten to header and wall preferably with insulated staples. However genie uses clips to secure the wires to the opener rail rather than stapling the wires to the ceiling.

If this was not available and did not accept a gdo safety beam sensor it is trivial to control the opener with an arduino and end stop switch to let the arduino know that the garage door is in the down position and a relay to trigger the door open close.