michelkenny
Active Member
I am trying to connect my Chamberlain garage door opener to my Elk M1 so that I can remotely open and close it. This is the model that I have: http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=937038&Ntt=937038&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber. There are only two wires going from the control panel to the opener. The control panel performs multiple functions (control the opener, turn on the lights, lock the opener, etc). When I touch the two wires together the opener opens or closes. So I connected a line in parallel to a relay on my Elk M1 (via the ELK-RB module). When I operate the relay the opener opens or closes as expected.
The problem that I am running into is that the control panel reboots when I do so. The control panel is a "Smart Control Panel", as pictured here: http://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/pages/accessoriesmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=842. It has a circuit board and LCD and tells me the time, temperature and status messages about the opener. Now if the control panel is simply losing power and that is why it is resetting, it is not a big deal but it is still an annoyance because the time resets. However if the reason why the control panel is resetting is because of a short or surge or something that could damage the control panel or the opener, that is what I am concerned about. Is there anything I can do to prevent it from happening? Perhaps I just have to remove the control panel and rely solely on the Elk for controlling the opener (would be undesirable as the control panel also has a motion detector for turning on the lights)? If this is the case, then I am not sure if I can get the lights and lock functions to work from the Elk too. I am not too familiar with electronics or relays, I just follow instructions of "connect this to that". Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The problem that I am running into is that the control panel reboots when I do so. The control panel is a "Smart Control Panel", as pictured here: http://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/pages/accessoriesmodeldetail.aspx?modelId=842. It has a circuit board and LCD and tells me the time, temperature and status messages about the opener. Now if the control panel is simply losing power and that is why it is resetting, it is not a big deal but it is still an annoyance because the time resets. However if the reason why the control panel is resetting is because of a short or surge or something that could damage the control panel or the opener, that is what I am concerned about. Is there anything I can do to prevent it from happening? Perhaps I just have to remove the control panel and rely solely on the Elk for controlling the opener (would be undesirable as the control panel also has a motion detector for turning on the lights)? If this is the case, then I am not sure if I can get the lights and lock functions to work from the Elk too. I am not too familiar with electronics or relays, I just follow instructions of "connect this to that". Any help would be greatly appreciated!