How To Attach An Alarm Door Sensor To Garage Door

How contact sensors work.

How to attach an alarm door sensor to garage door.

The sensor box typically goes onto the garage doorframe. 1st generation the sensor and magnet should be no more than 1 2 apart. Garage door alarm sensors. The idea is to connect them to an existing alarm system.

One part should be mounted on the door or window the other on the trim but it doesn t matter which one goes where. Installing the sensors as part of the garage door opener installation requires attention to wiring and adjustments to the devices themselves. You will need the myq serial number for the garage door controller. The contact sensor is made up of two parts the sensor and the magnet.

The sensor and magnet need to be close together. Contact sensors come in two parts namely the sensor box and a magnet.