All garage door remotes operate in one of two ways shown below.
Overhead Door Model 55b Remote
| Dip Switches- The original 'old style pre 1992' garage door remotes have dip switches that are found in the battery compartment of the remote. Dip switches are the little toggle switches (pictured left) that can be set in the up or down position and must MATCH the corresponding dip switches found on your overhead motor or attached receiver box. No dip switches, and made after 1980 means rolling code! The second most important part is the frequency, it is found on the back of your remote and is labeled 300mhz, 310mhz, 318mhz for example, if it's worn off then shop by brand name. |
Rolling Code - The second type of remote 'post 1992' is the rolling code remote which uses a LEARN button instead of dip switches. Meaning, there won't be any dip switches in the battery compartment of your remote. On the overhead motor or gate receiver box, there will be a LEARN button that is pressed in order to program your remote to it. The last part is the frequency, 390mhz and 315mhz are the most common and are found on the back of your remote, if it's worn off then shop by brand name. |
Shop for remotes by the number of dip switches or by rolling code, then by frequency.
Programming Overhead Door Master Remotes. The Master Remote by Overhead Door is made to work with any garage door opener by the company. If your Overhead Door garage door opener was made from 1993 to present, the Master Remote would be compatible with it. By default, the Master Remote comes from the factory as a CodeDodger® 1 remote.
Overhead Door Model 55b Manual
All garage door remotes operate in one of two ways shown below.
- Programming an Overhead Door remote control depends on the model garage door opener you have installed in your garage. Listed below are some of the most common Overhead Door garage door openers. Simply click on your garage door opener model to access the appropriate owner's manual that includes the programming instructions for your garage door.
- I have an Overhead door opener model # XXXXX I need to find out how to program my wall remote on my garage door. (My son's old girl friend has the current code and I want to erase it from the unit's memory and reset it with a new code.) There are three buttons on the back of the motor unit. I think they read from left to right: SW3, SW2 & SW 1.
| Dip Switches- The original 'old style pre 1992' garage door remotes have dip switches that are found in the battery compartment of the remote. Dip switches are the little toggle switches (pictured left) that can be set in the up or down position and must MATCH the corresponding dip switches found on your overhead motor or attached receiver box. No dip switches, and made after 1980 means rolling code! The second most important part is the frequency, it is found on the back of your remote and is labeled 300mhz, 310mhz, 318mhz for example, if it's worn off then shop by brand name. |
Rolling Code - The second type of remote 'post 1992' is the rolling code remote which uses a LEARN button instead of dip switches. Meaning, there won't be any dip switches in the battery compartment of your remote. On the overhead motor or gate receiver box, there will be a LEARN button that is pressed in order to program your remote to it. The last part is the frequency, 390mhz and 315mhz are the most common and are found on the back of your remote, if it's worn off then shop by brand name. |
Overhead Door Opener Model 551
Shop for remotes by the number of dip switches or by rolling code, then by frequency.
