Hi

I am soon to get my garage door made automatic. I want a homelink system so I can use my system in my crossfire to open the door.

Does anyone have any technical info on this from the crossfire, mines a 2006 model so what version homelink should I be looking for etc?

please help

Id be interested to hear from anyone else using this and what brand door opener you have.

Thanks

Shell

 

No one got theirs working?

 

Shell,

Hopefully this will help you .....

Johnson Controls Inc. | HomeLink Start

 

I've got mine opening doors at two locations... both openers are a few years old, but as far as I know, "Homelink" is "Homelink" - I don't THINK there is a version 1, version 2, etc.

My Roadster's transmitter opens any door I try to program into it! ALSO, my OLD door opener was a Sears generic "non-homelink" unit installed in the mid 1990's - the Crossfire opener took that code easier than a Homelink code!

 

Shell Hi,
I have a Novoferm door and opener but unfortunately I cannot get my 2004 Coupe to operate it via the homelink system.

Colin.

Blaze Red Coupe 2004.

 

Try doing a search on ( programming garage door opener ) there are several threads in this area about programming your home link system, you may have to learn the remote first then program the car to your garage door reciever unit, ( like adding an extra remote )
Hope this helps.

 

If you follow the instructions in the manual you should have no problem. Some openers like ours here in Canada operate on a"'rolling code" and you would follow a different Homelink programming procedure than those in the U.S. but this procedure is covered in the Owners manual.
You just need to find out if your door opener receives a "rolling code" and proceed from there.
Good luck.

 

That's funny I have never had any success with programing any other car or truck I have owened and thought what the hell give it a go! well it took 5 min and now this is the only car I have ever been able to get to work! I just went through the manual and it worked like they said, even after disconecting the battery over the winter it remembered the code. the weird thing is the ignition has to be turned on to activate the door.

Angelo

 

If you left the car on the driveway and the ignition did not have to be on to operate the door opener then pressing the button would open the door and give a burglar access to your garage and possibly your house.
I think that is a good feature, some cars do not have this and there is a lack of security because of it.

 

Excelent point! I know when I leave my other car in the drive, with the door open at night I have often thought how lucky I had been, never thought of that! My Xfire never sees the dirty drive way making that feature frustrating, but as you point out Dave I now have a better respect for that.

Angelo

 

I have a Craftsman opener and have no issues programing the opener in my crossfire.

 

We had a rash of cars broken into at night last year, the doors had been left open. Kids looking for GPS units, phones, cash etc. The police came around and warned everyone to lock their cars.
I found a wallet in my recycle bin, cash gone, credit cards, driving license etc intact. I gave it back to the owner, a teacher down the street, he had left it in an unlocked car.
He never even said thank you, he just took it back. Such gratitude for saving him a lot of hassle.

 

Prety sad state of affairs Dave, I find people to be very unapreciative of a good deed and it is also why most people in general just say to hell with helpping one another!

But not me I choose to do what I can, it's all in your upbringing!

You can tell if a child is being raised properly, the say hello sir, or Mr. so and so!
If I didn't my dad gave me a cuff on the back of the head. Just the way it was in our house.

Keep serving the good deed and maybe good will come of it.

Have a great weekend.

Angelo

 

Here, I'll restore your faith in humanity. Years ago, we lived in Massachusetts. We owned a boat as did my wife's cousin in Maine. We used to meet up at Sebago lake for a day of boating. So, one day we anchor the boats off a small town beach and go for a swim. I had forgotten to stash my wallet in the boat and well....you can guess the rest. At some point in the day I realize the wallet is gone and figure out that I must have lost it swimming. License, credit cards, cash.....crap! I didn't even bother going back to look for it and simply resigned myself to replacing everything.

A couple of days after we got home from the trip, I got a call from a guy in Maine. It seems his son and daughter were swimming at the same beach and found my wallet. He tracked me down and got my phone number. I was really grateful that I wouldn't have to go through the hassle of canceling all the credit cards and stand in line at the DMV. I told the guy to mail me the wallet but use some of the cash to pay for postage and give the rest (about $150) to his kids as a reward for their honesty. That would have been a bargain for me. He wouldn't accept it. I told him to at least give the kids $20 apiece. Nope! When I got the wallet back, it was intact, cash and all. He only used a couple of bucks to pay the postage. I really wish he had given the kids a reward to this day.

 

A teacher would be too cheap to have any money in his wallet...especially if he leaves it in his car. So he probably lost nothing after you gave him his wallet back.

 

Hey now, I'm no teacher, but you will never find a dime in my wallet....I still use a money clip...people just aren't as appreciative now days, or friendly for that matter. My old neighborhood, everyone knew everybody, had block parties, helped one another. This neighborhood I live in now, just the opposite....go figure...Nice move Dave...you did the right thing...

 

Thank very much for the reply. I want share some my experience. I'll share when i finishes it.


We also find them more same at: Teacher KPI

Have great a day.

 

There are additional instructions, not covered in the manual, on the Homelink web site for programming specific openers that don't behave the way they should. I had to get the directions for my Genie opener from their web site and it worked like a charm....nothing in the manual came close to programming it. It's worth the time to look it up if you can't get it to work from the directions given in the manual. It really is convenient and works from a much greater distance than the remote opener (or at least mine does).

 

I have tried to program several cars that had " Home Link" and could never get them programmed. I tried to program the Crossfire several times over several months. One day I decided to try again and it just worked great. Don't know what I did that was different, but it worked. Must have been operator error, no doubt.

 

If you hold down button one nearest the steering wheel for up to 2 minutes it will stop flashing breifly then flash a number of times corresponding to the software version of homelink the corssfire is running, 1 to 7. Mine is number 6 on my 2006 model crossfire.

If you do the same with the middle button it will give you a region version as well, mine flashes 3 times indicating UK.


Anyone elses different. I am due to have fitted a Sommer Apperto 800 garage door motor, will this model work do you think?

Thanks

michelle.