Can you buy spare Fobs for electrically operated Garage Door

bluenun20 · 4 Mar 2015

I am moving into a home this week and it has an electrically operated garage door. The old lady that lived there previously passed away and the estate agent only has 1 fob that operates the door.

Am I able to buy a spare fob?

Can I reset the old fob in case a family member has one and can open my Gargae door in the future?

RogerBoyle · 4 Mar 2015

Yes you can buy additional fobs
Do a search on Google and you will be spoilt for choice

Most remote openers can be reprogrammed but not all
Have a look on u tube or again a Google search to find out if you can

If you have the destructions you may well find the answer there

Dave54 · 4 Mar 2015

You can also buy a new receiver and a couple of fobs for around £35 off eBay. Plenty on there. You can add fobs as needed. My old Garador setup was slowly getting worse and worse, and I replaced it last year. It was dead easy to wire up. The chap I bought it off was very helpful, and replaced a faulty fob as well.

bluenun20 · 4 Mar 2015

Thanks both for the replies.

No destructions unfortunately for anything at this property.
I cannot even find a brand name on the fob or the receiver in the Garage.

I will have a read on Google and see if I can find out anything.

JohnD · 4 Mar 2015

If you attach some photos somebody may recognise them

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=129539

Don't know if this is a good price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201284086675?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Dave54 · 4 Mar 2015

As I said you can get a "kit" all made up in boxes, with a separate plug in power supply for around £35. Two X two button senders with batteries. In my case I just connected it across the wall button. But connection will probably depend on the type of door you have.
When we first came here the garage remote was missing. I tried to get the "proper" one, but was told they were silly money, and I bought a kit with the receiver and sender button then. That had dip switches in it to set the code. Not secure these days. The new ones use a "rolling" code that changes each time.
If your receiver has a row of little switches in it, if I were you I'd change to for the new type anyway.

bluenun20 · 5 Mar 2015

Thank-you for the replies.

I would rather buy 1 more fob if possible as the prospect of any wiring scares me.

Here are a couple of pics of the fob.
//www.diynot.com/network/bluenun20/albums/

ASTER
EMC/99/IST/037
CEPT LPD 1
433.9 MHz

Dave54 · 5 Mar 2015

Looks similar to this one (use translate)
It looks as if it's a Dipswitch / non rolling code
So you should be able to use this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cloning-Universal-Gate-Garage-Remote-Control-Fob-433mhz-/230606653557

or this claims to be a replacement for some Elca Aster remotes
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELCA-ASTE...Universal-remote-control-keyfob-/330709245740

I'd say they were both the same unit pretty well, so either could be worth a punt, but I obviously can't say either will definitely work.

bluenun20 · 5 Mar 2015

Thank-you so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

This one looks the same too, for that price it is definitely worth a try.

TonyW2 · 7 Mar 2015

Bit of a hijack, but could anybody please explain how Ican tell whether my fob is a fixed or rolling code and will the universal fobs work in both cases?
Fob prices seem to vary from £3 to £40

Dave54 · 8 Mar 2015

Far as I know Tony, which is only really what I picked up when looking for myself, the original fixed code type will have a row of dip switches (little tiny switches, probably numbered) inside to set the code. So will the receiver. The clone type linked to above will only work with the fixed code type as I understand it. I assume that the cloning type needs an original one to take the code off.

The rolling code type won't have the dipswitches, but the type I have has a button on the receiver board to allow the fob to be set to the receiver.
Looking on eBay it appears there are cloning fobs for the rolling code handsets as well.

Personally I wouldn't pay £40 for one unless perhaps it was an actual OEM one.

bluenun20 · 22 Mar 2015

Hey Dave, thanks a lot for your help.
I have cloned the key fob and it works perfectly, all for £5, great.

Dave54 · 22 Mar 2015

Thanks for letting us know. Glad it worked!

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