Re: Sears Garage door opener + control outdoor lights

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Chaotik" <chaotik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have a Sears Craftsman garage door opener that came with a 3 button
>multi function remote control that is supposed to be Homelink
>compatible.
>One of the buttons controls the door itself and the other 2 I was
>hoping I could program to perform other stuff.
>
>Mainly, I would like to have one of the other 2 buttons turn the
>outdoor lights on and off from my car. They are not lights that I can
>plug into an outlet. They are currently controlled by a wall light
>switch inside the house. I was hoping I could simply replace that light
>switch by one that is wireless enable (315 Mhz is the frequency my
>Sears remote operates at).
>
>I asked the technical support at X10 is their products would allow me
>to do that.
>I ended up buying 2 parts. 1 WS467 wall switch module and 1 TM751 Mini
>Transceiver. Is that even right ? So far, I plugged a lamp into the
>mini transceiver and tried to turn it on and off using the Sears remote
>with no success. Do I need to do anything for the transceiver to
>"learn" the remote ?
>Is there a simpler way ?
>
>Please let me know if you can help me ...

The TM751 uses 310MHz and (almost certainly) a different RF protocol than
your Sears remote. They will not work together.

You may have confused the tech support people if you mentioned Homelink.
Built-in Homelink transmitters can learn (both frequency and protocol) but
your Sears remote cannot.

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