[ale] OT - Replacement Gate Remote

[Chuck Payne]

Wally World sells a remotes for $35, they say you can point your current
remote to it and it copy the signal. I don't remember who makes it.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
wrote:

>  I’d found the Amazon listing for Remocon last night and had already done
> the search for “learning” and “cloning” and “duplicating” and etc…
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> The Remocon looked promising when I found it last night until I read the
> reviews.
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Brian
> Mathis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:24 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT - Replacement Gate Remote
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>
> Is it actually a remote or an RFID card?
>
> Something like this?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Garage-Learning-cloning-Key-chain/dp/B009YB26OY
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> Google search
>     https://www.google.com/search?q=learning+garage+door+remote
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>
>    ❧ Brian Mathis
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> @orev
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> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
> wrote:
>
> Last night I looked all over the internet but kept coming up with what I
> do NOT want:
>
> What I do NOT want is a garage/gate remote that requires me to know the
> brand of opener in use.   I found many hits for those talking about dip
> switches to set on the remote or pressing a button on the opener itself
> that the remote learns from.
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>
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> What I DO want is something similar to what many cars have including one I
> used to own which is something I can simply point an existing remote at
> (while pressing buttons of course) and have it learn the code from the
> existing remote.   Ideally this would be a key fob style device but I’d
> settle for one that clips to a car’s visor.
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> I even found a video on Youtube describing how to use a key fob exactly
> like what I wanted but unfortunately that person didn’t bother to say what
> brand or device he was using.
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> There is so much advertising and discussion about the kind I don’t want
> that I simply couldn’t find what I do want so I was hoping someone here
> might have already found one and share details with me.   Note that Garage
> doors and Gates usually use the same kind of technology.
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> I understand that SOME gates/garage door openers have variable codes but I
> doubt the one I’m doing does so no need to discuss that.
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> I do NOT know the model of gate opener nor would it be easy for me to find
> out.  It’s the gate for my HOA and they make money selling replacements
> which my neighbor wants to avoid.   Given what I used to have in my car
> this seems simple but my searches last night were fruitless.
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