What wireless keypad will open my garage door? If you are asking this question, figuring it out can be somewhat of a task. If you have installed in your home a Electric garage door opener manufactured by Chamberlain and marketed under the names of Sears Craftsman, LiftMaster, Chamberlain, and Tru-value, this blog should help you understand and make the correct choice. The 877 Max wireless keypad shown in the picture will work on all the above mentioned units, regardless of the frequency range that was used at the time your unit was manufactured. What you need to know is what color is the program button on your unit. These door opener brands have gone through 4 changes in the last twenty years and this one wireless key pad, the 877 Max will work on all four door openers. The program button is located on the Garage door opener mounted on the ceiling in the garage. The button itself is very close to the electric cord that comes out of the door opener. If you follow the cord back to the unit and remove the lens cover, if there is one, you should see a small square button with an LED light aside of it. This wireless keypad will work on your unit if the color of the square button is green, red, purple, or yellow. Inside the box of the wireless keypad is a set of instructions that is fairly easy to follow to program the keypad with the garage door opener. If you have one of the older units it will require a few more steps of pressing the enter button in order for it to work on your garage door unit. Wireless keypads are a simple accessory to add to your existing garage door opener and will give you peace of mind that you kids won’t need keys that eventually gets lost.
