If you try to open your door using a remote while the lock system is engaged you ll notice that the garage door light will begin blinking continuously.
Linear garage door 4 flashes.
The door will stop and reverse back upwards.
Check for binding or un balanced door.
Open or close force exceeded or motor thermal shutdown.
Adjust the door force.
Before we dive into the troubleshooting steps you need to know what a garage door opener s force is and why it s important.
The first thing you ll want to do when your garage door light is blinking is to check to see if the lock button sometimes referred to as the vacation button is turned on and if it is turn it off.
Start by locating the lock button on your garage door opener.
If an object has misaligned your sensor eyes then it breaks the electronic beam preventing the garage door to close properly.
Four flashes is the most common reason your opener lights may be flashing is because of your sensor eyes being misaligned.
It should power up with one single beep and now be ready to program.
Door reveres or won t open or close.
Align the safety beam.
If you re unsure where this is consult the owner s manual.
With the gd00z powered down go into device reset remove zwave device on your go to control panel and then power up the device that is constantly flashing and beeping.
If motor had thermal shutdown wait 30 minutes and retry.