If your garage door opener came with a wall station rather than the doorbell type button one of the buttons will be a lock.
Garage door lock button.
Another simple garage door fix is to make sure the lock button on your garage door s wall mounted control panel hasn t been engaged.
If the light is blinking push the lock button to turn off the lock feature.
To deactivate this feature.
Unlock the lock button.
You could accidentally press this button while performing normal daily activities and you can easily disengage the door lock by pressing the lock button.
When i try to open the garage door it opens a short lift then immediately closes.
They worked this morning to close the door but would not open for me this afternoon sound familiar.
The chamberlain liftmaster craftsman garage door opener wall buttons will flash when the opener is placed in lock out mode.
The garage door opener installed inside the garage has a locked setting.
Check the console lock switch.
Press the lock button to turn this.
If your door control has a lock button it may have been turned on.
When the lock button is on the garage door opener will work from the door control but the remote controls are locked out.
Check for a blinking light on the multi function door control panel.
Look for labeling such as vacation on the unit then press and hold this button.
The lock button on the door control in on.
I can not figure out how ot deactivate the lock setting on the liftmaster garage door opener.
For some units lockout mode produces a flashing button.
The constantly flashing wall.
Check if the safety reversing sensors are aligned.
The location of the switch will depend on the model of the device.
The locking mechanism protects access to the garage by disabling the power unit.
Button or wall panel push button is flashing.
In this video precision door shows you a quick tutorial on how your garage door opener wall control unit works and some additional features including the vacation button.
The door will however open and close by activating the push bar key switch or keypad.