Operation Of Your Opener - Craftsman 139.53678SRT Owner's Manual

Operation of Your Opener
Activate the opener with any of the following:
• The Remote Control: Hold push button down
until the door starts to move,
• The Door Control: Hold push button down until
the door starts to move.
• The Outdoor Key Switch or Keyless Entry:
(See Accessories)
When the opener is activated with the safety
reversing sensor installed and correctly aligned:
1. If open, the door will close. If closed, it will open.
2. If closing, the door will reverse.
3. If opening, the door will stop (allowing space for
entry and exit of pets and for fresh air).
4. If the door has been stopped in a partially open
position, it will close.
5. If obstructed while closing, the door will reverse.
6. If obstructed while opening, the door will stop.
7. The garage door will reverse in the closing cycle
when the invisible beam is broken. If fully open,
the door will not close when the beam is broken.
The sensor has no effect in the opening cycle.
If the sensor is not installed, or is not aligned
correctly, the door won't close from any remote
transmitter. You can close the door with the Door
Control, the Outdoor Key Switch, or Keyless Entry,
however, if you activate them until down travel is
complete. If you release them too soon, the door will
reverse.
The opener lights will blink for 5 seconds when the
safety reversing sensor causes the door to reverse.
Opener Lights will turn on under the following
conditions: When the opener is initially plugged in;
when the power is interrupted; when the opener is
activated. They will turn off automatically after 4-1/2
minutes or provide constant light when the Light
feature is activated. Bulb size is 75 watts maximum.
Weak or broken springs could allow an open
door to fall (either rapidly or unexpectedly),
resulting in serious injury, death or property
damage. If possible, use the emergency
release rope end handle only when the door Is
fully closed.
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Emergency
ReleaseHandle
(Pull Down)
Manual disconnect
position
To open the door
manually:
The door should be
fully closed if possible.
Pull down on the red
emergency release
handle and lift the door
manually. To reconnect
the door to the opener,
press the Door Control
push button.
The lockout feature _
prevents the trolley from =- " "_1
reconnecting
automatically.
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ReleaseArm
Pull the emergency handle
down and back (toward the
opener). The door can then
be raised and lowered
manually as often as
necessary. To disengage Emergency
the Lockout Feature, pull Release Handle
the emergency handle (Pu,Down &8_
straight down. The trolley Towards Opener)
will reconnect on the next Lockout position
UP or Down operation.
Operation of the Door Control
(see page 18)
_ress the lighted push button to open or close the
door.
Press again to reverse the door during the closing
cycle or to stop the door while it's opening.