subject: Maintaining, Fixing, And Repairing Garage Door Sensors [print this page] The modern garage door frequency is as high as of those radio systems used by Pentagon officials at close to 125 bases. The radio signals emit such high frequency that it even undermines the frequency of the door opener at times.
This has been a recurrent issue with automatic door openers and to get it fixed many users have to shell money from their pockets too
The technical director of the manufacturer's forum has a view that if manually repaired, the door opener can have a better frequency Consumers may have to pay around $120, if they choose to make use of professional services for fixing the door.
Without knowing the crux of the problem, the issue cannot be resolved by the consumer. Most consumers are unaware of the issue and hence end up replacing battery or the opener in case of any malfunction
To gauge the effect of this, industry demands some information from the military whereas government says it won't be big. Refuting the fears of the industry, personnel from the National Telecommunications department stated that it's only spread across a small radius People witness the issue, the most when the systems get started
To avoid damages, it is best to stop using the opener for some time, and try again later. According to the Chief information officer at Pentagon, the airwaves will not spread beyond a radius of 10 miles.
For a distance of as far as 50 miles, there can be interferences pertaining to these waves According to him, the radio frequency is the same as that of close to 50 million garage door openers in the U.S.
Carrying house keys is important for all consumers as it could be a littl4e difficult for those who do not, stated the chief information officer.
The radios at military bases have been operating at this high frequency since 5 decades however it's fairly new for garage door openers. It's been close to 30 years only since openers are in use at such a frequency.
To ensure there is no interference with military frequencies only low power devices are permitted to run as per the US law. This frequency is enough to allow penetration of transmissions through the door.
Usage of this frequency is a fairly new concept and hence there was not much interference before. The devices used by military are not quite influenced by the door openers running on low power.
The most prominent cause for interferences is the increased number of signals going out at the same time and flooding the network. With the increased usage of networking and communication devices, the network gets stuck more often.
The reason for increased usage of high frequency radio sets can be traced back to the arising need of fast and efficient communications for military.
A startling figure of 125 bases operates at the garage door frequency in the US. To facilitate emergency communication and networking, the radio sets are also being employed at Fort Hamilton and Walter Reed center.
The rigor around the process has already been built by the dept. of Defense and the Federal communications commission.
The government has asked to inform the nearby locals of the perils of the transmission frequency. As an easy and convenient solution to the transmission issues, military can opt for a better frequency Besides military, even the manufacturers' can do their bit by designing better frequency based door openers.
