Garage Door Opener Why Program Travel

Learning how to program a garage door opener is imperative as if you have to change the remote if it gets stolen for whatever reason or if it simply breaks or is lost you will need to program a new one to do the same job.

Garage door opener why program travel.

The up travel is for setting how far the garage door opens and the down travel dial is for setting the distance the door travels down to fully close. Program the travel limits travel limits regulate the points at which the door will stop when moving up or down. Proper travel limits will prolong the life of your garage door opener and prevent damage to the garage door. In our situation we have to reduce down travel so that the garage door does not reverse when it reaches the floor.

It is easy once you know how just follow our steps below. The proper open position for your garage door when fully open is when the bottom of the garage door is even with but not. Adjust the position of the door by using the black and yellow buttons.