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04nata

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Posted: August 18, 2008 at 3:16 PM / IP Logged

Hopefully this post is in the right place.................

I have successfully wired my Genie garage door opener to the car for power (was easy) but I also want to extend the button so that I can put a new,small, momentary button somewhere on the dash, the button on the circut board is a 4 pin button, but I do not know if I need a DPDT or DPST or SPST switch or nor do I know which connections I have to extend, by the look of it the switch only connects 2 terminals but I cannot really tell. I will put a picture up later, if anybody can help I would appreciate it

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Posted: August 18, 2008 at 3:27 PM / IP Logged

Chances are there are only 2 traces going to the switch. The 4 connections on the switch are actually only 2 connections.

04nata

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Posted: August 18, 2008 at 10:26 PM / IP Logged

here is the circut board, what 2 points need to be extended and a SPST momentary switch be added?

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KPierson

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Posted: August 18, 2008 at 10:46 PM / IP Logged

Most consumer electronics use DPST switches - two isolated sets of contacts. That way, if a contact fails there is a backup.

The two sets of contacts are wired in parallel - so you would just need to short out one side of the switch to the other. This can be proved with an ohm meter.

Kevin Pierson

04nata

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Posted: August 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM / IP Logged

awesome, that helps me out, I will be working on this soon, hopefully I can stealth my garage door opener into a micro momentary switch hidden in plain sight. :)

04nata

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Posted: August 19, 2008 at 10:30 PM / IP Logged

sweet, I used a wire to connect different points and found that the point diaganol from each other complete the circut, so I soldered a wire on the circut board to each point and wired a tiny momentary switch and presto it works, now all I have is a tiny little red button on the bottom front of the dash that works my garage, I am so proud of myself and I only got 1 solder drip burn on my hand....

04nata

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Posted: August 20, 2008 at 9:20 AM / IP Logged

One more question...............

If I connect a wire to the antenna on the garage opener remote and run it up my dash and up the column will I get better transmission?

Right now with the remote actually tucked up under the dash, I have to be "in" the driveway for it to work,

or can I just connect tha antenna to the chassis and use the whole car for an antenna?

KPierson

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Posted: August 20, 2008 at 1:46 PM / IP Logged

Antenna design is an art - changing the length of the antenna will most likely give you decreased range. Antenna length is optimized for the frequency of the signal it is transmitting. You may be able to find an alternative length that will work as well as the current antenna if you can find out what frequency the current antenna is and how long the current antenna is. If you could make a longer antenna that is tuned properly and get it higher in the vehicle I do think you would see an increase in range.

Kevin Pierson

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