Installation Guide

1
Safety Symbol and Signal Word Review
This garage door opener has been designed and tested to offer safe service provided it is installed,
operated,maintained and tested in strictaccordance with the instructions and warnings contained in
this manual.
When you see these SafetySymbols and Signal Wordson the following pages,theywill alertyou to the
possibility of serious injury or death if you do notcomply with the warningsthataccompany them.The
hazard may come from something mechanical or from electric shock.Read the warnings carefully.
Mechanical
Electrical
When you see thisSignal Word on the following pages,itwill alert you to the possibilityofdamage to
your garage door and/or the garage door opener if you do not comply with the cautionary statements
that accompanyit. Read them carefully.
Unattended Operation
The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control app,and MyQ
®
Garage Door and
Gate Monitor are examples of unattended close and are to be used ONLY with sectional doors. Any
device or feature that allows the door to close without being in the line of sight of the door is considered
unattended close.The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control, and anyother
MyQ
®
devices are to be used ONLY with sectional doors.
Check the Door
To prevent possible SERIOUSINJURYor DEATH:
l ALWAYS call a trained door systemstechnician ifgarage door binds,sticks,or is out of balance.
An unbalanced garage door mayNOT reverse when required.
l NEVER try to loosen, move or adjustgarage door, door springs, cables,pulleys,bracketsor
their hardware, ALLofwhich are under EXTREME tension.
l Disable ALLlocks and remove ALLropes connected to garage door BEFORE installation and
operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
l DO NOT install on a one-piece door ifusing devicesor featuresproviding unattended close.
Unattended devices and features are to be used ONLY with sectional doors.
To prevent damage to garage door and opener:
l ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the opener.
l ONLY operate garage door opener at 120V, 60Hz to avoid malfunction and damage.
Before you begin:
1. Disable locks and remove any ropes connected to the garage door.
2. Lift the door halfway up. Release the door. Ifbalanced, it should stayin
place, supported entirely by its springs.
3. Raise and lower the door to checkfor binding or sticking.If your door
binds, sticks,or is out of balance, call a trained door systems
technician.
4. Check the seal on the bottom of the door. Anygap between the floor
and the bottom of the door must not exceed 1/4 inch (6 mm).
Otherwise,the safety reversal system maynot work properly.
5. The opener should be installed above the center of the door. If there is
a torsion spring or center bearing plate in the way of the header
bracket, it may be installed within 4feet(1.2 m) to the left or rightof the
door center. See page 11.
Torsion
Spring
Extension
Spring
OR
Preparation