Fixing old Genie cryptar II garage door opener
Bought a house with an old Genie garage door opener. Opener appears to be 34 volt but has no name. Remote is Cryptar II AR-79. Opener works fine off of wall switch. I want to do two things: 1) install a safety beam on the door and need advice on wire into system and 2) either adapt system to work off of a new Intellicode keypad on an adjacent door or replace exterior key switch for this opener (which no longer works) with a new keypad. Any advice on do either of these would be appreciated. I think by the time you buy the stuff to do this you could buy a new system. I paid $160 for a brand new Genie with the wireless keypad, remotes and all. I agree. You likely cannot adapt those safety sensors to the old unit, and the intellicode is in the drive electronics, not all in the remote. With a new system, you get all the lasest safety and security gadgets ready to run. I've read your posts before and didn't notice your a local guy. I'm in Mt. Lookout. I may end up with a new system but prefer to make this work cheaply if I can. My priority is to install a safety beam and the exterior keypad is second. I bought a beam at HD for $15 and thought I could easily wire it into this old system. Is it as simple as a wiring it as a loop circuit (beam to wall button to opener to beam) or does it not work this way? Thoughts, anyone? On the keypad, I know I can buy a replacement Intellicode remote receiver ($40-45) which is supposed to work with this old 34v system, though I am unsure if a separate transformer is needed. With this, I would use a keypad on an adjacent door to open both. Short of this, I thought I could get a stand alone keypad for this door only, but every replacement pad I see is Intellicode based. With either option, I assume that I would screw up the simple safety beam wiring I mentioned above. Again, any thoughts, advice, alternatives, step by step, etc from anyone would be appreciated. Thanks. With all that you want to add to your existing GDO, it will be easier and cheaper to buy and install a new one. The keypad and infra-red safety beams that you bought will not work with your opener without special adapter modules that need a 12v source. Save your money and buy a new opener.
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