How do I manually reset my garage door opener?

Before you disengage your garage door opener from your garage door, make sure that the door is in the down position.

Attempting to disengage your door in the up position is extremely dangerous.

Pull the Emergency Release Cord.

The emergency release cord is the red rope that hangs from the door trolley.

The trolley is connected to the door and moves with the door as it opens and closes.

Through the attachment point, the trolley is also connected to the opener carriage.

The opener carriage is the automated mechanism that moves the door along the door rail/track.

The emergency release cord disconnects the trolley through attachment point from the opener carriage so that the door can slide along the track, without the automated carriage.

This allows you to manually open and close the garage door.

Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.

Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re-engage the automatic door opener, please return the garage door back to the down position.

Pull the Emergency Release Cord Toward the Door.

In relation to the emergency release cord, the trolley has two positions: connected and disconnected.

These two positions alter the location of the spring lever on the trolley.

When the spring lever is in the disconnected position, the spring lever is extended.

This position is achieved by pulling the release cord down and away from the door, towards the motor.

When the spring lever is in the connected position - the position required to re-engage the garage door opener carriage - the spring lever is compressed.

To achieve the connected position, pull the emergency release cord down and toward the door, away from the motor.

Re-connect the Trolley to the Opener Carriage.

From here there are two ways to reconnect the trolley to the opener carriage.

You can do this manually after the emergency cord spring lever has been put in the connected position.

Simply slide the door along the track until the attachment point is re-engaged.

Or, you can hit your garage door opener remote, and the opener carriage will reconnect with the trolley through the attachment point automatically.

In both instances, you will hear a loud click as the attachment point reconnects.

At this point, the emergency release cord on your garage door should be reset and ready to be used in the case that you need to move your garage door manually.

Keep the emergency release cord location in mind so you can manually operate the door if needed.

Test the emergency release cord to ensure you can still manually operate the door if needed.