How To Attach An Alarm Door Sensor To Garage Door

1 push the safety sensor with attached carriage bolt.

How to attach an alarm door sensor to garage door.

Contact sensors come in two parts namely the sensor box and a magnet. You will need the myq serial number for the garage door controller. Garage door alarm sensors are for security purposes. The contact sensor is made up of two parts the sensor and the magnet.

The idea is to connect them to an existing alarm system. How contact sensors work. The sensor and magnet need to be close together. The sensor box typically goes onto the garage doorframe.

1st generation the sensor and magnet should be no more than 1 2 apart. One part should be mounted on the door or window the other on the trim but it doesn t matter which one goes where.