Today’s Garage Door Opener is a Piece of Smart Tech You Need 8

Today’s world has a wealth of technologies that help to make your life easier. You can use tools like Alexa to order items online or to find out information from the web, for example. You can have your refrigerator automatically order items when you are running low. You can also choose to get a new generation LiftMaster by Chamberlain garage door openers.

LiftMaster has always been on the cutting edge of technology. They have been using Wi-Fi technology in their garage doors for several years. Most of the options from the company use MyQ. This lets you control your door with your tablet or phone no matter where you might be.

As amazing as it sounds, you really can open your garage door from anywhere on the planet.

This is just the beginning, of course. You will find that there are plenty of other great things that you can do with the LiftMaster 85503. It includes a built-in camera, two-way audio, Wi-Fi, and easy control through a tablet or a smartphone.

Get a visual of the garage

The built-in camera with this opener includes motion detection, manual 360-degree rotation, night vision, and even live-streaming video in 1080p high definition.

What does all of this do for you?

Simply put, it means you can see who is coming through the garage door. It might be your spouse coming home from work, kids coming home from school, a friend dropping off a tool they borrowed, or anyone else.

This is what the view looks like from your smartphone.

Whenever you give someone access to the garage, you can see what’s happening as soon as the garage door opener opens the door.

Access to the Garage

You have a couple of ways to provide access to the garage when you choose to use the LiftMaster garage door opener and MyQ app

1. One-time access:

• Let’s say you have someone coming to do some work on the house. You could tell them to send a text when they arrive. You can then use the app to open the door and let them into the garage.
• Open the door for them and then close the door if they will be in the garage or your home for a while.
• When they are ready to leave, you can have them send another text, so you can open the door.
• Once they go out through the garage, you can then close the door again.

Of course, you might not always be able to get to your phone, and you might need to provide another means of access. There are options for this, as well.

2. Provide access with the MyQ app

You will find three option for providing access:

1. Recurring: You can choose to provide this time of access to someone who comes to the home each week at a specific time.
2. Temporary: You can provide access to someone who will be at the home temporarily, such as someone who comes to work on the pool in the backyard. Choose a day and time for the access you want to grant.
3. Always: You could opt to provide someone with permanent access to the garage. Just make sure the person is trustworthy first.

The images below will show you how easy it is.

Here is a smartphone view. You can choose your relationship first, and then determine whether the access will be temporary, recurring, or always.

Choosing recurring or temporary access. You will appreciate how easy the app is to use. Choose one day or many days for providing access, along with the time the guest gets access. If you have more than one garage door and the MyQ app on each, you can choose which one is getting access.

The guest user will have an easy experience, too. They will get an email invitation and will then download the app and create a MyQ account. You can then keep watch of what’s happening from your end of the app.

This is a great MyQ feature. You can set up notifications to see what the users are doing with the devices in real-time. They are also found in the event history.

GUEST USERS DON’T HAVE ACCESS to EVERYTHING. The users won’t access:

• The event history
• Camera
• Configuration functions
• Commercial operators or gate openers

Look at some examples to see how you could use this:

• Maybe you hire someone to walk your dog each day for an hour. You can use the event log to see whether they arrived and whether they were gone with your dog for a full hour.
• You can provide recurring access to someone who comes to clean the house once a week. You will also know when they arrive and when they leave.
• Allow deliveries to be made even when you can’t be home to accept them. You can provide limited access to the garage, so the item can be delivered or so someone can do work in the home.

Today’s garage door openers can do a lot more than many people realize.

Of course, you can do even more amazing things with the opener and app!

Communicate with people and your pets in the garage no matter where you are!

The LiftMaster 85503 offers:

• Live two-way audio communication
• You can easily control the volume
• Enable or disable the microphone, as needed

Determine how you want your alerts to be set up. You can be informed when someone enters the garage, so you can immediately start talking to them.

Maybe you want to greet your spouse when they get home from work or ask them if they could take something out of the freezer for dinner. This is a fast and easy way to do it. You could also have a friendly talk with your pets when they are in the garage and you are out of the house.

More Security Means More Peace of Mind

You will also appreciate all of the safety features of the LiftMaster 85503. Let’s look at some of the great safety features with this model:

• Battery Backup means that you don’t have to worry about the power going out in the neighborhood. You will still be able to get the door open and closed if needed thanks to the available backup power.
• Electronically Protects against forced openings. What happens if a burglar attempts to open the garage door with force using something like a crowbar? If you have this model of garage door opener, it will push back against the thief.
• SECURITY+ 2.0 uses a new code with each click. Burglars often use remote controls to open garage doors. They go around neighborhoods clicking the control to see what will open. Since this door sends out new codes all the time, there is no risk of it opening.
• Alert-2-Close provides visual and audio alerts. These alerts will let people who are near the garage door know that it is being closed, so they can get out of the way.

• Safety Sensors. Photo-cell safety beams detect when there is something in the way of the garage door, and they will stop it from opening and closing.

  
• Motion-detection lighting. Here is another great feature. When you enter the garage, the lights will come on, so you don’t have to worry about being in the dark.

So many great features!

Thus far, we’ve learned that you can open and close the garage door from your phone regardless of where you are. You can provide access to specific users and for specific times with ease. You can also see what’s happening in the garage, and you can talk to people in real-time. This is just the start, though.

Explore some of the other features with the LiftMaster 85503 smart garage door opener.

1. Alert customization is easy. You get to determine when you want the notifications and which notifications you see.
2. Garage door status is easy to check and correct. It’s happened to all of us at some point—and probably more than once. You had to jet out of the house quickly, and you can’t remember if you shut the garage door. Now, you don’t have to sit and worry about whether you left your door open. You can check the status with the app. Remember, since you have the app, you can also close that door and correct your mistake with ease.
3. Get in-garage deliveries from online orders. You can never tell what the weather is going to do, and stealing packages is a thing that is plaguing many locations. Now, it is easier than ever to get deliveries put right into your garage. They will be safe from thieves and the elements.
4. See the history using a 7‑day or 30-day video storage option. The video storage option is available for those who choose a monthly subscription.

Ready to change your garage door opener?

When was the last time you had a garage door opener installed? If you’ve never had one installed before, you have an old and outdated model. If it was installed earlier than 1993, you will find that there probably aren’t even safety sensors. Those older doors would often open with many remotes, too. When you consider that 9% of burglars enter the home through the garage door, you can see why it is such a good idea to get a new garage door opener.

Of course, you might not be sure if you want a door with a camera. Maybe you are concerned that you don’t have enough room.

There’s no need to worry since you can find quite a few other door opener models available.

As you start to look at all of the available options, you might start to get confused. There are a lot of technical things to consider when it comes to getting a garage door opener, such as the type of drive to use Here is a helpful Infographic to make things easier to use.

Call us at 506-450-3031 to learn more.

The professionals at Doorcraft Manufacturing Ltd. are experts in the field and are ready to help you find the perfect option that will work with your needs and budget.

You might also want to think about getting a new garage door at the same time. If you have an older door, it makes sense to choose a new garage door, too. Use our 3 styles to get a better idea of what garage door might work for you. If you would like, you can also explore the Design Centre and all of the pictures we offer for some more inspiration.