{"id":6670,"date":"2016-11-15T23:21:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T23:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2020-04-21T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:19:52","slug":"somfy-roller-shutter-garage-door-stopping-part-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/11\/somfy-roller-shutter-garage-door-stopping-part-way-down.htm","title":{"rendered":"Somfy roller-shutter garage door stopping part way down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I replaced our up-and-over garage door with a roller-shutter version. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t new; our neighbour converted her garage so I bought her nearly-new door but that means I didn&#8217;t have a professional installer to fall back on when it stopped working recently.<\/p>\n<p>The garage door control system\u00a0is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollixo.co.uk\/rollixo-rts\">Somfy Rollixo RTS<\/a> and last week, we found that the door would come part way down and then stop, as though there was an obstruction. After winding it down manually one morning, Mrs W was not happy and I promised to take a look when I got home. I couldn&#8217;t find the problem &#8211; what&#8217;s more I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t troubleshoot it using the manual either. \u00a0What I did notice though was that,\u00a0rather than the two red lights\u00a0I&#8217;d expect to see for a safety-edge transmitter low battery indication, I had one red light on the control box, and one orange light on the safety-edge transmitter (which is fitted to the door curtain).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/somfy-rollixo-rts-safety-edge-low-battery.png?resize=485%2C693&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Somfy Rollixo RTS instruction manual has incorrect diagnostics for low battery warning on safety-edge transmitter\" width=\"485\" height=\"693\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found I could over-ride the cut-out by pressing and holding the remote control button, and set off to the Internet to find a replacement 3.6V Lithium AA battery. First mistake was not reading the Google results carefully enough and ordering a 2\/3 AA battery from Farnell\/Element 14. Now I can&#8217;t return it as I can&#8217;t find a courier who works with consumers and will carry Lithium batteries! In the meantime, I&#8217;ve bought <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?partNumber=1187253\">the correct (AA) battery<\/a> and, this morning, I swapped it over, after which I found the door operated as it should. That was a relief, as I feared that swapping over the battery would wipe some settings and require me to re-programme the door.<\/p>\n<p>So, why blog about something as trivial as changing some batteries? Well, because <a href=\"http:\/\/rollixo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rollixo-RTS-User-Guide.pdf\">the instruction manual is wrong<\/a> and my experience might help someone else!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I replaced our up-and-over garage door with a roller-shutter version. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t new; our neighbour converted her garage so I bought her nearly-new door but that means I didn&#8217;t have a professional installer to fall back on when it stopped working recently. The garage door control system\u00a0is a Somfy Rollixo RTS and last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/11\/somfy-roller-shutter-garage-door-stopping-part-way-down.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Somfy roller-shutter garage door stopping part way down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[633],"class_list":["post-6670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-home-automation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Somfy roller-shutter garage door stopping part way down - 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