Programming Your Wireless Keypad

A wireless keypad mounted outside the garage lets family members open the garage door without a remote. The instructions below cover the CodeDodger® wireless keypad, model OWK-BX, used with Overhead Door™ garage door openers. The newer OKP-BX keypad programs differently, so follow the instructions that came with it. The steps below walk through setting a PIN and programming the keypad to up to three garage door openers. Mounting instructions are at the end.

Overhead Door Company of Albany has been installing and repairing garage door openers across the Capital Region for more than 20 years. We are locally owned and based in Clifton Park, and our technicians repair garage door openers of any brand. If these steps don’t solve it, call (518) 348-0444 and we will help.

• Put a fresh battery in the keypad. A weak battery can keep programming from working.
• Program the keypad before you mount it. It is easier to work with in your hand.
• Find the “Learn Code” button and the red “Learn Code” LED on your garage door opener. They are usually on the motor unit near the antenna wire, sometimes behind the light lens. If your garage door opener has no antenna wire, they are on a separate receiver, under its cover.
• The garage door may start moving while you program the keypad, so keep its path clear and stay away from it.
• If programming is interrupted at any point, clear the keypad using the steps under “Resetting or clearing the keypad,” then start over.
• Choose a PIN that isn’t easy to guess. Avoid obvious choices like your house number or 1234.

Your PIN can be three to eight characters long.

1. Press the following keys in order: 3, 5, 7, PROG. The red LED blinks once per second.
2. Enter your PIN.
3. Press the PROG key again. The red LED blinks twice per second and turns off.

1. Press the “Learn Code” button on the garage door opener once. The “Learn Code” indicator LED on the garage door opener blinks.
2. Enter your PIN on the keypad.
3. Press the button with the arrow up/down triangles. The “Learn Code” indicator LED stays on.
4. Press the button with the arrow up/down triangles a second time. The “Learn Code” indicator LED turns off.
5. Press the button with the arrow up/down triangles a third time. The garage door should now move.

All of the garage door openers will use the same PIN.

Set the keypad for more than one garage door

1. Enter your PIN and press the PROG button. The red LED blinks once per second.
2. Press the PROG button a second time. The red LED blinks twice per second.
3. Press the total number of garage doors you want to control, either 2 or 3.
4. Press the PROG button a third time. The red LED blinks several times and turns off.

Program each garage door opener

1. Decide which garage door will be Door 1, Door 2 and Door 3. Press the “Learn Code” button on the first garage door opener. The “Learn Code” indicator LED on the garage door opener blinks.
2. Enter your PIN and press the arrow up/down triangle button. The “Learn Code” indicator LED continues to blink.
3. Press the number you picked for this garage door: 1, 2 or 3. The “Learn Code” indicator LED stays on.
4. Press the arrow up/down triangle button a second time. The “Learn Code” indicator LED turns off.
5. Press the arrow up/down triangle button a third time. The garage door should move.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each garage door opener. Each garage door opener has to be programmed separately to receive the signal from the wireless keypad. Wait until the keypad’s backlight turns off, about 30 seconds, before programming the next one.

1. Enter your PIN.
2. Press the button with the arrow up/down triangles.

If the keypad controls two or three garage doors, press that garage door’s number (1, 2 or 3) after the arrow button.

Stand where you can see the garage door while you test it, and make sure its path is clear.

1. Press and hold the PROG button. Keep holding it.
2. Press and hold the 6 button. Keep holding both.
3. Press the key with the arrow up/down triangles.
4. The blinking red LED turns off. Release all buttons.

After clearing the keypad, set a new PIN and program it to your garage door opener again.

If the garage door does not move, check the red LED on the keypad.

• If the red LED blinks rapidly, the PIN was entered incorrectly or there was an error. After a few seconds the LED turns off, and you can try again.
• If the red LED does not blink at all when you press a button, the battery needs to be changed. Cold weather shortens battery life, so a keypad that stops working in winter often just needs a new battery.
• Once the garage door starts moving, any button on the keypad will control it for 30 seconds.
• If the wall button works but the keypad and remotes don’t, check the lock or vacation button on the wall control inside the garage. If nothing works, including the wall button, the problem is likely with the garage door opener itself. Our repair page explains what you can safely check.

Mount the keypad within sight of the garage door, at least 5 feet above the ground and clear of any moving parts of the garage door. Don’t let children play with the keypad.

1. Remove the battery cover.
2. Drill a 1/16″ pilot hole for the top mounting screw.
3. Install a screw in the top hole, leaving a 1/8″ gap between the screw head and the wall.
4. Hook the keypad over the screw.
5. Mark the bottom hole, drill a pilot hole and put in the bottom screw.
6. Reinstall the battery cover.

Change your PIN if you have shared it with a contractor or anyone else who no longer needs it. Clear the keypad and set a new PIN when you move into a new home, so the previous owners’ code no longer works.