Michael Parks on the other hand, used his garage as a garage and that’s where he stored his automobiles. But he had a bit of a problem with his garage door. In his words, "We have 2 single garage doors, both with older model openers (fixed frequency). We began finding the right side garage door open after coming home from work."

It turned out that the radio frequency used by his garage door opener was conflicting with other nearby transmitting devices. In other words, someone else’s automatic garage door remote was also opening his garage door as well. This is obviously not the optimal way to protect your house. But you know what they say? "Necessity is the mother of invention." And Michael got pretty inventive.

"I plugged in two Universal Modules, pulled the transistors from the openers, and used two keychain remotes to control each door." From that, he’s managed to put all the control of his garage door back into his hands. No more opening up when someone else opens their garage.

"We feel relieved. Our home is safer." But he didn’t stop there. Since he was resetting his Keychain Remotes anyway, he created a macro for his house as well, using the second button on the remote. "The second button on the remote is used to trigger a "coming home" macro: the lights go on in the hallway, stairway, and living room."

Now that’s killing two birds with one remote. He can open the garage, park the car, and the lights are on and everything’s ready for him when he walks in the door.

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