Genie chainmax 1200 garage door opener User Manual

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3.  Press the same button twice 

to toggle IntelliCode® 
selection from IntelliCode® 2 
to IntelliCode® 1.

Other models of Genie® garage door openers, 
remotes, and wireless keypads use 
IntelliCode® 1 signals to communicate.  Remote(s) 
provided with this unit will transmit either 
IntelliCode® 1 or IntelliCode® 2 signals.

Remote(s) contained in this package are preset 
to IntelliCode® 2 and can be configured to 
communicate with previously installed 
IntelliCode® 1 openers.  This dual IntelliCode® 
option allows one IntelliCode® 2 remote to operate 
different models of The Genie Company garage 
door openers.

This new Genie® garage door opener will ONLY 
accept signals from a remote sending IntelliCode® 
2 signals (see page 9) or a Genie® brand 
IntelliCode® 1 remote that has been programmed 
to the opener using a new IntelliCode® 2 remote 
(see page 10).

NOTE: Other remotes not enabled with Genie® 
IntelliCode® 2 will not operate this opener.

One or more IntelliCode® 2 
openers with a maximum 3 
different openers

Use IntelliCode® 
2

Mixture of openers 
manufactured between 1997 
and 2010 (IntelliCode® 1) and 
new IntelliCode® 2 openers

Use IntelliCode® 
2 and/or 1

One or more openers 
manufactured between 1997 
and 2010 (IntelliCode® 1)

Use IntelliCode® 
1

NOTE: A maximum of 3 different openers can be 
programmed to a 3 button remote.

Remotes provided with this unit can operate other 
(IntelliCode® 1) models of Genie® garage door 
openers.  The default IntelliCode® 2 setting must 
be changed to IntelliCode® 1.  (Follow these same 
steps to change IntelliCode® 1 back to IntelliCode® 
2.)
The LED color displayed on the remote indicates 
the IntelliCode® mode.

1.  Select a button on the remote that has NOT been 

programmed to the 
new powerhead.

2.  Press and hold that 

button for 10 seconds.  
Both Red and Green 
LEDs come ON and stay 
ON.

10 SECS

4.  Press the same button again 

to confirm toggle.  The 
IntelliCode® selection for this 
button is set to IntelliCode® 1.

5.  Take the remote to the older Genie® garage door 

opener and follow that opener's instructions to 
program a new remote.

 

Repeat for other Genie® garage remote(s) as 
necessary.

Red LED

Green LED

Three button 

remote

If you have another garage door opener that does NOT have 
a Serial Number like this, then you will be using the
INTELLICODE® 1 setting on your remote to operate that opener.

If your garage door opener has a Serial Number sticker which 
looks like this, in which the first two numbers are 10 or higher, 
your opener is equipped with INTELLICODE®2.

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