Avanti openers and Centurion Garage Doors
Avanti openers are sold by Centurion Garage Doors, a Western Australian company. The Australian Business Register lists Avanti Automation and Avanti Door Automation among its business names, and the company says it makes roller, sectional, custom and cyclonic doors, remotes and openers.
The Door Hero is not connected with Avanti. Nor is it connected with Centurion Garage Doors. The steps here come from Centurion Garage Doors' own sheets and manuals for Avanti openers.
Centurion Garage Doors is a different business from the CENTSYS gate motor range, whose Australian website names FAAC Technologies Australia. Keep their steps apart: for CENTSYS gate motors, see the Centurion remote guide.
Which Avanti opener do you have?
Coding changes from one Avanti opener to the next, so read the model from the label before you start. This guide covers the SDO2, the SDO10, the RDO10A and RDO10C roller door openers, and the new style digital Avanti openers on Centurion Garage Doors' Form 12.3 sheet.
The SDO4 Pro 800 manual is image only and could not be read for this page. For that opener, and any other Avanti model, check the manual for your model.
Watch for the word Euro. The SDO2 sheet calls that opener the Avanti Euro-Drive, while the SDO10 sheet says it suits the SDO10 and Euro openers. If your label says Euro without a model number, check the manual for your model before picking a set of steps.
SDO2 (Avanti Euro-Drive): coding a remote
Close the door, open the light cover
Centurion Garage Doors' SDO2 sheet starts with the door closed and the white light cover open.
Tap the red LEARN button
Press and release LEARN quickly. The LED flashes slowly.
Press the remote button
Press the button you want to use, and the LED goes out.
Press that button again
Coding is complete when the LED flashes quickly.
About the SDO2
Centurion Garage Doors' owners manual for the Avanti sectional door opener says it runs on 433MHz hopping code with up to 1.2 billion combinations, and keeps up to 12 transmitter codes. That manual names no remote battery, so check the remote itself.
New style digital Avanti openers (Form 12.3 sheet)
Short press the red learn button
It is on the back of the control box. The LED flashes and bu shows.
Press the handset's top button twice
Press the top button on the new handset 2 times, 1 second apart. On a wall remote, use the top left button.
Look for rapid flashing
The LED flashes rapidly once coding has worked.
Starting from a remote that already works
On the new style digital openers, the Form 12.3 sheet says a long press on button 2 of a remote that is already coded does the same as the red learn button. Bulk coded remotes use button 2, or the right hand top button on a wall remote, for the courtesy light.
Centurion Garage Doors' RDO10C manual gives a similar route for that roller door opener: long press the coded remote's light button (button 2) for 5 seconds until the courtesy light starts flashing, then press the new remote's button twice.
SDO10 and Euro openers: coding a remote
Stop the door halfway
The SDO10 sheet starts with the door opened halfway and stopped.
Press the yellow Code Set button
Press and release it. The LED glows solid.
Press the remote button
The LED goes out.
Press it once more
The LED flashes quickly, and the next press of that button opens the door. Make sure the doorway is clear first.
RDO10A roller door opener (Form 13.1 sheet)
Have the door down
Centurion Garage Doors' RDO10A sheet starts with the door closed.
Press Learn briefly
A momentary press of the red Learn button gives a paused single blink from the courtesy light.
Press the remote button
The courtesy light goes out.
Press the same button again
The light flashes rapidly, then goes out.
Avanti garage door reset: deleting all remotes, by model
| What Centurion Garage Doors' sheet says to do | |
|---|---|
| SDO2 | Press LEARN so the LED flashes slowly, then press and hold the black RUN button. The LED flashes quickly, and every remote is deleted when it stops |
| New style digital (Form 12.3) | Press the red LEARN button once (bu shows, slow flash), then hold the green CONFIRM button for 5 seconds until the LED flashes rapidly |
| SDO10 and Euro | Switch the opener off at the power supply, then hold Code Set while switching the power back on. Fast flashing starts after a few seconds, and all codes are gone when it stops |
| RDO10A | Press Learn (paused single blink), then long press the green Run button. The light blinks rapidly, then goes out |
| RDO10C | Short press Learn, then long press Confirm for 5 seconds until the light starts flashing |
After deleting, and why a factory reset is not the same
Every remote goes when you delete, so code back the ones you still use with the steps for your model.
The RDO10C manual says a factory reset does not delete coded remotes. On that opener, a lost remote is shut out by the delete routine above, not by a reset. Other kinds of reset are in resetting a garage door opener.
Avanti remote batteries
The Form 12.3 sheet says the new style digital Avanti remote takes 2 CR2016 3V batteries, reached by removing 2 screws and fitted with the numbers facing up. The RDO10C manual's drawing shows a CR2016 3V coin cell in that remote.
Centurion Garage Doors' Quick-Fit homeowner manual says to keep transmitters and remote controls out of reach of children. Under Australia's button battery information standard, the warning on lithium button batteries must say they can cause severe or fatal injuries in 2 hours or less if swallowed or placed in the body. See garage remote not working for more.
What to tell the door specialist
- The model on the opener's label, such as SDO2, SDO10, RDO10A or RDO10C
- Whether it is a roller door or a sectional door
- Whether a remote that already works is still on hand
- Whether the remotes have been deleted, and how many need coding back
- What the LED or courtesy light did when you tried
What you can do, and what to leave
You can
- Code a remote with the sheet for your Avanti model
- Delete all remotes after a loss, then code back the ones you keep
- Change a remote battery, away from children
Leave to a door specialist
- An opener that won't learn a remote after following its sheet
- An SDO4 Pro 800, or any model whose manual you can't read
- Travel limits, force settings and anything inside the opener
When to tell us the job
The door specialist who takes your job may or may not work on Avanti openers. Include the model when you tell us the job so they can check before visiting. The garage remote programming guide explains how openers learn remotes in general.
What we would do
If your Avanti opener is a new style digital or an RDO10C, keep one coded remote somewhere safe inside the house. Button 2 on a coded remote can start coding on those models, so adding a new remote need not mean reaching up to the control box.