Centurion garage door reset: which Centurion do you have?
The Door Hero is not connected with either Centurion company. The steps here come from CENTURION Systems' own manuals.
Two unrelated businesses trade under the Centurion name, and a search for one turns up the other. CENTURION Systems makes gate motors and the NOVA range of remotes. Its Australian website brands itself CENTSYS, and the copyright line there names FAAC Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.
Centurion Garage Doors is a separate, privately owned Australian company making garage doors, openers and remotes. The Australian Business Register lists Centurion Garage Doors Pty Ltd in WA, with Avanti Automation among its business names, and its coding sheets are written for Avanti openers.
Own a garage door opener from Centurion Garage Doors? Your steps are in our Avanti remote guide. Everything further down this page is for CENTSYS gate motors and NOVA remotes only, and the two companies' steps should never be swapped.
Read the label before you press anything
- CENTSYS or CENTURION on a gate motor: that is CENTURION Systems. Its Australian range includes the D5-Evo and D10 SMART sliding gate motors and the V-Series swing gate motors.
- NOVA on a remote: also CENTURION Systems, which presents NOVA as its remotes and receivers for its gate and garage motors.
- Avanti or Centurion Garage Doors on a garage door, opener or remote: that is the WA door maker. Go to the Avanti guide.
- No label you can read: stop there. Tell the door specialist the make is unknown rather than trying steps meant for a different machine.
Resetting the remotes on a CENTSYS D5-Evo
For a CENTSYS gate motor, the reset most owners are after is clearing old remotes out of its memory. CENTURION Systems' D5-Evo manual says the sliding motor's built-in NOVA receiver holds up to 500 transmitter buttons, and that its Delete all Remotes option clears the entire memory.
Entire means every remote, the good ones included. Each remote you want to keep has to be added again afterwards, so gather them all before you choose that option.
The D5-Evo manual we read is CENTURION Systems' South African copy. Menu names and terms in Australia may differ, so check the Australian manual for your unit before you rely on any wording here.
Adding a NOVA remote on a D-Series gate controller
Confirm these steps fit your controller
CENTSYS's NOVA remote insert gives this menu route for its D-Series gate controllers. If your controller's buttons don't match, check the manual for your model and go no further. If you can't reach the buttons without opening up the motor, leave it to the door specialist.
Open the remote menu
Press the oblong button and choose Remote Controls.
Pick Add Remote and a function
Select Add Remote, then choose the function you want that remote button to perform.
Press the NOVA button when asked
Wait for the prompt, then press the button on the NOVA remote you are adding.
Leave the menu and test
The insert says to press the round button three times to exit. Try the remote only when you can see the whole gate and nothing is in its way.
Coding a NOVA remote to a separate NOVA receiver
Only where the board is easy to reach
The insert has the receiver powered on for this. If its board sits inside the motor or near mains wiring, hand this one to the door specialist.
Bridge the Learn pins
Put the jumper across the Learn (J1) pins. CENTSYS says the red LED lights.
Press the remote button
The LED flashes once. The insert then says to repeat this step.
Park the jumper
Take the jumper off the two pins and park it on just one of them, as the insert shows.
Match button to channel
On a multichannel receiver, the insert says the remote's button number must match the channel: Button 1 goes to Channel 1.
Autolearn: adding several remotes at once
The D5-Evo manual also describes Autolearn. You set a window, anything from one hour to seven days, and every remote button pressed during it is learned to the function you picked. When the window ends, the motor stops learning new buttons.
Because any button pressed in that time gets in, the shortest window that covers your remotes is the safer setting.
What the D5-Evo buzzer is telling you
| What the D5-Evo manual says it means | What to do | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 beeps, repeating for 30 seconds | Low battery | Ask the door specialist to test the batteries |
| 2 beeps, repeating for 30 seconds | Mains power failure | See whether the house has power; a supply fault is for a licensed electrician |
| 1 beep, repeating for 30 seconds | Holiday lockout, or a broken safety beam | Clear anything across the beams, then try again |
| 3 short beeps for 5 seconds | No limits are set | The gate's travel limits need setting by the door specialist |
Keep the gate in sight while you test
CENTURION Systems' V-Series user guide says no one may cross the path of a moving gate, the motor should only run when you can see the gate and its travel area is clear, and children must be supervised so they don't play with the gate or the motor. Treat every freshly coded remote that way on any CENTSYS gate.
NOVA remote batteries
CENTSYS's NOVA brochure says these remotes come with one to four buttons, use 433MHz code hopping and run on a GP23 12V battery. An LED on the face of the remote shows when the battery is low.
The brochure says the case opens by rotating the inner casing and prising the halves apart with a coin. If that low battery light is showing, put a new battery in before you try coding the remote again. Our remote not working guide covers other reasons a remote stops.
V-Series swing motors and copying a remote
For the V-Series swing gate motors, and for copying one NOVA remote from another, check the manual for your model.
When the problem is the gate rather than the remote, such as a gate that won't close or a status light flashing, see gate motor not working. It explains the V-Series status light and battery warnings.
Repairs to the motor itself are on automatic gate repairs, and choosing or fitting a new one is on automatic gates. A new power point, or a gate motor hard-wired to the mains, needs a licensed electrician.
The door specialist who takes your job may or may not work on CENTSYS motors, so give the make and model when you tell us the job.
What to tell the door specialist
- Which Centurion made it, plus the model on the label, such as D5-Evo
- Sliding or swing, and whether a separate NOVA receiver is fitted
- How many remotes you need, and whether one has gone missing
- The buzzer pattern, counted, and what the gate does when you press a remote
- Whether the remote memory has already been cleared
What you can do, and what to leave
You can
- Read the make and model off the motor's label
- Add a NOVA remote where your model's manual shows how
- Change a NOVA remote's battery
- Keep the beams and the gate's path clear
Leave to a door specialist
- Anything that means opening the motor or going near wiring
- Setting travel limits after a reset
- A remote that still won't code after you have followed the manual
- A new power point or mains supply, done by a licensed electrician
What we would do
Before choosing Delete all Remotes, lay every remote you plan to keep on the kitchen bench and count them, the one in the car included. The option wipes the lot, and a remote left out means going back into the menu a second time.