I made this timelapse of the start to almost the finish of me cleaning a depression bedroom in my house. It represents many hours of work over two days to help reset the room occupied by years of depression and an eating disorder. The carpet will be replaced. I vacuumed only to make a slightly better “after” for the former occupant.
Hello, folks! I need help with my garage door opener. I’d appreciate any help you offer.
TL;DR: Can’t set limits on model 7155. Genie support says to replace the $180+ circuit board. I can’t afford this at the moment. Is it your experience that this is correct or are there other possible fixes?
Model: Genie 7155-TKV
Installed: October 2020
Aladdin Connect fault details:
Error RDC_6 - Door Limits Not Set
Error 2222 - Door Limits Not Set
Situation:
- Opener stopped working
- Overhead unit has long light flashing red, round light flashing red
- A few days before failure, I closed door onto top of bumper on my car, it reversed itself after pushing down pretty hard on the soft plastic bumper
What I did:
- Unplugged power, waited, plugged in: long light solid red, round light solid red
- Per troubleshooting in manual, attempted to set the limits
- Was able to enter programming state (blue solid light and then blue blinking light)
- Was able to move door/down
- Pressing SET/PRGM resulted in both lights flashing red
- Sometimes able to move door during limit programming, sometimes not
- Repeated the limit programming procedure many, many times. It worked once, but went back to failure state after one up/down cycle using wall-mounted button
I contacted Genie Support chat:
- We went through troubleshooting setting the limits.
- When programming failed, they had me remove the cover and unplug and then reseat the connector with twisted red/black/green wires (see photo).
- Still couldn’t program the limits.
- CS then said I need to replace “Circuit Board - 41923R.S”
I can’t afford to replace this at the moment. Is it your experience that this is the fix or are there other possible fixes?
Other
- Safety sensors solid red/green lights
- Wall-mounted button powered on (red backlight)
- I disconnected the backup battery prior to programming attempts.
I’m still trying to process this. This story needs a good bit of context, so please stick with me.
TL;DR: My interview went so poorly, the hiring manager blocked me on LinkedIn.
A few weeks ago, I was driving the return leg of a two-day, 1,800 mile round trip. A couple of hours in, I got a call from an enthusiastic recruiter (aren’t they all?) to schedule an interview at a prominent company. It was a great opportunity that I was eager to land. We scheduled a video interview with the hiring manager at noon the next day. I knew that this was aggressive timing, but the totality of the advice I’ve consumed said that I should take the earliest interview time.
I did some quick research into the company and the HM and hit the road. I used a popular LLM to talk through my preparation over the next 12 hours. I made it home just a few hours before the interview. I took a short nap, showered, and ran through my prep materials. I knew my stuff and I was thoroughly prepared.
I was prepared, but physically and mentally exhausted. Actually, exhausted is a gross understatement. After 28 hours of driving over two days with little sleep, I was spent/fried/enervated. In hindsight, I was in no shape to interview.
On my best day, I’m not amazing at interviews. On this day, I was abysmal. Despite the HM being patient, kind, and supportive (the exact kind of person that I want to work for!), I couldn’t put together complete answers, I forgot the question while answering, and got stuck spewing unsatisfying, low-level answers. I bumbled through the 30 minutes, and the hiring manager wrapped up describing the next steps.
I was 99.73% positive that I blew it. A very tiny part of me hoped that the hiring manager had seen through the mess and saw something worth exploring. As I’d later deduce, they did not. Fair enough.
I sent a “thank you” e-mail to the recruiter to pass on to the HM. In the meantime, the only thing that I could do was passively watch the job posting and the HM’s LinkedIn profile for clues. It’s important to note here that I did not contact the HM because the recruiter owned that relationship.
I waited for news from the recruiter because what was the worst that could happen? A “We’re not going forward” email? Being ghosted? It turns out there is a worse outcome: the hiring manager disappeared from my LinkedIn search history, and I couldn’t find their profile. They blocked me! Oh. My. God. I was so awful that they blocked me. The ultimate rejection.
(To the hiring manager: I’m very sorry for my bizarre behavior and wasting your time. I hope you at least have taken away a “worst interview” story.)
Edited to anonymize a bit.