Overhead Door (OHD)

Brilliant connects to Overhead Door Anywhere and allows you to interact with your corresponding garage door(s) from your Brilliant Control(s) in the following ways:

Open your garage door

Close your garage door

Add Overhead Door to your Brilliant Scene(s)

Overhead Door scene actions are not compatible with Alexa voice commands

Note: Your garage door(s) must be paired with an OHD Anywhere product to work with Brilliant.

Before connecting an Overhead Door device to your Brilliant home, please make sure that you have properly configured your OHD Connect account (e.g. through their website or mobile app). Then follow the instructions below:

Brilliant Control > Home Screen

Bottom tray > Add Device > Genie

Follow on-screen instructions to configure OHD to your home

If you see an "Attention Needed" error next to your garage door, something may have gotten in the way of the sensor(s). Follow the instructions below to bring your garage door back to its normal open/closed state:

Manually close your garage door with the physical garage door controller

Your garage door status should now correctly show as Open or Closed

If you garage is listed below, it is compatible with OHD Anywhere:
Chamberlain® or LiftMaster® (pre-Security+ 2.0 models) - If the antenna color is not purple or yellow, or otherwise identified as pre-Security+ 2.0 opener, then Aladdin Connect is compatible. (Or in other words, if the antenna color is purple or yellow, or identified in any other way as a Security+ 2.0 opener, then Aladdin Connect is not compatible.)Craftsman® (pre-Assurance+ 2.0) – If the antenna color is purple or yellow, or identified any other way as an Assurance+ 2.0 Opener, then the Aladdin Connect unit is NOT compatible. Otherwise, it is.Linear® – all models compatible.Marantec® – all models compatible.Overhead Door® Series II – best identified by the wall console button(s), which is/are a non-black color.Overhead Door® Series III – best identified by the wall console button(s), which is/are black. If you have one of these units, you will need the special adapter. See ordering information below.Stanley® – all models compatible.Wayne Dalton® – all models compatible.

* IMPORTANT: No brand or model of garage door opener made before January 1, 1993, is compatible with the Genie Aladdin Connect controller, as is any opener without safety beams, no matter when it was made.