Gate remotes near me: the right remote, coded at your gate

Gate remotes use rolling or code-hopping codes, which change every press so a copied signal won't open the gate. The catch is that each make speaks its own format, so the remote has to match the receiver:

A remote from another make won't learn into the receiver, however similar it looks. If you have a remote that works, bring it or send a photo of it: that tells us exactly what you need.

Every make codes remotes differently, and most need the receiver itself:

• Centurion NOVA, with a Voyager plug-in receiver: the first remote learnt into an empty receiver becomes the master. To add another, hold any button on the master for ten flashes of the receiver's LED, about ten seconds but no more than twenty, then press the new remote's buttons while the LED stays on.
• ET Drive: through the motor's programming menu on the control card. The steps are on the ET Drive 500 page and the Drive 300 page.
• Gemini: hold the remote button, then press and release the LEARN button on the control card; the receiver's LED flashes twice when it has learnt the remote.

The ET and Gemini methods mean opening the motor, where the charger and power connections are, so we code them at your gate.

A lost remote is a key to your property, so it should come out of the receiver as soon as possible.

• ET Drive motors store each remote at its own user number, so one remote can be deleted on its own, if you know which number it was. ET's user manual has a page to log them.
• Centurion's Voyager receiver can only be cleared all at once, by bridging a link on the receiver. If the master remote is the one that's lost, Centurion's only way back is to erase the memory, learn a new master and relearn every other remote.
• Gemini receivers are cleared all at once by holding the LEARN button until the LED goes off, after which every remote you still have is learnt again.

After a full clear, gather every remote in the household before we come, so they can all be learnt in one visit.

1. Try another remote, or the keypad. If those work, the problem is the remote; if nothing works, it's the motor or its power.
2. Change the remote's battery. A remote that only works close to the gate usually has a weak one.
3. Check for a lock-out. If the motor beeps or flashes at every press but doesn't move, holiday lock-out or party mode is probably on.
4. Check the receiver's memory. A Gemini receiver flashes its LED five times when all 30 places are used, and a Centurion Voyager holds 36 buttons: nothing new can be added until space is cleared.

ET's Drive receivers can also show signal strength, which helps tell a tired remote from interference: see the Drive 300 page. If the receiver itself has failed, it's replaced and every remote is coded into the new one.

A GSM module lets a phone act as a remote. Centurion's MyGSM, for example, lets up to 5,000 users trigger the gate with a missed call, and can send an SMS when the gate is opened. Gemini lists its sliders as GSM compatible, and Centurion's G-SPEAK ULTRA is a GSM intercom that rings your phone when a visitor presses the button at the gate.

A GSM unit needs a SIM card and signal at the gate. Tell us on the job card if you'd like one, and the technician will check the signal and quote.

For a domestic worker, a garden service or visitors, a keypad at the gate is often better than another remote: each person gets a code, and a code can be changed or removed without anyone handing anything back. Centurion's SMARTGUARD keypads come wired or, as the SMARTGUARDair, wireless; setting one up is on the SMARTGUARD keypad page. A keypad needs a spot by the gate within reach of a car window, and we fit and code them alongside remotes.

Prices checked October 2026. All our spare parts are genuine. Your exact price is set in a free quote before any work starts. No call-out fee when we do the work. If no work is done, a R650 call-out fee applies.

We code remotes at your gate in 21 areas across Johannesburg, the East Rand and Centurion.