Auto door opening in the middle of the night.

[YogaMom]

I have an Omlet door and since The fall of 2021 we didn't have any issues. I use the timer function and always have. About two hours after my 3 girls were in and the door was closed I heard squawking. My brahma was down on the ground with blood on her comb and a chipped beak. The omeet door opened itself at some point. I thought maybe it was a fluke and because the battery level was 30% .
Today I put in new batteries, watch the chickens go in and watched the door closed. I checked and kept checking as I was concerned it would open somehow again. Once again about 2 hrs after the omlet door was open.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Last night and again tonight we have it now in manual mode, but the entire purpose was the auto option. . I sent an email tonight to Omlet , but I am not sure how to trust even another door.

 

[ChickenHeartedHen]

Mysterious. I don’t trust auto doors, I just go out there every night and do it myself. It could just be a system error. If it’s not fixed, I would get rid of it.

 

[YogaMom]

I loved it as when we are away our pet sitter doesn't have to be at the house right at sunrise nor at sundown. And I didn't have to worry if we were gone the afternoon/evening. They are free rangers in my little yard.

 

[nuthatched]

I'd disable it until you figure out how to fix it.

 

[Krugerrand]

Does it have a remote feature? I wonder if it picked up a transmission from something else?

 

[SourRoses]

We've had off and on problems with a different brand door. I find it tends to forget what the current time is every time the battery gets low (before the indicator light comes on). It was treating 1900 hours like 700 hours, and vice versa, no matter how many times I reset it.
This last week when we changed the battery it did not seem to regain its senses (opening / closing opposite the time programmed) until I had disconnected and reconnected the battery a half dozen times. So I think a solid flow of power is part of the issue.
Once it worked we're like "Don't touch it"... even though the close time is a half hour early.
When daylight unsavings happens this month it should be a more sensible time... uhh, I think.
When it's working it works. And we don't have to go through gates to get to the furthest pen. Every other coop has manual doors, 2 human sized and 4 my moms pulley system pop doors. The last are my favorite.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Oh gosh I hope they give some guidance. I have an omelet auto door since last summer and I really like it. it even got through the -40c days this winter. Keep us posted! My battery is still around 70% so I'll take extra care when it gets low, maybe it switched to day light or

 

[Mouthpear]

I have an Omlet door and since The fall of 2021 we didn't have any issues. I use the timer function and always have. About two hours after my 3 girls were in and the door was closed I heard squawking. My brahma was down on the ground with blood on her comb and a chipped beak. The omeet door opened itself at some point. I thought maybe it was a fluke and because the battery level was 30% .
Today I put in new batteries, watch the chickens go in and watched the door closed. I checked and kept checking as I was concerned it would open somehow again. Once again about 2 hrs after the omlet door was open.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Last night and again tonight we have it now in manual mode, but the entire purpose was the auto option. . I sent an email tonight to Omlet , but I am not sure how to trust even another door.

Ok first off, if you disable it, then how are you gonna know if you fixed it? Find a way to make an enclosure as if you were making a run. Something to keep them in and more important keep predators out.

What model is it? Pictures? Does the door freely move when operated manually? Does it have a remote control feature?

 

[CluckHerder]

Ordered 2 Omlet autodoors 7-29-2024- over $400!for both …I tested and installed one …it would not open and close on a TIMER with a/c current then i put in batteries to see if that was the problem so ….they sent a replacement control panel bc they said it was a “faulty control panel” and now a week later my other new one isn’t closing at the time set and is sensing a non existent obstruction which prevents it from closing. I got them because I wanted to know they were out and up while out of state but come to find out they were locked out or inside and my “chicken sitter” said she had to go out in the middle of the night bc it was open - for no good reason at all bc she and I received a notification on the app on our phones - no reason for this function to occur. My personal thoughts:…not reliable. All firmware updated, current time set and programmed to open and close on a timer - should work. Not the case. You decide. I’m returning both and demanding a refund and finding another product to try from a hatchery. I get the concept they’re trying to give us to make our lives easier but this has caused nothing but worry for myself. Just my two cents worth.

 

[LaFleche]

Most automatic doors have various setting options that can be combined individually:

• opening and closing by preset time
• opening by preset time and closing by twilight sensor
• opening by preset time and closing by twilight sensor plus closing at a preset latest time
• opening and closing by preset twilight sensor
• opening and closing by preset twilight sensor plus preset earliest and latest time
• Opening by preset twilight sensor and closing by preset time

When using the twilight sensor to close the door for the night any light stemming from a car or flash light or even lightning directed at the sensor can cause the door to open.