Ryobi GD201 Operation Manual - Page 5
Important Safety Instructions - installation
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SAFETY RULES FOR CHARGER IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - DANGER: TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK CAREFULLY FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS. This manual contains important safety and operating instructions for the GD200 garage door opener. 2. Before using garage door opener, read all instructions and cautionary markings on garage door opener, battery, and product using battery. 3. CAUTION: To reduce the risk of injury, charge only lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Other types of batteries may burst, causing personal injury or damage. WI-FI COMMUNICATION INFORMATION Your garage door opener can be operated remotely on the smartphone app. The communication distance (range) between your garage door opener and your Wi-Fi router may be 100 feet (30 meters) inside your home. A number of factors in and around your home may reduce this range including the number of floors, number/size of rooms, furniture and types of building materials used for construction. Examples may include suspended ceilings, ductwork, large metallic appliances (refrigerators) and metal studs. Interference from these factors in your home can be overcome by adding Wi-Fi signal boosters to extend the range of the wireless signal from your router in your home. NOTE: 1. The range and proper operation of any wireless device will vary depending on factors in and around your home. 2. Your garage door opener may not transmit between buildings. If you have a detached garage, your garage door opener may not communicate properly with your Wi-Fi router. 3. Metal objects (e.g. wall studs) and metallic wallpaper may interfere with the signal from your Garage Door Opener. You will need to test your Garage Door Opener after any changes to your home or garage including remodeling, moving furniture and installing new appliances or devices that communicate with your Wi-Fi router. NOTICE: It is important that the wireless signal from your router is secured. An unsecured signal could allow unauthorized access to devices communicating on your home network including your garage door opener. Since the 1990s, security algorithms have been used to encrypt and protect wireless signals. The two most commonly used algorithms are WEP and WPA/WPA2. • WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is the oldest and most widely used security algorithm. Despite its popularity, this algorithm is the most susceptible to hacking. The network passwords used to protect WEP networks have to be exactly 10 or 26 characters long and can only include hexadecimal characters (a-f and 0-9). By modern standards, passwords with these limitations are not complex enough to offer adequate security. In 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation demonstrated WEP's vulnerabilities by easily cracking WEP passwords using publicly available software. Due to serious security concerns, your garage door opener will not connect to routers using WEP network security. Refer to your router's operator's manual to change the security type to WPA/WPA2. • WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was created as a safer alternative to WEP. The cryptographic technology in this algorithm is far superior to that of its predecessor. WPA/WPA2 passwords can be up to 63 characters long and include hexadecimal characters as well as any printable ASCII characters (a-z, 0-9, punctuation marks, and some glyphs). Although it offers greater protections, WPA/WPA2 networks can still be vulnerable if weak passwords are used. Always use a strong password that includes upper and lower case letters, punctuation marks, numbers, and glyphs (if supported) to reduce the risk of the password being cracked or guessed by unauthorized parties. 5 - English