Keyfob Tester!

So I was at my local Advance Auto parts for something today and they had this keyfob tester just below the check out register where the small keyfob batteries were located.

I took out my BMW and GM keyfobs and tried them out on the keyfob tester and it worked quite well. The LED flickered indicating the keyfob was functional and I was actually able to get some distance from the tester and it continued to pick up the keyfob as I pushed the buttons.

This would be helpful to make sure you keyfob and/or keyfob buttons are working before you try to cut a perfectly good keyfob open!

You might check and see if any of your local auto parts or hardware stores have one of these testers at the battery display.

Am I a geek because I test my keyfob with a spectrum analyzer here at work?

Originally Posted by jfoj

So I was at my local Advance Auto parts for something today and they had this keyfob tester just below the check out register where the small keyfob batteries were located.

I took out my BMW and GM keyfobs and tried them out on the keyfob tester and it worked quite well. The LED flickered indicating the keyfob was functional and I was actually able to get some distance from the tester and it continued to pick up the keyfob as I pushed the buttons.

This would be helpful to make sure you keyfob and/or keyfob buttons are working before you try to cut a perfectly good keyfob open!

You might check and see if any of your local auto parts or hardware stores have one of these testers at the battery display.

Great find!

Not everyone has a $50k spec analyzer sitting around to play with.

Next time I am there, I will check my garage door opener to see if it detects that!