B&D Smart Garage Door Opener Includes
1x B&D “CAD Smart” Tilt Door Opener
1x Pre-Assembled, 1-Piece Belt Rail
2x TB-7 Premium Keyring Transmitters
1x WTB-8 Premium Wireless Wall Button
7 Year / 20,000 Cycle Warranty
Video Instructions
B&D Smart Garage Door Opener Specifications
| Rated Door Area | 18m² (6m W x 3m H) |
| Suitable Doors | Single, Double Panel / Tilt |
| Min Head Room | 57mm |
| Model Number | SDO-7 |
| Peak Power | 1100N |
| Standby Power | 2.2W |
| Opening Speed | 130mm/sec |
| MHz Frequency | FM 433.92 |
| Memory Register | 64 |
| Lighting | LED Lighting |
| Warranty | 7 Years / 20,000 cycles |
Is The B&D Smart Right For You?
The B&D CAD Smart (SDO-7) is B&D’s most advanced residential garage door opener to date. Designed for tilt and sectional doors up to 18m², it includes smartphone control out of the box. But at $1,159, the CAD Smart is the most expensive residential opener on the market — and for that price, you’d expect more lifting power and flexibility. If you’re looking for raw strength, quiet operation, modern lighting, and a better price, the Auto Openers Panel Boss is worth a serious look.
| Feature | B&D CAD Smart (SDO-7) | Auto Openers Panel Boss |
|---|---|---|
| Rated Door Area | 18m² | 18m² |
| Peak Force | 1100N | 1500N |
| Suitable For | Single, Double Tilt / Panel | Single, Double Tilt / Sectional |
| Min Head Room | 57mm | 57mm |
| Remote Memory | 64 | 20 |
| Lighting | LED Lighting | 12x UltraBright LEDs |
| Smartphone Control | Included | Optional Smart Kit |
| Anti-Tamper Locking | Safe Lock (requires Smart Kit) | Not Included |
| Battery Backup Option | Optional | Optional |
| Warranty | 7 Years / 20,000 Cycles | 5 Years (DIY Covered) |
| Price (inc delivery) | $1,159 | $399 |
| Company Ownership | Japanese Owned (Nippon) | Australian Owned (Auto Openers) |
With 50% more power, double the LED lighting, and support for all the same accessories, including smartphone control, PE beams, and battery backup, the Panel Boss outperforms the CAD Smart in almost every practical category, at just one-third of the price.
Instead of bundling in features and inflating the price, Auto Openers gives you the freedom to choose what you actually want. You can add smart control or security beams when you need them — or skip them entirely and still have a high-performing, ultra-quiet opener for your garage.
Backed by a DIY-friendly 5-year warranty, and made by an Australian-owned company, the Panel Boss is built to handle the harshest Aussie conditions without locking you into a proprietary system.
If you’re looking for real strength, modern reliability, and unbeatable value, the Panel Boss is the better buy.
B&D Smart Garage Door Opener Features
The B&D Smart Garage Door Opener will suit any residential tilt or sectional door made in Australia or New Zealand up to 18m². B&D have also included Smartphone control as a standard inclusion with the CAD Smart, allowing you to operate the motor with your mobile phone after installing the app on a compatible iOS or Android device. B&D also now feature the CAD Smart with their propriety Safe Lock Anti-Tamper system, to help prevent your garage door against forced entry. Should the motor detect a criminal forcing their way into your garage, the motor locks down the rail and door, whilst sending an alert to your phone about the attempted break-in within seconds.
The included TB-7 remote control features a rolling code encryption called TriTran+ Enhanced, which generates a new code each time the button is pressed from trillions upon trillions of possibilities.
By transmitting across three frequencies, the TB-7 all but eliminates interference problems, meaning your garage door will open with every press of the button. Due to the remotes high security, only your garage door remotes will ever open your gate or door preventing code grabbing devices from ‘replaying’ the code to open your garage door.
Optional accessories include a battery backup, PE Safety Beams or a wall-mounted transmitter. Please click here for video instructions showing how you can install your new garage door opener.
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