Description
The Merlin Commander Platinum II MS137MYQ is a premium high-performance garage door operator designed specifically for large, heavy and custom residential sectional garage doors.
With an impressive 1300N peak pulling force and support for spring-balanced doors weighing up to 350kg and measuring up to 20m², the Commander Platinum II is Merlin’s most powerful overhead sectional garage door opener. It combines heavy-duty performance with ultra-quiet operation, myQ smart connectivity and advanced safety technology.
💪 Heavy-Duty Performance for Large Garage Doors
The Merlin Commander Platinum II MS137MYQ is engineered for demanding residential garage door applications where a conventional garage door operator may not provide sufficient capacity.
Its powerful 24V DC motor provides up to 1300N peak pulling force, making it suitable for large and heavy spring-balanced sectional garage doors.
The MS137MYQ is rated for:
- Garage doors weighing up to 350kg
- Door areas up to 20m²
- Door heights up to 3.0m
- Large double garage doors
- Custom sectional garage doors
- Heavy designer garage doors
- Steel and timber spring-balanced doors
The 350kg door rating applies when the required Safety IR Beams are installed.
🏠 Ideal for Custom & Designer Garage Doors
The Commander Platinum II is particularly well suited to premium custom garage doors where additional weight can be introduced through the door’s construction or decorative finishes.
Architectural sectional doors featuring timber, aluminium, composite materials or custom cladding can be considerably heavier than conventional residential garage doors.
With its high lifting capacity, the MS137MYQ allows homeowners and designers greater flexibility when selecting a premium garage door without compromising reliable automatic operation.
⚙️ 1300N Peak Pulling Force
At the heart of the Commander Platinum II is a powerful 24V DC motor with thermal overload protection and a maximum peak pulling force of 1300N.
The additional operating capacity makes the MS137MYQ an excellent choice for larger doors where reliable lifting performance is essential.
The operator is paired with Merlin’s heavy-duty extruded aluminium X-Rail and chain-drive system, providing a strong and stable drive system for demanding garage door applications.
🔇 Ultra-Quiet DC Motor Operation
Despite its heavy lifting capability, the Commander Platinum II is designed to provide ultra-quiet garage door operation.
The DC motor provides smooth operation while helping minimise noise and vibration transferred through the garage ceiling and surrounding structure.
This makes the MS137MYQ particularly suitable for homes where the garage is located underneath or adjacent to bedrooms and living areas.
📱 myQ Smart Connectivity Included
The Merlin Commander Platinum II includes myQ smart connectivity, allowing your garage door to become part of your connected home.
Using the compatible myQ system, you can remotely monitor and control your garage door from your smartphone.
myQ functionality can provide:
- Remote garage door control
- Garage door status monitoring
- Real-time notifications
- Opening and closing alerts
- Scheduling functionality
- Guest access management
- Greater visibility of your garage door while away from home
The required myQ connectivity hardware and Wireless Safety Beams are included with the Commander Platinum II package.
🛡️ Wireless Safety Beams Included
The Commander Platinum II includes Merlin Wireless Safety IR Beams to provide additional obstruction protection across the garage door opening.
The beams monitor the doorway and help detect vehicles, people, pets or other objects that may be positioned within the path of the closing garage door.
If an obstruction is detected, the safety system allows the garage door operator to respond accordingly, providing an important additional layer of protection for large and heavy garage doors.
🛑 Premium Automatic Safety Reverse
The MS137MYQ incorporates Merlin’s Premium Automatic Safety Reverse system.
If the garage door encounters an obstruction while closing, the operator is designed to stop and reverse the door automatically. If an obstruction is detected while opening, the operator will stop the door.
Automatic Force Sensing also monitors and adjusts the force required to operate the garage door during each cycle, helping provide reliable and safe operation as operating conditions change.
🔐 Security+ 2.0 Technology
The Commander Platinum II incorporates Merlin Security+ 2.0 remote control technology for secure and reliable operation.
Security+ 2.0 uses encrypted rolling-code technology across multiple frequencies, generating a new code with each remote operation.
This helps prevent unauthorised access while also reducing the potential for radio interference from other wireless devices.
💡 LED Garage Lighting
Integrated LED lighting provides convenient illumination whenever the garage door operator is activated.
The lighting automatically switches on during operation and can be configured to remain illuminated for a selected period, providing useful lighting when entering or leaving the garage.
The Commander Platinum II is specified by Merlin with Corner-To-Corner Lighting.
🔋 Battery Backup Compatible
The Merlin Commander Platinum II is compatible with an optional Battery Backup system.
When fitted, Battery Backup allows the garage door operator to continue operating during a mains power outage, helping maintain convenient access to the garage when normal household power is unavailable.
The Battery Backup is an optional accessory and is not included as standard.
🚪 Smooth Start & Stop Operation
Soft-start and soft-stop functionality helps provide smoother movement as the garage door begins and finishes each operating cycle.
Rather than immediately applying full operating speed, the system controls acceleration and deceleration to provide smoother door movement.
This contributes to the refined operation expected from a premium garage door operator while reducing abrupt movement through the garage door and drive system.
📡 Improved Remote Control Range
The Commander Platinum II provides improved transmitter performance, with Merlin stating up to 18% greater range compared with other available Merlin products.
This can allow the garage door to be activated sooner as you approach the property, providing additional everyday convenience.
🧰 Ideal for Premium Residential Installations
The combination of high lifting capacity, smart connectivity, advanced safety features and quiet operation makes the Commander Platinum II particularly suitable for premium residential garage door installations.
It is ideal for:
- Large residential sectional garage doors
- Heavy custom garage doors
- Designer and architectural garage doors
- Timber and custom-clad sectional doors
- Wide double garage doors
- Smart home installations
- New premium garage door installations
- Replacement of an existing high-capacity garage door operator
🔧 Merlin Quality & Reliability
The Commander Platinum II forms part of Merlin’s premium residential garage door operator range and is designed for applications requiring greater lifting capacity than a standard residential opener.
The combination of its heavy-duty extruded rail, 24V DC motor, Security+ 2.0 technology, wireless safety system and myQ connectivity provides a comprehensive automation solution for demanding residential garage doors.
Key Features
- Powerful 1300N peak pulling force
- Suitable for garage doors weighing up to 350kg
- Rated for door areas up to 20m²
- Maximum door height up to 3.0m
- 24V DC motor with thermal overload protection
- Ultra-quiet operation
- Heavy-duty extruded aluminium X-Rail
- Chain-drive system
- myQ smart connectivity included
- Wireless Safety IR Beams included
- Premium Automatic Safety Reverse
- Automatic Force Sensing
- Security+ 2.0 rolling-code technology
- Soft-start and soft-stop operation
- LED garage lighting
- Battery Backup compatible
- Improved transmitter range
- Up to 64 memory registers
- Suitable for steel and timber spring-balanced doors
- 7-year warranty, subject to Merlin’s warranty conditions and servicing requirements
Specifications
- Model: MS137MYQ
- Motor: 24V DC
- Input Voltage: 220–240V AC
- Peak Pulling Force: 1300N
- Maximum Door Weight: 350kg
- Maximum Rated Door Area: 20m²
- Maximum Door Height: 3.0m
- Drive System: Extruded X-Rail with chain drive
- Minimum Headroom Required: 50mm
- Memory Capacity: Up to 64 registers
- Lighting: LED
- Connectivity: myQ included
- Battery Backup: Compatible
- Security: Security+ 2.0
- Warranty: 7 Years
Included Accessories
The Merlin Commander Platinum II MS137MYQ package includes:
- 2 x Compact Fob Remote Controls
- 1 x Wireless Wall Mount Remote Control
- 1 x Wireless Safety Beam Kit
- 1 x myQ Gateway
This provides the essential smart connectivity, remote controls and safety beam equipment required to take advantage of the MS137MYQ’s key features.
⚠️ Please Note
The maximum 350kg door rating is based on the installation and correct operation of Safety IR Beams.
Garage doors must be correctly spring balanced and in good mechanical condition before an automatic garage door operator is installed.
Merlin recommends regular servicing, with annual servicing required under the stated warranty conditions. Please refer to the manufacturer’s warranty and installation documentation for complete requirements.
