Patent ID: 11886168
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method of communicating with a power tool, the method comprising:
displaying, with a first external device electronic processor of a first external device and on a first display of the first external device, a control screen of a mode profile, wherein the control screen includes a setting of the mode profile, the setting configured to be manipulated by a user to control a motor parameter of a power tool;
receiving, with the first external device electronic processor and via the first display, a user input that manipulates the setting;
transmitting, with the first external device electronic processor, the mode profile to a first power tool, wherein the first power tool is configured to control a first motor of the first power tool in accordance with the setting by controlling the first motor to operate in a predetermined manner in response to a first trigger of the first power tool being actuated regardless of an amount of actuation of the first trigger;
transmitting, with the first external device electronic processor, the mode profile to a server for storage on the server;
receiving, with a second external device electronic processor of a second external device via a second display of the second external device, a selection of the mode profile;
requesting and receiving, with the second external device electronic processor, the mode profile from the server in response to receiving the selection of the mode profile; and
transmitting, with the second external device electronic processor, the mode profile to a second power tool, wherein the second power tool is configured to control a second motor of the second power tool in accordance with the setting by controlling the second motor to operate in the predetermined manner in response to a second trigger of the second power tool being actuated regardless of an amount of actuation of the second trigger.