Patent ID: 11871710
Assignee: HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  H

Claim 13:
14. A method for irrigation control, the method comprising:
providing, from an irrigation controller, one or more valve activation signals, each valve activation signal configured to control an associated irrigation valve;
receiving, at an auxiliary communication device, user input, and sending, over an inductive communication link, a first message from the auxiliary communication device;
receiving, at a controller transceiver, the first message over the inductive communication link from the auxiliary communication device, the controller transceiver including circuitry for inductive communication that includes a capacitor C and an inductor L configured in parallel to form an LC circuit having a resonant frequency, the first message including an indication associated with a selected activation signal of the one or more valve activation signals, the first message comprising a signal having a frequency approximately matching the resonant frequency of the LC circuit;
transmitting a second message that includes the indication associated with the selected valve activation signal over a wireless communication link to a valve transceiver that controls a selected irrigation valve; and
associating, based at least in part on the indication, the selected valve activation signal with the selected irrigation valve.