Patent ID: 9710373
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B25F,G05B,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for communicating commands between electrically powered tools, the method comprising: establishing, using a physical interface comprising a wireless radio, a wireless radio link between a first electrically powered tool and a second electrically powered tool, the wireless radio link comprising a first wireless communication protocol; receiving, a command, via the physical interface, at the first electrically powered tool from the second electrically powered tool using the first wireless communication protocol; translating, by a physical interface module in a controller of the first electrically powered tool, the command from the first protocol to a universal protocol, wherein translating, by a tool component interface module of the controller, the command to a second protocol for execution by a tool component, wherein the second protocol is a protocol usable by the tool component; and executing the command by the tool component.