Patent ID: 9562384
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: E05D,E05F,E05Y,F16B,G07C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A barrier operator system for controlling movement of a barrier, comprising: a barrier operator head unit having an external communications port; a microcontroller located within said barrier operator head unit and configured to determine whether an adapter located outside of the barrier operator head unit that allows use of one or more accessory devices is connected to the external communications port, the adapter configured to: wherein the one or more accessory devices comprises at least one of lights, security systems, door status communication devices, remote control devices and setup and calibration modules that operate dependent on movement of the barrier; a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface located within said barrier operator head unit and physically connected to the adapter along a wired connection outside of the barrier operator head unit; the microcontroller being connected inside said barrier operator head unit to said UART and operative to utilize said UART interface to wirelessly communicate, through the adapter, with the one or more accessory devices to provide the operational instructions to the one or more accessory devices that operate dependent on movement of the barrier, and wherein the UART is configured to communicate with the microcontroller inside the barrier operator head unit operational instructions for the one or more accessory devices and provide said operational instructions for the one or more accessory devices to the adapter along the wired connection outside the operator head unit, wherein the operational instructions are dependent on movement of the barrier and control the one or more accessory devices wherein the barrier operator head unit cannot natively communicate with the one or more accessory devices without the adapter.