Patent ID: 8810378
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. System for controlling a user-configurable device comprising: the user-configurable device including an on-vehicle programmable controller and a first tether port, wherein the user-configurable device is configured to receive both modulated signals and unmodulated signals; and a remote control transmitter with at least one wireless output and a second tether port, the transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate, through the at least one wireless output, modulated signals to the user-configurable device and configured to communicate, through the second tether port, unmodulated signals to the user-configurable device through the first tether port; said user-configurable device comprising a robot; said on-vehicle programmable controller including the first tether port and the transmitter communicating directly to the on-vehicle programmable controller with a tether cable attached to the first tether port; said transmitter detecting the direct communications and disabling at least one of the wireless outputs; and further comprising a central controller comprising a third tether port with a tether cable attached to the third tether port and communicating wirelessly with the on-vehicle programmable controller via a wireless receiver, said central controller operable to temporarily disable said transmitter.