Patent ID: 6184779
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A remote programmer for downloading at least one user selectable command string to a base microcontroller via a wireless link, said remote programmer comprising:plurality of user selectable switches, each of the user selectable switches capable of being switched to either an on state or an off state;a controller in connection with said user selectable switches, to monitor the on and off states of the user selectable switches;in combination said user selectable switches defining at least one said user selectable command string, said string transmitted to said base microcontroller, to program said string representing user selected functions in a memory associated with said base microcontroller when said base microcontroller is in a learn mode; andan electromagnetic signal transmitter connected to the controller to transmit said command string remotely to said base microcontroller,wherein the base microcontroller determines whether or not a function-programming request code is received,wherein the base microcontroller implements a function-programming operation to initiate an alarm signal in response to the function-programming request code,wherein the base microcontroller stores said user selected functions in an electrically erasable-programmable read-only memory (EEPROM),wherein the base microcontroller determines whether a security event has occurred in a default system monitoring operation if the function-programming request code is not received by the base microcontroller, andwherein the base microcontroller initiates an alarm function in response to a determination that a security event has occurred.