Patent ID: 7778004
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: F41A,F41H,H05C

Abstract:
1. An electronic control device for use with a provided first circuit for a first auxiliary function of the electronic control device, the electronic control device for impeding locomotion by a human or animal target, the electronic control device comprising: a processing circuit that executes instructions; a bus for conveying addresses and data and not for conveying instructions being executed; a signal generator that controls a primary function of the electronic control device, the primary function comprising providing a current through the target that impedes locomotion by the target; wherein the processing circuit communicates via the bus, by a first address and first data, with the signal generator to control the primary function and that communicates via the bus, by a second address and second data, with the first circuit to obtain from the first circuit via the bus indicia of a description of the first auxiliary function to control the first auxiliary function.