Patent ID: 6054831
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B63H,G08C

Abstract:
A wireless remote control for a trolling motor system including a trolling motor for mounting on a boat for controlling propulsion of the boat and an associated user control actuable by a user to command operation of the trolling motor, the remote control comprising:a receiver circuit operatively associated with the trolling motor for receiving radio frequency signals at a select frequency, the radio frequency signal including an address sequence and a data sequence, wherein any user control includes a unique address sequence and the receiver circuit determines if the received address sequence is for the associated user control, and if so controlling the trolling motor in accordance with information contained in the data sequence; anda transmitter circuit operatively associated with the user control, the transmitter circuit transmitting a radio frequency signal at the select frequency, the radio frequency signal including the unique address sequence and the data sequence, the data sequence representing information on the actuated input device, the transmitter circuit includes discriminator means for transmitting the radio frequency signal only a small percentage of the time to avoid interference with other trolling motor systems.