Patent ID: 7006880

Claim:
A method of controlling a device ( 12 ) operably connected to a control system ( 10 ) through a sequence of operations comprising the steps of: automatically sending a series of output signals ( 14 ) electronically from the control system ( 10 ) to the device ( 12 ) to operate the device ( 12 ) through the sequence of operations in an automatic mode; turning off the automatic sending of output signals ( 14 ) to take the device ( 12 ) out of the automatic mode; manually operating the device ( 12 ) to perform at least one manual operation; turning on the automatic sending of output signals ( 14 ); said method characterized by sensing the last of the manual operations and restarting the automatic sending of output signals ( 14 ) electronically from the control system ( 10 ) to the device ( 12 ) to continue the sequence of operations from the last manual operation regardless of the number of manual operations without keeping the last output signal ( 14 ) that was sent before the device ( 12 ) was taken out of the automatic mode.