Patent ID: 7187291

Claim:
A remotely controlled animal training device, comprising: (a) receiving circuitry for receiving control information signals including address information and function information from a remote transmitter; (b) a microcontroller coupled to receive demodulated address codes and function codes from the receiving circuitry; (c) a set switch for setting the remotely controlled animal training device to recognize only an address code received from a particular remote transmitter; (d) a first stored routine executed by the microcontroller for storing the address code received from the remote transmitter in response to actuation of the set switch; (e) a second stored routine executed by the microcontroller for operating on an address code contained in control information signals received by the remotely controlled animal training device and comparing the address code to the stored address code to determine if the remotely controlled animal training device is being addressed by the particular remote transmitter, the microcontroller then operating on a function code contained in control information signals received by the remotely controlled animal training device if the address code matches the stored address code; (f) a coupling device for coupling the control signal to a control input of the animal training device; and (g) a test circuit responsive to a test switch for testing continuity of the coupling by the coupling device.