Claims
- 1. A control system for electrical devices in a vehicle and comprising:
at least one solid state output/relay module with processing and memory capability, said output relay module being programmable to store configuration data corresponding to predetermined states for the various devices to be controlled, and said memory capability including a non-volatile component (EEROM), at least one solid state input module with processing capability, said input module having selector switches for preselecting a variety of device states, and said input module further providing a visual indication of the states for these devices, a data bus to provide communication between said input and output modules, at least one dongle for selective connection to said relay module data bus connection, said dongle having a dongle memory accessible by an internal identification pattern for storing configuration data, said dongle being capable when connected to said data bus of altering the configuration data stored in said non-volatile memory of said output/relay module.
- 2. The control system according to claim 1 further characterized by a computer selectively connected to with said dongle to vary the configuration data stored in the dongle memory, said computer including a program capable of communicating with said dongle memory via an identification procedure so that the dongle can only be so reprogrammed by on authorized computer capable of conducting a proper identification of the dongle's identification pattern.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to a co-pending provisional application filed Feb. 8, 2000 under S. No. 60/181,355 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That provisional case is incorporate by reference herein.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
Country |
Kind |
PCT/US01/03941 |
2/7/2001 |
WO |
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