Data entry system for micro-computer based controllers
First Claim
1. In a data entry system for use in programming a micro-computer, the combination comprising:
- a display panel having a window opening therein, digital display means mounted behind said panel and operably visable through said window opening, a member having plural data entry legend means mounted for movement across said window opening, manually operable means for moving said member across said window opening whereby to selectively present each said legend means thereon, one at a time and in any desired order or sequence, at said window opening in cooperating visual adjacency with said display means, and means actuated simultaneously with movement of said member by said manually operable means for enabling data entry for an individual program mode restricted to a selected legend means positioned adjacent said display means, whereby data for said mode may be entered in the micro-computer and visually recorded on said display means in correlation with said selected legend means.
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Abstract
A simplified data entry system, particularly for a lawn sprinkler timer, employing three data entry push buttons cooperative with a multiple position mode switch having manual selector controls operable to present various program modes or segments and associated display legends, one by one, to a data display and entry station; the mode switch positively restricting data entry to the particular requirements of the mode indexed to the entry station and limiting input thereto in accordance with its program requirements; such input data being supplied by push button depressions, which cooperate with a micro-computer to advance digits in a multi-digit display.
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7 Claims
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1. In a data entry system for use in programming a micro-computer, the combination comprising:
- a display panel having a window opening therein, digital display means mounted behind said panel and operably visable through said window opening, a member having plural data entry legend means mounted for movement across said window opening, manually operable means for moving said member across said window opening whereby to selectively present each said legend means thereon, one at a time and in any desired order or sequence, at said window opening in cooperating visual adjacency with said display means, and means actuated simultaneously with movement of said member by said manually operable means for enabling data entry for an individual program mode restricted to a selected legend means positioned adjacent said display means, whereby data for said mode may be entered in the micro-computer and visually recorded on said display means in correlation with said selected legend means.
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