Code replacement for irrigation controllers
First Claim
1. An irrigation controller comprising:
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a control panel removably coupled within the housing, the control panel including a first microcontroller configured to execute stored irrigation programs and a first set of code of the control panel; and
a removable plug-in device that removably mates with a portion of the control panel such that the removable plug-in device is communicationally coupled to the first microcontroller, wherein the removable plug-in device comprises a memory storing a second set of code to replace at least a portion of the first set of code of the control panel, wherein a copy of the second set of code is transferred to the control panel to overwrite at least the portion of the first set of code of the control panel to reflash the control panel.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide irrigation controllers comprising: a housing; a control unit including a first microcontroller configured to execute irrigation programs and a first set of code; and a removable plug-in device that removably mates with a portion of the irrigation controller and communicationally couples to the first microcontroller, wherein the plug-in device comprises a memory storing a second set of code to replace at least a portion of the first set of code, wherein the plug-in device is configured to re-flash at least a portion of the first set of code allowing a copy of the second set of code to overwrite at least the portion of the first set of code; wherein the first set of code comprises a bootloader that writes the copy of the second set of code over the first set of code with the exception of the bootloader that is not written over.
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20 Claims
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1. An irrigation controller comprising:
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a housing; a control panel removably coupled within the housing, the control panel including a first microcontroller configured to execute stored irrigation programs and a first set of code of the control panel; and a removable plug-in device that removably mates with a portion of the control panel such that the removable plug-in device is communicationally coupled to the first microcontroller, wherein the removable plug-in device comprises a memory storing a second set of code to replace at least a portion of the first set of code of the control panel, wherein a copy of the second set of code is transferred to the control panel to overwrite at least the portion of the first set of code of the control panel to reflash the control panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of implementing irrigation, the method comprising:
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storing, in a controller memory of a control panel removably positioned within a housing and communicationally coupled with a first microcontroller of the control panel, one or more irrigation programs and a first set of code of the control panel, wherein the first microcontroller is configured to implement the one or more irrigation programs and to execute the first set of code; receiving a removable plug-in device that mates to a portion of the control panel, wherein the plug-in device when mated is communicatively coupled with the first microcontroller, wherein the removable plug-in device stores a second set of code configured to replace at least a portion of the first set of code of the control panel; and re-flashing at least a portion of the controller memory copying the second set of code from the removable plug-in device and overwriting at least the portion of the first set of code of the control panel with a copy of the second set of code transferred from the removable plug-in device to the control panel. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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