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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Kohler Mira Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Christopher Ian Thompson, Bristol, GB;
Xiangzhen Zhu, Cheltenham, GB;
KOHLER MIRA LIMITED, , GB;
Abstract
A method for programming a water delivery device having a first optical communications interface is provided. The method includes physically coupling a communications bridge to the water delivery device. The communications bridge includes a second optical communications interface and a separate data communications interface. The method further includes transmitting information from a user device to the communications bridge using electronic data communications between the user device and the data communications interface; generating, by the communications bridge, an optical signal comprising the information received from the user device; and transmitting the optical signal from the communications bridge to the water delivery device using optical communications between the first and second optical communications interfaces.