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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
Mark E Innes, Asheville, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrical switching device such as a motor starter includes separable contacts; a coil for operating the separable contacts; two light emitting diode indicators having a plurality of states; a pushbutton switch; and a control circuit responsive to the pushbutton switch employing a plurality of parameters for controlling operation of the coil and the indicators, with the control circuit having a setup mode and including a microcomputer for detecting actuation of the pushbutton switch to enter the setup mode, indicating a first one of the states on the indicators corresponding to a first one of the parameters, and detecting de-actuation of the pushbutton switch to indicate a value of the first parameter on the indicators.