# US 12,009,173 B2 · Wireless battery-powered switch > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,173 B2 - Document ID: US12009173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/074,880 - Filed: 2022-12-05 - Published: 2023-04-13 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-28 - Assignees: Hubbell Incorporated - Applicants: Hubbell Incorporated - Inventors: Timothy Willis; Edward Rivas; Theodore Eric Weber; Jim Loring - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009173B2 ## CPC - H01H 9/0271: {structurally combining a switch and an electronic component (for relays H01H50/021)} - H04W 52/0219: {where the power saving management affects multiple terminals} - H04L 69/18: Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device} - H01H 2231/032: Remote control - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 80/00: Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes an input device, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to place a mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to a first manipulation of the input device, and to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode in response to the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless switch, the wireless switch comprising: an input device; a radio; a memory; and an electronic processor configured to: place a mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to a first manipulation of the input device; load a first communication stack of a plurality of communication stacks into the memory in response to the first manipulation of the input device; and, operate the wireless switch in a communication mode associated with the first communication stack with the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless switch of claim 1, wherein the communication mode is a mesh communication mode and wherein the wireless switch is configured connect to a mesh communication network via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the mesh communication mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wireless switch of claim 1, the electronic processor further configured to: place the mode selection indicator in a de-asserted state in response to a second manipulation of the input device; and, operate the wireless switch in a Bluetooth mode with the mode selection indicator being placed in the de-asserted state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wireless switch of claim 3, wherein the input device comprises a button, wherein the first manipulation of the input device includes a first pressing of the button, and wherein the second manipulation of the input device includes a second pressing of the button. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The wireless switch of claim 3, wherein the wireless switch is configured connect to a Bluetooth enabled device via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The wireless switch of claim 5, wherein the wireless switch is configured to receive switch configuration data via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wireless switch of claim 6, wherein the electronic processor is configured to save received the switch configuration data to the memory. ### Claim 8 A method of selecting an operating mode for a wireless switch comprising: detecting, via an electronic processor of the wireless switch, a first manipulation of an input device of the wireless switch; placing, via the electronic processor, a mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to detecting the first manipulation of the input device; loading a first communication stack of a plurality of communication stacks into the memory in response to the first manipulation of the input device; and, operating, via the electronic processor, the wireless switch in a communication mode associated with the first communication stack with the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the communication mode is a mesh communication mode and wherein the wireless switch connects to a mesh communication network via a radio of the wireless switch while the wireless switch is operating in the mesh communication mode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: placing, via the electronic processor, the mode selection indicator in a de-asserted state in response to a second manipulation of the input device; and, operating, via the electronic processor, the wireless switch in a Bluetooth mode with the mode selection indicator being placed in the de-asserted state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 wherein the input device comprises a button, wherein the first manipulation of the input device includes a first pressing of the button, and wherein the second manipulation of the input device includes a second pressing of the button. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the wireless switch is configured connect to a Bluetooth enabled device via a radio of the wireless switch while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the wireless switch is configured to receive switch configuration data via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the electronic processor is configured to save the received switch configuration data to a memory of the wireless switch. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, are configured to perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising: detecting a first manipulation of an input device of a wireless switch; placing a mode selection indicator of the wireless switch in an asserted state in response to detecting the first manipulation of the input device; loading a first communication stack of a plurality of communication stacks into the memory in response to the first manipulation of the input device; and, operating the wireless switch in a communication mode associated with the first communication stack with the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 15, the set of functions further comprising: placing the mode selection indicator in a de-asserted state in response to a second manipulation of the input device; and, operating the wireless switch in a second communication mode with the mode selection indicator being placed in the de-asserted state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 16, the set of functions further comprising: connecting a radio of the wireless switch to a Bluetooth enabled device via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the second communication mode. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 17, the set of functions further comprising: receiving switch configuration data via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the second communication mode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 18, the set of functions further comprising: saving the received switch configuration data to a memory of the wireless switch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 15, the set of functions further comprising: rebooting the wireless switch following the first manipulation of the input device.