User-assisted programmable appliance control

A method for training a trainable RF transmitter in a vehicle to transmit variable code signals used to actuate a remote device having a receiver, the trainable transmitter having a memory including stored variable code characteristics for a plurality of different remote devices, the method comprising:

• initiating a training sequence;
• generating at least one RF carrier signal having variable code characteristics associated with one remote device from the plurality of different remote devices;
• transmitting the at least one RF carrier signal to the receiver of the remote device;
• repeating the generating and transmitting steps for the variable code characteristics of each remote device in the plurality of different remote devices until feedback is received from a user that the remote device is activated;
• and
• upon receiving an indication that the remote device is activated, storing an identifier of the variable code characteristics that activated the remote device.

A method for training a trainable RF transmitter in a vehicle to transmit variable code signals used to actuate remote devices, the trainable transmitter including a memory having stored variable code characteristics for a plurality of different remote devices, the method comprising:

• receiving inputs from a user;
• identifying remote device to be actuated from the plurality of different remote devices based on the received inputs;
• and
• associating the identified remote device with a user input device of the trainable transmitter for subsequent transmission of a variable code signal having variable code characteristics of the identified remote device to actuate the identified remote device.

A method for training a trainable RF transmitter in a vehicle to transmit variable code signals used to actuate remote devices, the trainable transmitter including a memory having stored variable code characteristics for a plurality of different remote devices, the method comprising:

• receiving inputs from a user;
• identifying a remote device to be actuated from the plurality of different remote devices based on the received inputs;
• generating an RF carrier signal having variable code characteristics of the identified remote device;
• and
• transmitting the RF carrier signal to a receiver of the identified remote device to actuate the identified remote device.

A trainable transmitter in a vehicle for transmitting variable code signals used to actuate remote devices, the trainable transmitter comprising:

• a memory having stored variable code characteristics for a plurality of different remote devices;
• a user input device configured to receive inputs from a user;
• a control circuit coupled to the user input device and the memory and configured to receive the inputs from the user input device, to identify a remote device from the plurality of different remote devices based on the received inputs and to associate the identified remote device with the user input device for subsequent transmission of a variable code signal having variable code characteristics of the identified remote device;
• and
• a transmitter circuit coupled to the control circuit and configured to transmit the variable code signal to actuate the identified remote device.