Device for manually operating a motorized drive of a screen, such as a window covering, and method for saving setting values associated with different positions of the screen

Method for saving setting values associated with different positions of a screen, such as a window covering, which screen is provided with a motorized drive and a device for manually operating a motorized drive of a screen, such as a window covering, comprising a housing to be attached to the shaft of the screen;

• first operating means for manual operation of the device by means of pulling movements by a user;
• switching means for converting the pulling movements on the first operating means into first electrical signals for the motorized drive, characterized in that the switching means comprise a switch which generates a first electrical signal in a first mode and generates a second electrical signal in a second mode, wherein the switching means further comprise a switching element for connection to the first operating means, wherein the switching element is movable between a first position, in which the switch takes up the first mode, and a second position in which the switching element activates the switch in the second mode, and the device comprises control means for controlling the motorized drive on the basis of the first electrical signals, comprising the step of saving a current position by manually operating the first operating means.