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OwnerThomas G. Van Sistine, Michael S. Thomas +3inventors
InventorsThomas G. Van Sistine, Michael S. Thomas, John M. Schulz, Carl E. McDow, Mark A. Boyer
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An appliance includes a main controller and one or more programmable components. The main controller is configured to receive data from each of one or more programmable components, compare the received data to determine whether the configuration of each of the one or more programmable components matches a configuration of the main controller, and enter an alternate operational mode in response to determining that the configuration of each of the one or more programmable components does not match the configuration of the main controller. The data is indicative of a configuration of each of the one or more programmable components.
An appliance, comprising:
A system, comprising:
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