Programmable laundry appliance

A laundry appliance comprising:

• a CPU;
• a plurality of slates programmed into said CPU, each slate including a plurality of cycles for operation said laundry appliance in a particular environment, each cycle including at least one operational parameter of said laundry appliance;
• means for selecting a desired slate from among said plurality of slates;
• and
• means for creating a new slate by replacing at least one of the plurality of cycles in one of the plurality of slates with another cycle from said plurality of slates.

A laundry appliance comprising:

• a CPU, wherein said CPU includes means for selectively establishing an operation mode and a programming mode and said means for selectively establishing comprises a security device which, when activated, changes from the operation mode to the programming mode;
• a plurality of slates programmed into said CPU, each slate including a plurality of cycles for operating said laundry appliance in a particular environment, each cycle including at least one operational parameter of said laundry appliance;
• and
• means for selecting a desired slate from among said plurality of slates.

A laundry appliance comprising:

• a CUP;
• a plurality of slates programmed into said CPU, each slate including a plurality of cycles for operating said laundry appliance in a particular environment, each cycle including at least one operational parameter of said laundry appliance;
• means for selecting a desired slate from among said plurality of slates;
• and
• means for editing said at least one operational parameter of at least one of the plurality of cycles to vary an operation of said laundry appliance.

A method of controlling a laundry appliance including a CPU and a plurality of slates programmed into said CPU, with each slate including a plurality of cycles for operating said laundry appliance and each cycle having a plurality of operational parameters, comprising:

• selecting a desired slate from among said plurality of slates;
• operating the laundry appliance in accordance with the desired slate selected;
• and
• creating a new slate by replacing said at least one of said plurality of cycles with another cycle from said plurality of slates.

A method of controlling a laundry appliance including a CPU and a plurality of slates programmed into said CPU, with each slate including a plurality of cycles for operating said laundry appliance and each cycle having a plurality of operational parameters, comprising:

• selecting a desired slate from among said plurality of slates;
• operating the laundry appliance in accordance with the desired slate selected;
• and
• editing said at least one of said plurality of operational parameters of said at least one of said plurality of cycles to vary an operation of said laundry appliance.