Patent attributes
A remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle may include a remote transmitter, a multi-adaptor vehicle remote function controller being responsive to the remote transmitter, and a data bus adaptor for adapting the multi-adaptor vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus. The data bus adaptor may be operable with a given set of proprietary remote function controller codes from among a plurality of different sets of proprietary remote function controller codes. The multi-adaptor vehicle remote function controller may be operable with the different sets of proprietary remote function controller codes, and may be configured to learn the given set of proprietary remote function controller codes that the data bus adaptor is operable with based upon the download learning port, and to use the given set of proprietary codes for communications with the data bus adaptor.
