A system to control multiple seats and an environment in a cabin of a transportation vehicle, the transportation vehicle comprising:
- a local Wi-Fi® network operating in the cabin of the transportation vehicle having a plurality of passengers, the multiple seats and an on-board crew,
- each seat comprising a functional controller connected to an electric controller to activate at least one of an electric actuator and an effector of said each seat,
- at least one portable electronic device uniquely associated with a passenger occupying a seat of the transportation vehicle, and comprising a dedicated computer interface,
- each functional controller comprises a wireless communication module configured to establish a wireless link with said at least one portable electronic device associated with the passenger occupying the seat associated with said each functional controller and to communicate on the local network of the transportation vehicle,
- said at least one portable electronic device associated with the passenger enables the passenger, by means of the dedicated computer interface, to control said at least one of the electric actuator and the effector of the seat occupied by the passenger, and to communicate with the on-board crew on the local network,
- wherein a functional controller of the seat occupied by the passenger is further configured to continue to operate normally by executing local manual commands received at the functional controller, while simultaneously receiving and executing commands transmitted from said at least one portable electronic device via said wireless link, so that the passenger can use either manual input via the functional controller of the seat occupied by the passenger or said at least one portable electronic device associated with the passenger to control said at least one of the electric actuator and the effector to change a position of the seat occupied by the passenger, and
- wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) module configured to establish the wireless link on a personal area network distinct from the local Wi-Fi network of the cabin, so as not to affect a speed of the Wi-Fi network, the functional controller comprising frame management algorithms configured to process the commands received via the wireless link.