Rv wireless remote control

An RV wireless remote control system comprising:

• an RV localbus connectable to one or more RV devices (network-enabled, remote-control-enabled electrical devices connected to and configured to operate respective RV onboard systems);
• an RF fieldbus wirelessly couplable to the RV localbus;
• a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) including:
• an HMI dock connector couplable to the RF localbus;
• an HMI RF receiver wirelessly couplable to the RF fieldbus, and
• a Graphic User Interface (GUI) coupled to both the HMI fieldbus RF transceiver and the HMI dock connector, the HMI being configured to generate signals in response to human inputs to the GUI and/or in response to device status messages received from the RV devices over the RV localbus and/or the RF fieldbus, the HMI fieldbus RF transceiver being configured to receive RV device status signals via a wireless connection from the RF fieldbus when the HMI dock connector is not connected to the RV localbus, the HMI dock connector being configured to receive RV device status signals via a wired connection from the RV localbus when the HMI dock connector is connected to the RV localbus, the HMI being configured to generate control signals in response to human operator input signals received via the GUI, and to transmit the control signals to the RV devices over the RF fieldbus via the HMI fieldbus RF transceiver when the HMI dock connector is not connected to the RV localbus, and over the RV localbus via the HMI dock connector when the HMI dock connector is connected to the RV localbus, the HMI being further configured for real time distributive control of the RV devices such that the RV localbus and the RF fieldbus operate in both directions enabling closed-loop control between the HMI and the RV devices;
• the system further comprising:
• a docking station including:
• a docking station dock connector that is electrically connectable to the HMI dock connector, and
• a localbus transceiver coupled between the docking station dock connector and the RV localbus and configured to provide a hard-wired data connection between the HMI and the RV localbus when the HMI dock connector is electrically connected to the docking station dock connector;
• and the system further comprising:
• a communications gateway module including:
• a gateway localbus transceiver that is coupled to the RV localbus via a hardwired connection;
• a gateway fieldbus RF transceiver that is coupled to the RF fieldbus;
• and
• a gateway controller coupled to the gateway localbus transceiver and the gateway fieldbus RF transceiver and programmed to use bridge/routing algorithms to forward messages received over the RV localbus onto the RF fieldbus, and to forward messages received over the RF fieldbus onto the RV localbus.