Lighting control system

A control system in an environment having a plurality of zones comprising:

• a plurality of slave units each linked with a corresponding appliance to control the appliance, the plurality of slave units each sending and receiving information over a transmission medium, the plurality of slave units representing at least two kinds of slave units, the at least two kinds including a first kind and a second kind, the first kind of slave unit having multiple operating levels, the second kind of slave unit having a single operating level, the plurality of slave units each associated with one of the plurality of zones;
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• a central control system, communicatively coupled to the first kind of slave unit and the second kind of slave unit, for sending and receiving information to and from each slave unit of the first kind and the second kind over the transmission medium, the central control system including a user interface having an input device for controlling the central control system and controlling the operating levels of the first kind of slave unit and the second kind of slave unit.

A control system, having communicatively linked modules for controlling appliances in an environment having a plurality of zones, and installing the modules and verifying installation of the modules, the control system comprising:

• at least one slave unit, linked with a corresponding appliance for controlling the appliance, sending and receiving information over a transmission medium, each of the at least one slave units associated with one of the plurality of zones;
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• a central control system, communicatively coupled to the at least one slave unit, for sending and receiving information to and from the at least one slave unit over the transmission medium to remotely control the at least one slave unit, the information including a verify command provided by the at least one slave unit to the central control system to verify that the at least one slave unit is properly installed with the central control system, the verify command including a code identifying the at least one slave unit.

A control system for controlling appliances in an environment having a plurality of zones comprising:

• a plurality of slave units, each of the plurality of slave units linked with a corresponding appliance to control the appliance, for sending and receiving information over a transmission medium, the plurality of slave units each having at least one operating level;
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• a central control system, communicatively coupled to the plurality of slave units, for sending and receiving information to and from the plurality of slave units over the transmission medium to remotely control the plurality of slave units, the central control system monitoring the at least one operating level of the plurality of slave units, wherein the information includes a check command provided by the central control system to the plurality of slave units, the check command prompting each of the plurality of slave units to provide an indication of its operating level back to the central control system.

A control system for controlling appliances in an environment having a plurality of zones, each of the appliances linked to and controlled by a slave unit associated with one of the plurality of zones, the control system comprising:

• a zone controller corresponding with an associated zone of the plurality of zones, the zone controller controlling the slave units of the zone, and sending and receiving information over a transmission medium;
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• a master controller, communicatively coupled with the zone controller, sending and receiving information to and from the zone controller over the transmission medium to remotely control the zone controller, the information including an install command provided by the master controller to the zone controller to communicatively configure and link the zone controller to the master controller, the install command including a code identifying the zone controller.

A control system, having communicatively linked modules for controlling appliances in an environment having a plurality of zones, and installing the modules and verifying installation of the modules, the control system comprising:

• a zone controller corresponding with an associated zone of the plurality of zones, the zone controller controlling the slave units of the zone, and sending and receiving information over a transmission medium;
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• a master controller, communicatively coupled with the zone controller, sending and receiving information to and from the zone controller over the transmission medium to remotely control the zone controller, the information including a verify command provided by the zone controller to the master controller to verify that the zone controller is properly installed with the master controller, the verify command including a code identifying the zone controller.