Radio frequency enabled control of environmental zones

A method for controlling humidity in a plurality of zones using a corresponding plurality of humidity controllers, comprising:

• associating at least one respective damper with each of the plurality of zones;
• sensing at least one humidity threshold condition at the humidity controller, and in response thereto assembling at least one command to initiate adjustment of the humidity of the zone bound to the respective humidity controller;
• from each humidity controller that senses the humidity threshold condition, transmitting the command via unidirectional wireless communication, wherein the command includes a humidity control command and a respective unique identifier associated with the humidity controller;
• receiving the commands from each humidity controller at a zone controller;
• for each zone, operating a respective binding switch associated with the zone in connection with a binding process;
• binding each humidity controller with a respective one of the zones using the respective unique identifier associated with the humidity controller for subsequent communications without further binding, by establishing an association between the zone and the humidity controller that is associated with the unique identifier from the command, thereby binding the humidity controller that transmits the command with the zone;
• operating the at least one damper that is associated with the zone that is bound with the humidity controller that is associated with the unique identifier from the command, wherein the at least one damper is operated responsive to the zone controller;
• and
• directing humidity adjustment equipment responsive to the zone controller to execute the humidity control command.

A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) environmental control system arranged to control the environmental conditions in a plurality of zones, comprising:

• a plurality of wireless environmental controllers adapted to sense at least one environmental threshold condition at the respective environmental controller, and in response thereto assemble at least one command to initiate adjustment of the environmental condition of the zone bound to the respective environmental controller, and further adapted to wirelessly transmit the commands, each of which includes an environmental control command and a unique identifier for the wireless environmental controller transmitting the command;
• an HVAC subsystem;
• a plurality of dampers each associated with a respective one of the plurality of zones;
• and
• a zone controller including:
• a wireless receiver adapted to receive the commands from the plurality of wireless environmental controllers,
• means for binding each environmental controller with a respective one of the zones using the unique identifier associated with and received from the respective environmental controller, the means comprising, for each zone, a respective binding switch associated with the zone in connection with a binding process which binds the respective environmental controller to the respective zone for subsequent communications without further binding;
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• means for collectively controlling each of the plurality of dampers in each of the plurality of zones in response to the wirelessly transmitted command from the respective ones of the environmental controllers.