Remote control for a wireless load control system

A remote control for a radio-frequency (RF) load control system configured to control an electrical load, the remote control comprising:

• an actuator configured to be actuated by a user;
• an RF transmitter configured to transmit RF signals;
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• a controller for causing the RF transmitter to transmit an RF signal for controlling the electrical load in response to an actuation of the actuator;
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• a housing configured to enclose the RF transmitter and the controller, the housing having a front surface in which the actuator is located and a rear surface, the front surface having an outer periphery defined by a length and a width, the housing characterized by a depth between the front surface and the rear surface, the RF transmitter and the controller adapted to be powered by a battery contained within a volume defined by the length and the width of the front surface and the depth of the housing;
• wherein the outer periphery of the front surface of the housing is configured to be received within a standard opening in a plane of a front surface of a faceplate in such a way that an entirety of the front surface of the housing is exposed through the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate when the faceplate is mounted to a substantially vertical surface and the housing is received within the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate, the controller configured to transmit an RF signal for controlling the electrical load in response to an actuation of the actuator when the faceplate is mounted to the vertical surface and the housing is received in the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate;
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• wherein the housing of the remote control is configured to be removed from the opening of the faceplate, the controller configured to cause the RF transmitter to transmit an RF signal for controlling the electrical load in response to an actuation of the actuator when the housing is removed from the opening of the faceplate.

A remote control for a radio-frequency (RF) load control system configured to control an electrical load, the remote control comprising:

• a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, the front surface having an outer periphery defined by a length and a width, the housing characterized by a depth between the front surface and the rear surface, the housing configured to be held in a user's hand;
• an actuator provided at the front surface of the housing;
• an RF transmitter contained within the housing;
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• a controller contained within the housing, the controller configured to cause the RF transmitter to transmit an RF signal for controlling the electrical load in response to an actuation of the actuator when the housing is held in the user's hand;
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• a battery enclosure portion within the housing, the battery enclosure portion configured to receive a battery to power the RF transmitter and the controller, the battery enclosure portion contained within a volume defined by the length and the width of the front surface and the depth of the housing;
• wherein the outer periphery of the front surface of the housing is configured to be received within a standard opening in a plane of a front surface of a faceplate in such a way that an entirety of the front surface of the housing is exposed through the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate when the faceplate is mounted to a substantially vertical surface and the housing is received within the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate, the controller configured to transmit an RF signal for controlling the electrical load in response to an actuation of the actuator when the faceplate is mounted to the vertical surface and the housing is received in the opening in the plane of the front surface of the faceplate.