Patent ID: 9588506
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G05B,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. An automated building control system, comprising: an automation controller; and, a plurality of peripheral devices configured to perform a building control function, wherein, the automation controller and peripheral devices communicate wirelessly and the peripheral devices can be enabled and disabled as wireless repeaters in a network formed by the automation controller and the peripheral devices, at least one peripheral device is enabled as a wireless repeater to receive and retransmit signals from other peripheral devices and at least one peripheral device is disabled as a wireless repeater to not retransmit signals from other peripheral devices, wherein the network is monitored to determine whether the automation controller can communicate with all of the peripheral devices; and, a portion of the peripheral devices are disabled for a period of time by issuing a command via the automation controller and enabled as wireless repeaters selectively by the automation controller until the automation controller can communicate with all of the peripheral devices.