Patent ID: 7659833

Claim:
A system for remotely controlling at least a first device based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus, the foot pedal apparatus having a movable member, comprising: a first module configured to transmit a first RF signal in response to at least partial displacement of the moveable member of the foot pedal apparatus from a first operational position, the first signal having a first binary identifier associated with the first module, and a first activation binary command; a second module configured to receive the first RF signal and to transmit a second RF signal having the first binary identifier, the first activation binary command, and a second binary identifier associated with the second module, in response to the first RF signal; a third module configured to receive the second RF signal; the third module further configured to compare the first and second binary identifiers in the second RF signal with first and second binary values, respectively, stored in a memory device of the third module; the third module further configured to compare the first activation binary command with a first binary command value stored in the memory device; and the third module further configured to activate the first device when the first and second binary identifiers correspond to the first and second binary values, respectively, and the first activation binary command corresponds to the first binary command value.