Patent ID: 7844353

Claim:
A method of operating a home automation installation ( 1 ) comprising a portable remote control ( 2 ), a relay ( 3 ) and home automation appliances ( 4 , 7 , 10 , 11 , 40 , 41 ), the method comprising the following steps: using the remote control to select control of one of an appliance or the relay; sending over a media, by wireless channel, control commands being, as selected from the portable remote control, one of a direct command to the home automation appliance or a specific commands to the relay; receiving a control command from the portable remote control by one of the home automation appliance or the relay as selected; performing one of an execution of the control command by the appliance or a generation of selective control commands in the relay, and sending selective control commands, over the media by the relay in response to the control command being a specific command, to the home automation appliances according to a scenario, wherein the remote control is configured to send direct control signals and specific relay command signals.