Patent ID: 8504174

Claim:
An automation system comprising: at least one peripheral device that performs a function and is configured as a translator device in an area to receive and convert wireless signals in a Zigbee message to a wired signal by inserting the Zigbee message into a RS-485 stream, and to send the wired signal over a wire to another translator device in another area that is configured to receive and convert the wired signal from the wire back into the wireless signal by recreating the Zigbee message from the RS-485 stream and wirelessly transmit the Zigbee message to at least one other peripheral device to support communication between an automation controller and the at least one other peripheral device; the automation controller being configured to send and receive information regarding the function to and from the peripheral devices and communicate signals wirelessly with the peripheral devices; and, a remote controller configured to provide a signal to at least one peripheral device to initiate an association process between the peripheral device and the automation controller.