Patent ID: 8560090

Claim:
A monitor and control apparatus connected with signal lines to be used for a remote monitoring control system for monitoring and controlling a load via the signal lines, comprising: a body with a box-like shape attached to an installation surface in such a way that a front face of the body is exposed and a rear portion thereof is inserted into a mounting hole opened in the installation surface; a display part for displaying graphic images; an operation part through which a user inputs an operation instruction; a control part for performing a display control of the display part and a load control according to the operation instruction through the operation part; and a communication circuit for transmitting communication commands for monitoring and controlling a plurality of loads, wherein the display part, the operation part, the control part and the communication circuit are provided in the body and the display part and the operation part are provided on the front face side of the body, wherein a rear face of the body includes: a first face having a plurality of terminal sections that are protruded, the signal lines being connected to the terminal sections; and a second face protruded backwardly relative to the first face by a stepped portion formed between the first face and the second face, wherein an internal space of the body on the second face side is enlarged backwardly more than that on the first face side, and a height dimension of the second face from the first face is substantially equal to a height dimension of the plurality of terminal sections from the first face; wherein the plurality of terminal sections are arranged in parallel along the rear face of the body in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which the first face and the second face are arranged side by side, and wherein the body has a plurality of guide grooves formed in the second face to correspond to the respective terminal section in the second direction, the guide grooves extending along the second direction over an entire width of the second face.