Patent ID: 8265674

Claim:
A system, comprising: a plurality of controlled circuits in a wireless network, each controlled circuit comprising: a switch device connected to a power circuit and connected to controlled circuit wiring, the switch device configured to control power provided by the power circuit to the controlled circuit wiring, to receive data wirelessly, to transmit data wirelessly and to take one or more control actions in response to the received data and the transmitted data; at least one wireless adapter connected to the controlled circuit wiring and connected to a controlled device, the wireless adapter powered by the controlled circuit wiring and configured to control power at the controlled device; and a commissioning device configured to receive data wirelessly and to transmit data wirelessly, and further configured to commission each controlled circuit, the commissioning comprising the operations of: instructing the switch devices of the controlled circuits to provide power to the controlled circuit wiring of the controlled circuits to enable joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network; monitoring the joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network; monitoring for the occurrence of a joining expiration event; and in response to the occurrence of the joining expiration event, determining whether each wireless adapter that joined the wireless network during a joining time period ending at the occurrence of the joining expiration event belongs to the controlled circuits.