Patent ID: 7451759

Claim:
A wireless damper control device comprising, in combination: a damper movable between a closed position and an open position; a damper controller which sends a damper signal which moves the damper between the open position and the closed position; and a fire side controller which transmits a fireplace signal adapted to open a gas valve to initiate combustion when a fire is desired at a fireplace, and adapted to close the gas valve to terminate combustion when a fire is no longer desired at the fireplace, and which receives a damper status signal from the damper controller indicating whether the damper is in the closed position or the open position; wherein when a fire is desired at the fireplace, the fire side controller transmits a damper control signal to move the damper to the open position, and the fireside controller transmits the fireplace signal to open the gas valve after receiving the damper status signal indicating that the damper is in the open position, and the fire side controller is wirelessly connected to the damper controller.