Patent ID: 7436842

Claim:
A device for coupling a digitized version of an analog signal to an analog device, for use with wiring installed in walls of a building and carrying a digital data signal and a power signal, the digital data signal containing the digitized version of the analog signal, said device comprising: a wiring connector connectable to the wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for transmitting and receiving the digital data signal carried over the wiring; at least one analog connector connectable to the analog device for coupling a signal in analog form to the analog device; at least one adapter coupled between said transceiver and said analog connector, for converting between the digitized version of the analog signal and the signal in analog form and connected to conduct the signal in analog form to the at least one analog connector; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said transceiver, said at least one analog connector and said at least one adapter, wherein said transceiver and said at least one adapter are coupled to the wiring in order to be powered by the power signal, and said enclosure is attachable to a wall in the building; wherein said device is further operative to both receive and transmit signals in analog form; the digital data signal is transmitted bi-directionally; said at least one analog connector comprises a first analog connector for receiving a first signal in analog form and a second analog connector for transmitting a second signal in analog form; said at least one adapter comprises a first adapter coupled between said first analog connector and said transceiver and operative for converting the first signal in analog form to a digitized version of the first signal, and a second adapter coupled between said second analog connector and said transceiver and operative for converting a digitized version of the second signal to the second signal in analog form; and the digital data signal contains both the digitized version of the first signal and the digitized version of the second signal.