Patent ID: 7768422

Claim:
A method for restoring a first radio frequency (RF) control device of a plurality of control devices from a first state to a second state, the plurality of control devices operable to be controlled by radio frequency signals transmitted on one of a plurality of radio frequency channels by a first transmitter device, the first RF control device adapted to be coupled to a source of power, a switch coupled in series between the source of power and the control device, the method comprising the steps of: initiating at the first transmitter device an out-of-box mode to configure the first RF control device into the second state; transmitting a beacon message on one of the channels from the first transmitting device in response to the step of initiating at the first transmitter device the out-of-box mode to configure the first RF control device into the second state; subsequently operating the switch to cycle power to the first RF control device from off to on to identify the first RF control device as requiring an address; monitoring by the first RF control device for the beacon message that is transmitted on one of a plurality of radio frequency channels, wherein the first RF control device begins to scan on each of the plurality of radio frequency channels each for a period of time for the beacon message, and wherein the first RF control device locks on to the one of the plurality of channels on which the beacon message is received and then halts further scanning; transmitting by the first transmitter device an instruction message to the first RF control device that instructs the first RF control device to receive the messages transmitted on a designated radio frequency channel; determining at the first transmitter device the presence of the first RF control device; enabling a user to select at the first transmitter device the first RF control device for restoration to the second state; and transmitting a message on the designated radio frequency channel from the first transmitter device, while the first transmitter device is in the out-of-box mode, to be received by the first RF control device to restore the first RF control device to the second state.