Patent ID: 7046135

Claim:
An operating method for a command transmitter ( 1 ) intended for the remote control of electrical equipments ( 12 ) providing comfort and/or safety in a building, the command transmitter comprising a control interface ( 3 ), an information interface ( 5 ), signal transmitting means ( 8 ), signal receiving means ( 9 ) and a means of locking the control interface, which method comprises at least: a) a first mode in which an action on one or more keys ( 4 a – 4 d ) of the control interface gives rise to the transmission of a control signal associated with this action and b) a second mode in which an action on this key or these keys ( 4 a – 4 d ) of the control interface gives rise to the display of information relating to the controlled equipment or equipments and/or the command transmitter on the information interface and does not give rise to the transmission of the control signal associated, in the first mode, with this action, the locking means ensuring at least the change from the first mode to the second mode.