Patent ID: 7566986

Claim:
A system for selectively controlling and distributing electrical power from an electrical power source to a plurality of load circuits, comprising: a plurality of remote operated devices, each device being electrically connected to the electrical power source and to one of the plurality of load circuits for selectively operating the respective remote operated devices and controlling the electrical power distributed to the one load circuit upon receipt of an execute command; an I/O controller board for controlling the remote operated devices; a serial communications line interconnecting the plurality of remote operated devices and the I/O controller board; and a plurality of select lines in communication with the I/O controller board, each of the select lines being communicatively coupled to a corresponding one remote operated device in parallel to the serial communications line; wherein each remote operated device is configured to execute commands received on the serial communications line only upon assertion by the I/O controller board of the select line connected to the corresponding remote operated device.