Patent ID: 8141927

Claim:
A control system for a slide-out room, the slide-out room including at least one room slide for moving the slide-out room and a lock for holding the slide-out room in a retracted position when the lock is engaged, comprising: a controller being operatively connected to the at least one room slide for controlling the motion of the at least one room slide, the controller being programmable to define stop positions for the slide-out room, and the controller being operatively connected to the lock; a control panel including buttons to receive commands from a user, the control panel being operatively connected to the controller; and wherein when the control panel is activated to extend the slide-out room the controller receives an extend signal from the control panel and the controller checks the position of the lock and if the lock is engaged the controller sends a disengage signal to the lock to disengage, and when the lock is disengaged the controller receives a disengaged signal from the lock and thereafter the controller sends a room slide extend signal to the at least one room slide to extend the slide-out room.