Patent ID: 8785771

Claim:
A controller for controlling the utilization of electrical resources within a zone which include devices utilizing both line voltage and low voltage comprising: a housing having an interior carrying a barrier for utilization in defining a line voltage compartment delineated from a low voltage compartment within said housing interior; a power control board carried within said line voltage compartment for receiving line voltage and for providing the provision of said line voltage to an external device utilizing said line voltage; a low voltage board carried within said low voltage compartment for providing low voltage to an external low voltage device; said low voltage board including circuitry interfacing with said power control board for receiving voltage from said power control board and transferring said voltage to the low voltage external device; a controller board carried by said housing for receiving data associated with said low voltage components and receiving line-voltage from said line power control board; a first cover for enclosing a first portion of the interior of said housing for defining said line voltage compartment; a second cover for enclosing a second portion of the interior of said housing for defining said low voltage compartment; and wherein said power control board includes interfaces for interfacing with at least one line voltage device; said line voltage devices includes lights or heating and air conditioning devices; said controller board controls the operation of said line voltage device; wherein the line voltage to an external device utilizing line voltage is regulated utilizing the data received by the low voltage board from the low voltage devices; and said controller board utilizes an opto-isolator for communicating control signals to said power control board for controlling the operation of said line voltage device.