Distributed wireless home and commercial electrical automation systems

[0024] Nomenclature Note: In the provisional application, we used the term “Control Panel” to refer to “microprocessor based electronic device, capable of running operating systems which supports the wireless protocol, graphical user interface, touch screen functionality . . . ”. (Provisional page 3.) In the present application, we will instead use the term “central controller” to refer to various devices and embodiments functionally similar to what was previously called the “Control Panel”. This is to avoid confusion as the typical Central Controller, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention, will itself include a front panel or control panel that provides an interface to the controller.

[0025] Thus “control panel” will be used herein consistent with its ordinary meaning. For example, in one preferred embodiment, a central controller is disposed in a standard electrical box, and the front panel of the central controller is installed over it, similar to a conventional light