A system and method for securely storing and retrieving prescriptions. The system may include storage containers into which the prescriptions may be placed, a storage matrix with an outer housing and compartments for the storage containers, a transport system, scanners, and a control system. The transport system within the outer housing may selectively move the storage containers attached to the attachment device to locations or coordinates of any of the compartments. The control system may command the transport system to relocate any of the storage containers from one of the compartments to another of the compartments and may track locations of the prescriptions based on information from the scanners or other sensors for later retrieval by authorized user.

A control adapter for fastening on a HVAC device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating control signals between a remote control device and the control adapter. A wireless near-field communication interface communicates control signals between the control adapter and the HVAC device. A control circuit converts the control signals received from the wireless communications interface into the control signals of the wireless near-field communication interface and converts the control signals received from the wireless near-field communication interface into control signals of the wireless communication interface.

Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each of the plurality of sensor devices includes a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router, a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, an electrical control, a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space, and a processor. The processor is operative to communicate with the wireless router, communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, and receive the sensed condition of the living space. Processors of the plurality of sensor devices are operative to select a master sensor device, wherein the master sensor device maintains communication with the wireless router, and wherein the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices form a wireless mesh network.

According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to reprogramming a vehicular antenna unit via a communication cable. In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicular communication system includes a radio control unit, and a remote antenna unit including at least one amplifier, a controller, and at least one of an antenna and an antenna interface. A cable is coupled between the radio control unit and the remote antenna unit. The radio control unit is configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) communication signals to the remote antenna unit through the cable, and the remote antenna unit is configured to transmit RF communication signals to the radio control unit through the cable. The radio control unit is configured to transmit flash programming data to the remote antenna unit through the cable to reprogram the controller of the remote antenna unit.

A load control device may be used to control and deliver power to an electrical load. The load control device may comprise a control circuit for controlling the power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device may comprise multiple actuators, where each of the actuators is connected between a terminal of the control circuit and a current regulating device. The number of the actuators may be greater than the number of the terminals. The control circuit may measure signals at the terminals and determine a state configuration for the actuators based on the measured signals. The control circuit may compare the state configuration to a predetermined dataset to detect a ghosting condition.

Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a security application for a residential electrical switch sensor device platform. In some implementations, a sensor device performs operations including detecting an activity in the living space, determining contextual security information, and determining an occurrence of an intrusion event based on the activity in the living space. In response to the occurrence of the intrusion event, the device is operative to perform further operations including sending a notification to one or more destinations based on the intrusion event, and activating one or more surveillance devices based on the intrusion event.

This invention relates to a transponder key testing device and to a method of testing a transponder key. The transponder key may be used with any article using transponder key technology, typically a motor vehicle. The transponder key testing device has a first memory (30) in which is stored data relating to an article signal emitted by each one of a number of articles (10) and a second memory (32) in which is stored data relating to a response signal emitted by each one of a number of transponder keys (20). The testing device has a receiver (24) adapted to receive the article signal and the response signal. The testing device compares the article signal with data in the first memory, compares the response signal with data in the second memory, and determines whether or not the transponder key (20) is compatible with the article (10). There is also provided a method of testing a transponder key for compatibility with a particular article.

A wireless device (1) searches a database that stores positional information of the wireless device (1), a device (2-4) and control identifiers for controlling the devices (2-4) in an associated manner, acquires a device (2-4) located near the wireless device (1) and a control identifier for controlling the device (2-4) based on the positional information of the wireless device (1), and, based on the device (2-4) and the control identifier for controlling the device (2-4) that have been acquired, determines a controlled device (at least one of the devices (2-4)) and generates a control identifier for the controlled device. The wireless device (1) transmits, by wireless communication, the generated controlled identifier to a receiver mounted on the controlled device to control the controlled device.

A method for operating a wireless field-device network, comprising: wirelessly transmitting a process variable and an expected remaining running time from each field device to the other field devices within a field-device network so that in each field device the process variable and the expected remaining running time of the other field devices of the field-device network are stored; activating a second radio module of that field device which has the highest expected remaining running time, and deactivating the second radio modules of the other field devices within the field-device network; wirelessly transmitting the process variables of all field devices of the field-device network stored in the active field device, or at least a subset of the stored process variables, to the superordinate unit, which is not part of the field-device network, by means of the second radio module of the active field device.

The invention relates to a system composed of an apparatus to treat a fluid and a handheld device, wherein the apparatus has a communication unit with a radio antenna and the handheld device has a communication unit with a radio antenna and both communication units can exchange data with each other by means of radio communication, and the apparatus has a control unit, which can detect at least one status parameter of the apparatus and generate a signal which is dependent on the status parameter and can transfer it via the communication unit of the apparatus to the communication unit of the handheld device.