SYSTEM ZUR STEUERUNG VON ELEKTRISCHEN UND/ODER ELEKTRONISCHEN EINRICHTUNGEN UND GERÄTEN, DIE IN EINER UMGEBUNG, INSBESONDERE EINER HÄUSLICHEN UMGEBUNG, VERTEILT SIND

There is described a remote control system for electrical and/or electronic equipment and devices distributed in an environment, in particular in a domestic environment, comprising in combination: -at least one identification device (18) associated with an equipment or device (14), adapted to transmit an identification code (ID) assigned to an equipment or device (14) over a first communication link (Li); -a universal remote control device (20) for the equipments and devices (14), for setting commands to a selected equipment or device (14); and-a central management unit (12) for the system, the unit being arranged to control the equipments and devices (14) according to a set-up command, in which the remote control device (20) is adapted to query an identification device (18) in order to receive the identification code (ID) of a selected device (14) to be controlled, and is arranged to send out a complex command signal (CX) to the central management unit (18) over a second communication link (L2), which comprises: -the identification code (ID) of the equipment or device (14); and -a command code (COM) indicating one of a plurality of predetermined universal commands that can be selected by means of a user interface of the control device (20), and in which the management unit (12) is adapted to generate an instruction specific to the equipment or device (14) that is recognized via the identification code (ID), on the basis of the received command code, according to a predetermined command interpretation criterion.