Abstract: An Artificial Intelligence/Internet of Things (AI/IOT) HUB with at least one Internet connection interface, for forming an Internet connection and access to various services including IoT services and for controlling a plurality of controlled devices includes at least one user interface and one or processors for creating a local communication channel among HUBs, simultaneously configuring HUBs with minimal user intervention, controlling the controlled devices using infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), Wifi, or Bluetooth signals, and controlling several of the controlled devices simultaneously for a conditioning of a room or a zone. In some embodiments, the HUB can detect current conditions within the zone or the room having the controlled devices after activating the controlled devices and provide feedback confirming the conditioning of the room or of the zone.