Abstract: An apparatus for automation of the operative functionalities of one or more electrical loads of an environment, which comprises at least a centralized control device, comprising at least one processing unit, one or more peripheral electronic devices, operatively connected to said control device, and a digital communication network for enabling exchange of information between said control device and said peripheral electronic devices. Said control device comprises a software architecture of a distributed type, which comprises a plurality of software modules that mutually interact, so as to render substantially independent of one another the operations of configuration of the functionalities of said peripheral electronic devices and the operations of management of the flow of information from/to said peripheral electronic devices.

Abstract: A device for the management of electrical sockets connected to a branch of an AC electrical network includes a monitor circuit arranged to detect a presence or absence of a load connected to one of the sockets, and a voltage level management circuit connected to the branch of the AC electrical network. The voltage management circuit includes a processing unit that processes information provided by the monitor, and an intervention unit is coupled to the branch of the AC electrical network and is controlled by the processing unit. The intervention unit varies an AC voltage level in response to the load.

Abstract: Described herein is a device for the management of electrical socket connected to a branch of an a.c. electrical network for domestic or industrial use, capable of monitoring the presence/absence of a connected load, as well as possible conditions of overload and short circuit thereof; the device advantageously enables variation of the level of the a.c.