System and method for automatic decommissioning of network participants by closing select circuits in order to change a plurality of mechanical states of the network participants

摘要

Disclosed is a memory device in which the state of the memory may be set by a mechanical action, with or without mains power present. The memory state may be detected by a microcontroller. The state for the memory device may be reset by a microcontroller. The microcontroller may be external to an apparatus containing the memory device, adjacent to or within the apparatus.