At block 908, processing circuit 303 determines whether the state of user interface 205 (far-left switch) is an indication that power should be applied to illumination device 103 or not upon initial application of power to lighting control adapter 200. In one embodiment, the determination is accomplished by processing circuit 303 accessing memory 304, which stores information regarding one or more combinations of switch settings and whether power should be supplied to illumination device 103 based on the current switch settings detected by processing circuit 303. In this example, the first column of the chart of FIG. 6, Mode 5, indicates that power should be supplied to illumination device 103 upon initial power up.

If processing circuit 303 determines that power should be applied to illumination device 103 based on the state of user interface 205 (far-left switch) and/or information stored in memory 304, then processing continues to block 910, where processing circuit 303 sends a signal to switching circuit 306 to apply power to illumination device 103. If processing circuit 303 determines that power should not be applied to illumination device 103 based on the state of user interface 205 (far-left switch), then processing continues to block 912.