1. A multichannel active sensing and switching device comprising: a multiple sensing and switching module configured to respond to operational conditions of load types, each load type having a respective load type protection scheme, at least two of the load types having different respective load type protection schemes, and provide load type sensor signals containing information about the operational conditions of the load types, and also configured to respond to controller signals for controlling the operation of each load type in the respective load type protection scheme; and a controller module configured to respond to the load type sensor signals and provide the controller signals in order to control the operation of said each load type in the respective load type protection scheme in real time so that events are handled as real time tasks immediately and concurrently.