The invention discloses an equipment control method and apparatus. The method comprises the following steps: determining whether a detection module for node equipment detects a trigger signal; when the trigger signal is detected, transmitting the trigger signal to a node controller in the node equipment to start the node controller; controlling the node controller to generate a first control signal and transmitting the signal to a wireless transmission module; wirelessly transmitting, by using a wireless transmission module, the first control signal to parent equipment which the node equipmentwireless belongs to; and controlling the parent equipment to distribute the first control signal to a part or all of the node equipment belonging to the parent equipment. According to the method, since the node equipment has an increased output function, controlling of automatic equipment is not limited to controlling of single node equipment, and one-point-to-multipoint control can be realized,so the application scope of automatic control is expanded and a higher intelligent level is reached.