Patent ID: 6904339
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: B60G,B60W,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring networked controllers in vehicles that are manufactured with selectable outfitting variants having different vehicle components, wherein: the networked controllers exchange data via a data bus; at least one of said controllers can be configured for various outfitting variants of the vehicle, using stored characterization information for the various outfitting variants of the vehicle; data for configuring the controllers are stored in an outfitting variant controller of the vehicle; a particular controller that is to be configured transmits to the outfitting variant controller, a message specifying characterizing information necessary for configuring that particular controller to accommodate an existing outfitting of particular vehicle in which the particular controller is installed; the outfitting variant controller assembles the data for configuring the particular controller using the characterizing information and data stored in the outfitting variant controller; the data assembled in this manner are written into a memory unit of the particular controller to configure it to the existing outfitting of the vehicle; said data for configuring the controllers stored in the outfitting variant controller include at least one set of characterizing information and a value allocated to said at least one set of this characterizing information; the data for configuring the controllers stored in the outfitting variant controller include rules for configuring the controllers; said rules contain links between a plurality of sets of characterizing information, on the basis of which a value of a set of characterizing information can be ascertained.