A method for the automated calibration of a pneumatic brake system, characterised by the following steps: the aeration of a brake system of the pneumatic brake system with a known opening degree of a valve that is assigned to the brake cylinder, the measurement of the pressure increase at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder, and the determination of the time after which the pressure state at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder stabilises, the determination of the pneumatic properties of the aeration circuit using the measured pressure curve and the time after which the state stabilises, using the software models of the brake system, the deaeration of the brake cylinder of the pneumatic brake system with a known opening degree of the valve that is assigned to the brake cylinder, the measurement of the pressure decrease at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder and the determination of the time after which the pressure state at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder stabilises, the determination of the pneumatic properties of the deaeration circuit using the measured pressure curve and the time after which the state stabilises, using the software models of the brake system, the automated adjustment of parameters of the brake control system of the pneumatic brake system using the data measured, the pneumatic aeration and deaeration circuit properties determined and the software models of the brake system. the aeration of a brake system of the pneumatic brake system with a known opening degree of a valve that is assigned to the brake cylinder, the measurement of the pressure increase at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder, and the determination of the time after which the pressure state at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder stabilises, the determination of the pneumatic properties of the aeration circuit using the measured pressure curve and the time after which the state stabilises, using the software models of the brake system, the deaeration of the brake cylinder of the pneumatic brake system with a known opening degree of the valve that is assigned to the brake cylinder, the measurement of the pressure decrease at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder and the determination of the time after which the pressure state at the valve or in the brake cylinder or along the pneumatic path between the valve and the brake cylinder stabilises, the determination of the pneumatic properties of the deaeration circuit using the measured pressure curve and the time after which the state stabilises, using the software models of the brake system, the automated adjustment of parameters of the brake control system of the pneumatic brake system using the data measured, the pneumatic aeration and deaeration circuit properties determined and the software models of the brake system.