A method for setting up a control unit in a conveying device, wherein a first control unit controls an upstream first conveyor segment and a second control unit controls a downstream second conveyor segment, said first conveyor segment comprising a. a first conveyor drive for conveying an object through the first conveyor segment and b. a first sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the first conveyor segment, and said second conveyor segment comprising a. a second conveyor drive for conveying an object through the second conveyor segment and b. a second sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the second conveyor segment, and wherein the first conveyor drive and the first sensor unit are in signal communication with the first control unit in order to control the first conveyor drive and to receive a first sensor signal from the first sensor unit, and the second conveyor drive and the second sensor unit are in signal communication with the second control unit in order to control the second conveyor drive and to receive a second sensor signal from the second sensor unit, wherein the first and the second control unit are in signal communication with each other via bus communication, said method comprising the following steps: i) placing an object onto the first conveyor segment, ii) activating a learning mode in the first and second control unit, iii) activating the first and second conveyor drive by means of the respective first and second control unit, iv) automatically conveying the object in the direction of the second conveyor segment, v) storing an installation parameter in the second control unit depending on the triggering of the first and/or second sensor signal. wherein the following steps are carried out in step v): - generating in the first control unit a delivery message containing bus address information, - sending the delivery message from the first to the second control unit by means of the bus communication, characterized in that the following step is carried out in step v): - assigning an individual bus address derived from the bus address information to the second control unit by storing the individual bus address as an installation parameter in the second control unit when a second sensor signal is triggered by the object. a. a first conveyor drive for conveying an object through the first conveyor segment and b. a first sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the first conveyor segment, a. a second conveyor drive for conveying an object through the second conveyor segment and b. a second sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the second conveyor segment, i) placing an object onto the first conveyor segment, ii) activating a learning mode in the first and second control unit, iii) activating the first and second conveyor drive by means of the respective first and second control unit, iv) automatically conveying the object in the direction of the second conveyor segment, v) storing an installation parameter in the second control unit depending on the triggering of the first and/or second sensor signal. - generating in the first control unit a delivery message containing bus address information, - sending the delivery message from the first to the second control unit by means of the bus communication, - assigning an individual bus address derived from the bus address information to the second control unit by storing the individual bus address as an installation parameter in the second control unit when a second sensor signal is triggered by the object.