Method for operating a planar drive system, wherein the planar drive system has a stator, a plurality of rotors and a main control apparatus, wherein the stator has a plurality of energizable stator conductors, wherein energization of stator conductors of the stator can be controlled using the main control apparatus, wherein each rotor has a magnet device with at least one rotor magnet, wherein a magnetic interaction can be created between energized stator conductors of the stator and the magnet devices of the rotors in order to drive the rotors, wherein the stator is designed to carry out the energization of stator conductors in such a way that an alternating magnetic field can be generated using energized stator conductors, wherein each rotor has at least one rotor coil in which an AC voltage can be induced on account of the alternating magnetic field, wherein at least one dedicated rotor identifier is assigned to each rotor, wherein each rotor is designed to transmit the rotor identifier in order to provide the rotor identifier, wherein identification of the rotors is carried out by way of position information relating to the rotors and rotor identifiers of the rotors being provided and the provided position information relating to the rotors being linked to the provided rotor identifiers of the rotors using the main control apparatus, characterized in that, for the identification using the provided position information relating to the rotors in succession by energizing stator conductors of the stator in those positions in which the rotors are located, an alternating magnetic field which activates the rotors to transmit the rotor identifier is generated and as a result an AC voltage is induced in the at least one rotor coil of the rotors, so that the rotors transmit the rotor identifier in succession. wherein the planar drive system has a stator, a plurality of rotors and a main control apparatus, wherein the stator has a plurality of energizable stator conductors, wherein energization of stator conductors of the stator can be controlled using the main control apparatus, wherein each rotor has a magnet device with at least one rotor magnet, wherein a magnetic interaction can be created between energized stator conductors of the stator and the magnet devices of the rotors in order to drive the rotors, wherein the stator is designed to carry out the energization of stator conductors in such a way that an alternating magnetic field can be generated using energized stator conductors, wherein each rotor has at least one rotor coil in which an AC voltage can be induced on account of the alternating magnetic field, wherein at least one dedicated rotor identifier is assigned to each rotor, wherein each rotor is designed to transmit the rotor identifier in order to provide the rotor identifier, wherein identification of the rotors is carried out by way of position information relating to the rotors and rotor identifiers of the rotors being provided and the provided position information relating to the rotors being linked to the provided rotor identifiers of the rotors using the main control apparatus, characterized in that, for the identification using the provided position information relating to the rotors in succession by energizing stator conductors of the stator in those positions in which the rotors are located, an alternating magnetic field which activates the rotors to transmit the rotor identifier is generated and as a result an AC voltage is induced in the at least one rotor coil of the rotors, so that the rotors transmit the rotor identifier in succession.