Patent ID: 7551998

Claim:
A system, comprising: a control unit configured to trigger a restraint system assigned to a seat of a vehicle in response to an event to be interpreted as an impact on an obstacle; and a status acquisition device connected to the control unit via a transmission channels, the status acquisition device recording a condition for the triggering when the event is present, the status acquisition device configured to regularly transmit to the control unit via the transmission channel a data record corresponding to a presence or a non-presence of the condition, wherein the status acquisition device is configured to transmit to the control unit a second data record corresponding to type characteristics of the status acquisition device in response to a defined stimulation signal, the control unit configured to transmit the stimulation signal to the status acquisition device, and to supply the second data record received thereupon to a diagnosis device, in response to a diagnosis execution signal from the diagnosis device; wherein the type characteristics identify the status acquisition device.