Patent ID: 8200381

Claim:
A method of transmitting information at least indicative of a property of a first component of a vehicle or a second component of a vehicle, the method comprising: attempting to establish a connection between the first component and the second component, the connection being a connection via which information can be transmitted between the first and second components; if the connection can be established, transmitting a signal from the first component of the vehicle, or the second component of the vehicle, the signal comprising information which is at least indicative of a property of the component from which the signal is transmitted, the transmitted information being at least one of orientation and order information for the components; and using the transmitted information to provide at least one of orientation and order specific instructions back to at least one of the components; and further wherein, if the connection can not be established, the method comprises transmitting a signal from the first component of the vehicle or the second component of the vehicle, the signal comprising at least one of orientation and order information for the component from which the signal is transmitted.