Patent ID: 8886848

Claim:
A method for assigning addresses in a system, the system including a first generator unit and at least one further generator unit positioned in parallel to the first generator unit, each of the generator units including a control-signal input and a control-signal output, and the control-signal input of each of the at least one further generator unit being connected to the control-signal output of another of the generator units, the method comprising: for each of the at least one further generator unit: receiving at the respective further generator unit an identification signal output from the control-signal output of a generator unit upstream of the respective further generator unit; subsequently, identifying a length of time the respective received identification signal lasts; and subsequent to the identifying: outputting, at the control-signal output of the respective further generator unit, a modified identification signal whose length is increased compared to the identified length of time; and assigning, by the respective further generator unit and to itself, a respective unique address as a function of the respective identified length of time.