Patent ID: 8862314

Claim:
A method for transmitting control data between a vehicle data recording device arranged in a motor vehicle and a test device arranged outside the motor vehicle, comprising: generating a random code by one of the vehicle data recording device and the test device as a connection code comprising a connection identification identifier; providing the random code by the one of the vehicle data recording device and the test device generating the random code; detecting and inputting the random code into the other of the vehicle data recording device and the test device not generating the random code; automatically coupling the vehicle data recording device and the test device via a short-distance radio link after the random code has been input into the device not generating the random code; transmitting the control data by the vehicle data recording device to the test device via the short-distance radio link; separating the short-distance radio link between the vehicle data recording device and the test device after the control data transmission has ended; and deleting the random code in the vehicle data recording device and in the test device.