Patent ID: 7401867

Claim:
A method of initializing a brake-by-wire system, the method comprising: connecting multiple braking actuators to a controller to allow for communication between the braking actuators and the controller, the braking actuators being associated with one or more wheels of a vehicle; energizing the braking actuators in multiple power-enabling steps, the controller signaling a power source during a first power-enabling step to energize only some or one of the braking actuators by sending a first individual activation signal from the power source to the only some or one of the braking actuators during the first power-enabling step and the controller signaling the power source during a second power-enabling step to energize only some or one of the other braking actuators by sending a second individual activation signal from the power source to the only some or one of the other braking actuators during the second power-enabling step, the second individual activation signal sent from the power source being separate from the first individual activation signal sent from the power source; and assigning a primary identifier to the only some or one of the braking actuators using the controller after the associated power-enabling steps.