Patent ID: 8540192

Claim:
A method for operating a railroad protection installation having track-section devices for performing functions, which comprises the step of: activating an approach signaling means, provided for determining a switching-on time for a railroad crossing protection device, upon reception of a first data message generated in a signal box, wherein the first data message activating a switching of the approach signaling means from a standby mode to an active mode after an end of a configurable delay time starting when a rail vehicle enters a track-free signaling section having the approach signaling means; registering, via the approach signaling means, that the rail vehicle has moved passed the approaching signaling means and sending a second data message relating to the rail vehicle moving passed the approach signaling means to the signal box; switching on, via the signal box, upon reception of the second data message, the railroad crossing protection device; producing, via the signal box, a third data message for switching the approach signaling means back to the standby mode; and transmitting the first, second and third data messages without the use of cables.