Patent ID: 8033090

Claim:
Method for the bidirectional transmission of data between multiple textile machines ( 1 ) producing cross-wound bobbins or between one or more textile machines ( 1 ) producing cross-wound bobbins and one or more same-level and/or higher level control systems with a device ( 2 ) for transmitting data to a transport medium, which is used for the transporting of data located on the transport medium, the transport medium being in operative connection with the textile machine ( 1 ) producing cross-wound bobbins to transmit data via the device ( 2 ), characterised in that a memory provided in a mobile telephone or a palm-top computer (personal digital assistant), a hard disc, a magnetic tape, a writable compact disc (CD), a writable digital versatile disc (DVD), a magneto-optical disc (MO disc), a minidisc (MD) or a digital memory card is used as the transporting medium and in that the device ( 2 ) is integrated in an exchangeable manner in the textile machine ( 1 ) wherein a process for updating the data stored in a control device of the textile machine ( 1 ) is initiated automatically by the connection of the transport medium and/or the device ( 2 ).