Patent ID: 8016962

Claim:
Device comprising a conveyance device for conveying containers, to which at least one control unit of a corresponding exchangeable labeling unit for containers may be connected via one of multiple plug receptacles that are provided on the conveyance device, each of the plug receptacles having assigned thereto a preset address information stored within a memory of the conveyance device, wherein the address information is an IP-address; and wherein the address information assigned to a first one of the plug receptacles differs from the address information assigned to a second one of the plug receptacles; and wherein, when a control unit of a labeling unit is connected to any one of the plug receptacles, the preset address information assigned to this plug receptacle can be transmitted to the control unit of the labeling unit; and wherein at least identification data of the labeling unit can be transmitted to the conveyance device, the identification data being identity information of the control unit of the labeling unit, including at least an electronic nameplate of the labeling unit, the electronic nameplate including the type of machine, the commission number or the software version number of the labeling unit, the identification data distinguishing the labeling unit from at least one other labeling unit.