Patent ID: 8572305

Claim:
An apparatus ( 26 ) for configuring a bus system ( 10 ), comprising: a plurality of participants ( 12 ) connected at a bus ( 14 ); a bus master ( 16 ) configuring to control communication at the bus line ( 14 ) by directing cyclic queries at the plurality of participants ( 12 ) via bus addresses respectively associated with each of the plurality of participants ( 12 ), during operation of the bus system ( 10 ); a safety monitor ( 18 ) configured to listen to messages transmitted between the bus master ( 16 ) and each of the plurality of participants ( 12 ) via the bus line ( 14 ), and to securely evaluate these messages; an input unit ( 28 ) by means of which suitable configuration information can be,input or selected for the configuration of the bus system ( 10 ); and a configuration unit ( 26 ) configured to configure both the bus master ( 16 ) and the safety monitor ( 18 ) by means of at least one piece of common configuration information identical to the suitable configuration information input or selected via the input unit ( 28 ), wherein the at least one piece of common configuration information includes a piece of address infbnnation which states how a specificbus address is to be configured for communication with the respectively associated participant ( 12 ) of the bus system ( 10 ).