Method and device for the control and/or the determination of a version of a controller in a system

• Main Authors: Hellmann, Manfred, Beck, Thilo, Kriso, Simone, Lauxmann, Ralph, Irion, Albrecht
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.08.2003

A method and a device as well as a component for controlling a system, in particular in a motor vehicle, the control being implementable in different variants, a component being operable in different variants according to the variants of the control, and the component receiving at least one signal via an interface. The component is introduced into a system environment and adapted to this system environment and/or initialized with this system environment as a system, in that the variant of the system environment is determined. This is advantageously done in a system-immanent manner. When the component is first started, the variant is altered and/or preselected one time as a function of the at least one signal, in particular by the component itself. Any other change in and/or selection of the variant following the initial startup is possible only with authorization.