Control device for a networkable device

• US 20020156560A1
• Filed: 02/21/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: J. Eberspacher GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Eberspacher Exhaust Technology GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Bachle, Dieter
• Granted Patent: US 6,757,600 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/2206 controlling the operation of burners control of burners in general F23N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/224 automatic operation, e.g. control circuits or methods
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/2293 Integration into other parts of a vehicle

Abstract

A control device for a device that can be networked, in particular for a water or air heating device, operated with liquid fuel, of a motor vehicle, in the form of a supplementary heater or an auxiliary heater. The control device has a client-specific data interface by which the control device can be connected to a client-specific data network, in particular to a data bus in a motor vehicle. In order to reduce the expense on the maker'"'"'s part for programming, testing, and diagnosis for different client-specific data interfaces, the control device has an additional, maker-specific data interface constituted as a bidirectional wireless connection, of which the control device can be connected to a maker-specific data processing device for respective programming, testing or diagnosis.

Claims

1. A control device for a networkable device operated with liquid fuel, of a motor vehicle, comprising a supplementary heater or an auxiliary heater comprising a client-specific data interface (9) by means of which the control device (2) can be connected to a client-specific data network (10), in a motor vehicle,

wherein

the control device (2) comprises a maker-specific data interface (11) comprising a bidirectional wireless connection, by which the control device (2) can be connected to a maker-specific data processing device (13) for at least one of programming, testing and diagnosis.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the maker-specific data interface (11) is within the control device (2).

3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein an antenna of the maker-specific data interface (11) comprises a printed circuit board loop antenna (12).

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein device-specific data can be interrogated, input and changed via the maker-specific data interface (11).

5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein data which can be transmitted via the maker-specific data interface (11) for communication with the control device (2) have a maker-specific data format, and wherein data which can be transmitted via the client-specific data interface (9) for communication with the control device (2) have a client-specific data format that differs from the maker-specific data format.

6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises an air heating device.

7. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the client-specific data network comprises a data bus.

8. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a water heating device.