Control device for a networkable device
First Claim
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.
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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.
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8 Claims
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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.
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