Procedure for adaptive configuration recognition
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Abstract
The invention involves a procedure for adaptive configuration recognition after the run-up of a control device with or without configuration storage, which performs an automatic and operator-assisted, optimal configuration of the operating software of a motor vehicle.
In a first variant, a central control device, after its run-up, receives at the earliest possible time, as a rule after activation of the ignition, identifying information from other components connected directly or indirectly to the central control device by data link. Upon receipt of the identifying information of a component, the central control device assumes that this component is present. Otherwise it assumes that it is not present. An additional configuration memory area is envisioned in a second variant in which the central control device, after the first receipt of the identifying information of a component, stores either the information, the associated software parts, or the software configuration resulting from the total of the recognized components. In this way, the appropriate software configuration can be quickly made available upon the new start of the vehicle with an unchanged hardware configuration. Furthermore, the procedure facilitates a guarantee that no error reports will be generated about components that are not present.
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16. A method for adaptive configuration recognition of a motor vehicle which has at least one central control device connected, via a data link, to at least one additional component and which is connected to at least one data memory, in which software to operate the at least the central control device is securely stored, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, in the central control device, identifying information from the at least one additional component connected to the central control device by the data link, after run-up of the control device; identifying the at least one additional component upon receipt of identifying information; concluding the at least one additional component is present; and loading software, suitable for operation of the vehicle with the at least one additional component, from a data memory into an operational data memory. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for recognizing an adaptive configuration of a motor vehicle having a plurality of operational components connected, via a data link, to a central control device, which is connected to a data memory unit, in which software for operating the central control device is stored, the method comprising the steps of:
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initiating operation of the central control device; transmitting data information from the plurality of operational components to the central control device via the data link; identifying the plurality of operational components from the data information transmitted to the central control device; recognizing the presence of each of the plurality of operational components identified by the central control device; loading a software assembly, suitable for operating the vehicle and the plurality of operational components, from the data memory unit into an operational data memory unit; and operating the vehicle and the plurality of operational components with the software assembly located in the operational data memory unit.
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