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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 24, 1996
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
A method of operating a control system for controlling the electrically-operated components of a motor vehicle in which a central processor and satellite processors for the components are connected with a multiplex single-conductor bus and master signals and control signals are transmitted bidirectionally between the processors along the bus. The central processor and the satellite processors can both operate as masters with respective characteristic addresses and the satellite or central processor upon receipt of a master signal and/or control signal can issue master or control signals with a priority determined by the bus access times of the respective signals.
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