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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Rainer Ihle, Bammental, DE;
Gerhard Schlindwein, Graben-Neudorf, DE;
Detlef Strunk, Heidelberg, DE;
Jan Tusch, Heidelberg, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for recognizing functional units in an electrical system, which is one of being optional and provided in different construction stages, respectively, comprising a data processing unit and at least one functional unit, the functional unit having a function register with a nonvolatile memory for holding function data, the memory having at least one function entry with function data associated with the physical properties of the functional unit, a change in the properties of the functional unit being recordable by changing the corresponding function data of the function entry in the function register; and a method of operating the device.