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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2002
Ralf Gisy, Boeblingen, DE;
Dieter Grohmann, Gechingen, DE;
Ralf Gisy, Boeblingen, DE;
Dieter Grohmann, Gechingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A device for controlling electrical systems of a means of transportation that is encapsulated within a housing provided with an external interface and that has a microcomputer for executing control programs and storage means on which control programs for actuating an electrical component and signals of the component can be stored, the signals being exchanged via an internal interface by actuation software of the electrical component. According to the invention, a test module is provided within the housing and at the internal interface of the component, which test module evaluates the signals of the component which are exchanged via the interface, in order to test the satisfactory functioning of an internal component or of the control program.