Reset method for a vehicle electronic control unit in which the unit is monitored by a central control unit and when a fault condition is detected it is reset by a reset command being applied to a reset trigger unit

摘要

Method for resetting a vehicle electronic control unit (5) in which at least a region (4) of the control unit is switched-off for a short period and the control unit exchanges control specific data (17) over a bus system (7). According to the method the control unit is monitored by a central control unit and if a fault condition is detected a reset command (8) is generated and transmitted over the data bus to a trigger unit (1) that then triggers resetting of the control unit.