摘要 |
<p>In a motor vehicle air conditioning installation comprising a central control unit (12), a computer network (14) which is connected to the central control unit (12) and a plurality of peripherals (101, 102, 103, , 10n) which are connected to nodes (N1, N2, N3, , Nn) in the computer network, the peripherals are connected in series via a common conductor (18). The installation comprises means (120) for injecting, at each peripheral, an electric signature on the common conductor, means (130) for detecting an electric signal that is dependent on the electric signatures of the peripherals located upstream on the common conductor (18), means for generating information relating to the relative position of the peripheral, from the electric signal detected, and means for identifying the network node to which said peripheral is connected from the relative position information generated. Once the network node has been identified, a peripheral connection control can be performed or an address can be assigned from the central control unit.</p> |