Programming and monitoring a newly-installed sensor on a motor vehicle

In a method of integrating a sensor being newly installed on a selected tire in a monitoring system for a motor vehicle having a multiplicity of tires and sensors, wherein each of the sensors transmits an identification code and tire condition information to a monitor for processing and display, that improvement which comprises:

• a) entering a portion of the identification code of the sensor being newly installed and a location of the selected tire into the monitor;
• b) entering a verification mode in the monitor after said portion of the identification code and the tire location have been entered, wherein the monitor enters the verification mode automatically after the portion of the identification code and the tire location have been entered;
• c) installing the sensor on the selected tire;
• d) generating and transmitting a verification code with the newly installed sensor for a limited period of time initiated upon installation of the sensor such that during the verification mode the monitor will not accept identification codes from sensors that are not transmitting the verification code;
• e) receiving said verification code with the monitor during the limited period of time initiated upon installation of the sensor;
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• f) processing the identification code and the tire condition information from the newly installed sensor with the monitor after the verification code is received during the limited period of time initiated upon installation of the sensor.