Method for cascading interlockings in electronic locks

Abstract

When cascading interlockings of electronic locks, in particular for vaults, it is known to link all locks to a communications bus, wherein each lock has an associated serial number. Additionally, it is provided for additionally associating a sequential number to each lock so as to simplify managing the locks. Preferably, with a main lock, in which a translation table is stored, the sequential number of each lock in the system is associated to the serial number thereof; thereby, negotiating the numbers as follows: if two locks with the number 1 are connected to the communications bus, one lock keeps the number 1 and then adds a line in the translation table, in which a sequential number not yet assigned for the other lock and the serial number thereof are stored, and, if required, also adds all the locks not yet listed in the table.

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