Method for authenticating a wireless remote control as a temporary part of a control device of a rock modification apparatus

A method for the authentication of a wireless remote control as a temporary part of a control device of a rock modification apparatus, wherein the rock modification apparatus comprises as an apparatus-based part of the control device, an apparatus data processing device connected to the rock modification apparatus, an apparatus data output device connected in data-transmitting fashion to the apparatus data processing device for a humanly perceptible output of data, and an apparatus transmitting and receiving device connected in data-transmitting fashion to the apparatus data processing device for the wireless transmission of data, wherein the wireless remote control comprises a remote data processing device (84), a remote data input device connected in data-transmitting fashion to the remote data processing device for the input of data by an operator, and a remote transmitting and receiving device connected in data-transmitting fashion to the remote data processing device for the wireless transmission of data, wherein the method comprises:

• prompting the apparatus data processing device to generate a first item of authentication information with a lower security level;
• outputting a humanly perceptible output of the first item of authentication information on the apparatus data output device;
• inputting the first item of authentication information into the remote data input device by an operator;
• establishing a wireless communication with the apparatus-based part of the control device by the remote control on the basis of the first item of authentication information;
• after establishing the wireless communication, generating a second item of authentication information with a higher security level by the apparatus data processing device;
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• wirelessly transmitting the second item of authentication information to the remote control.