Method for the start-up of numerical controls of machine tools or production machinery and numerical control for machine tools or production machinery

A numerical control for machine tools or production machinery, comprising:

• a main computer;
• a follow-up device connected with said main computer via a data transmission network, wherein said follow-up device is addressable by said main computer via a logical address and a hardware address with information regarding a physical address of said follow-up device in said data transmission network is allocated to said logical address, wherein said main computer and said follow-up device are designed for carrying out a method for the start-up of a numerical control of machine tools or production machinery, the method comprising:
• sequentially requesting, in a set-up mode of operation of said main computer, allocating information regarding a logical address and a hardware address from an operator for said follow-up device and other follow-up devices to whose logical address no hardware address had been allocated;
• and
• storing said logical address and said hardware address in a memory unit after said allocating information has been performed.