Installation method for setting up conveying devices

A method for setting up a control unit in a conveying device, wherein a first control unit controls an upstream first conveyor segment and a second control unit controls a downstream second conveyor segment, said first conveyor segment comprising:

• a first conveyor drive for conveying an object through the first conveyor segment;
• a first sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the first conveyor segment;
• wherein said second conveyor segment comprising:
• a second conveyor drive for conveying an object through the second conveyor segment;
• a second sensor unit for detecting an object at a position within the second conveyor segment;
• and
• wherein the first conveyor drive and the first sensor unit are in signal communication with the first control unit in order to control the first conveyor drive and to receive a first sensor signal from the first sensor unit, and
• the second conveyor drive and the second sensor unit are in signal communication with the second control unit in order to control the second conveyor drive and to receive a second sensor signal from the second sensor unit;
• and
• wherein the first and the second control unit are in signal communication with each other via bus communication, said method comprising the following steps:
• placing an object onto the first conveyor segment;
• activating a learning mode in the first and second control unit;
• activating the first and second conveyor drive by means of the respective first and second control unit;
• automatically conveying the object in the direction of the second conveyor segment;
• and
• storing an installation parameter in the second control unit depending on the triggering of the first sensor signal above or in combination with the second signal.