Wash configurator

A washing program generation unit for generating washing programs for an automatic washing installation for vehicles, the washing program generation unit comprising:

• an input interface for reading-in an equipment data set which represents how the washing installation is currently equipped with machine components;
• a processor unit for specifying, based on the equipment data set read-in via the input interface, activatable function blocks from a group of function blocks, wherein a function block is a digital object in which the correspondingly necessary machine components are allocated to the functionality thereof;
• a user interface to output the group of activatable function blocks specified by the processor unit and to detect a selection of the output activatable function blocks, and
• wherein the processor unit is further configured to generate a washing program automatically based on the selection, detected on the user interface, of the output activatable function blocks for operation of the washing installation.