Controller for a household appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsMartin Winkler, Kai Achim Kropp
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Abstract
A control component for a household appliance has an interface for a data connection to a further control component of the household appliance; a detector for a predetermined signal on the data connection, the signal being different from data that can be transmitted between two control components; an input for a supply voltage; and a first output for enabling control of a function of the household appliance in dependence upon a voltage that is present at the input.
Claims14
1-13. (canceled)
A control component for a household appliance, the control component comprising:
- an interface for a data connection to a further control component of the household appliance;
- a detector for detecting a predetermined signal on the data connection, the predetermined signal being different from data that can be transmitted between the control component and the further control component;
- an input for a supply voltage;
- and
- a first output for enabling control of a function of the household appliance in dependence upon a voltage that is present at the input.
A method for controlling a control device for controlling a function of a household appliance, the method comprising the following steps:
- detecting a predetermined signal on a data connection, which is connected to a further control device of the household appliance;
- wherein the signal is different from data that can be transmitted between two control components of the household appliance;
- and
- enabling a control of the function of the household appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.