Arrangement of a vehicle auxiliary heater with a regulating device and control unit inside a vehicle

A method for auxiliary heating of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps;

• providing a heating unit located in an area of a floor of a cab of the vehicle, said heating unit including a control device;
• an operating part positioned in an interior space of the vehicle at a distance spaced from said heater unit;
• entering desired heating parameters into said operating part;
• converting said desired heating parameters into control signals for said heating unit with a coding circuit;
• transmitting said control signals by radio from said operating part to said heating unit;
• said control device of said heating unit implementing said control signals;
• said control device determining actual operating values of said heating unit;
• transmitting said actual operating values from said control device to said operating part by radio;
• converting said actual operating values at said operating part into actual heating parameters;
• displaying said actual heating parameters from said operating part;
• performing diagnostic functions by radio from said operating part to said heating unit, and returning diagnostic data from said heating unit to said operating part;
• displaying said diagnostic data from said operating part.