Method for configuring sensors

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for configuring sensors by transferring configuration data containing an existing configuration of a sensor from an original sensor to a sensor to be configured, comprising the steps of: connecting the original sensor in its configured state to a module which stores the current configuration data of the original sensor and a checksum corresponding to the configuration data in the module; connecting the module to the sensor to be configured; reading the configuration data stored in the module into the sensor to be configured; calculating a new checksum corresponding to the data read in; then comparing the calculated checksum with the checksum stored in the module; and generating an error message in the event of a non-match of the two checksums.

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