Device for control of a hydraulically actuatable shifting element

A device for controlling a hydraulically actuatable shifting element (2) of a motor vehicle transmission, the device comprising:

• a clutch piston (3) which defines with a first surface (A_1) a hydraulically pressurizable clutch space (4) and defines with a second surface (A_2) of a different size a hydraulically pressurizable reset space (5);
• a slide valve system which has a first clutch valve (8) associated with the clutch space (4), a second clutch valve (9) associated with the reset space (5) and a holding valve (11) associated with the reset space (5);
• the first clutch valve (8), second clutch valve (9) and holding valve are movable according to a control pressure (p_EDS) adjusted by a pressure adjuster (12);
• a pressure change between a pressurization of the clutch piston (3) on the clutch space (4) side and on the reset space (5) side being carried out as a control function so that the clutch piston (3), on the second surface (A_2) facing the reset space (5), is pressurized in an unshifted state of the shifting element (2) and, is emptied in a shifted state of the shifting element (2);
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• wherein both first and second surfaces (A_1, A_2) of the clutch piston (3), when the shifting element is engaged, are correspondingly pressurized up to a pre-defined pressure-adjuster control pressure (p_EDS_2) with at least approximately the same pressure.