System with a monitoring device that monitors the proper functioning of the system, and method of operating such a system

A system, comprising:

• an electric control device for outputting data;
• and
• a monitoring device coupled to said electrical control device and monitoring whether the system is operating properly;
• if said monitoring device determines that the system is not operating properly, said monitoring device stops said electrical control device and ensures that said electrical control device, when operation continues, begins with execution of an operation whose faulty execution may be a cause of a fault registered or which was being executed when the fault was registered;
• said monitoring device determining whether the fault registered during the monitoring is a temporary or a permanent fault without resetting said control device or the system, the system or specific parts of the system being reset or deactivated if the fault registered occurs again after the operation of said control device has been continued, and the system continuing to operate normally if the fault does not reoccur.