Abstract: A method of announcing an apparatus to a system containing a central apparatus and at least one individual apparatus is distinguished in that the announcement is effected by optical communication, preferably in the infrared range. In that respective information about the apparatuses in the system is stored in the central apparatus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 15, 2008
Assignee:
Hydrometer Electronic GmbH
Inventors:
Kerstin Churt, Ulrich Pöhler, Jürgen Zimmermann, Andreas Hanft