Abstract: Methods for configuring a telematic module and/or a non-telematic module in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A telematic module (12) in a mobile vehicle (10) has an internal clock that is synchronized with a master clock signal by an algorithm (22) that has a sequence of steps for determining if each of a number of master clock signals from respective master clock sources external to the vehicle is being received by a receiver, such as an antenna system (14). A processing system of the module executes the steps in an ordered priority assigned to the master clock sources from highest priority to lowest priority until one of the steps discloses availability of the corresponding master clock signal. Then the internal clock is synchronized (30) to that corresponding master clock signal.

Abstract: A method for configuring a telematic module (14) in a motor vehicle (10) in association with a motor vehicle electronic data system (12). A portable computer (22) is connected to the electronic data system to collect for each of certain vehicle parameters of interest, a list of identifiable data messages that are potentially available in the vehicle data system for each parameter. The collected data is used to arrange the lists in an ordered priority according to the source of the data in the vehicle. The ordered priority lists are used in a configuration program in a processor for configuring the telematic module to seek the highest priority message in each list for reporting. The module may be configured autonomously, by a portable computer, or wirelessly from a host Website.