Abstract: A shifting device for a multi-group transmission having a manual main group with an odd number of forward gears and a range group for shifting between two gear ranges. A shift finger system and a logical shifting pattern for shifting the transmission with and without a range change. The system comprises single shift fingers and possibly double shift fingers which are located in a plane and offset from one another. Carrier elements are associated with the shift fingers, by which the carrier elements can be optionally actuated in two opposite shifting directions and/or a particular shifting direction can be reversed, so that the gears of the two gear ranges can be actuated in a multiple-H shifting pattern in sequence by alternating shift lever movements, and a shift of the gear range can be produced by a selection movement of the shift lever.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shifting device (1) for a group transmission with a first switching device (9) for switching the gear steps of a group, a second switching device (10) for switching the groups of the group transmission, and a locking device (22), which features a locking member (23), which can be moved from a releasing position into a locking position, in which the first switching device (9) is locked in a neutral position. Inventively, the locking member (23) can be moved independently of a switching movement of the second switching device (10) from the releasing position into the locked position. The invention also involves a method for controlling a switching device (1) for a group transmission.