Method for adapting an apparatus to a motor-driven tool, method for operating an apparatus in a type-dependent manner, apparatus for adaptation to a motor-driven tool, and system

1. A method for adaptation of an apparatus to a motor-driven tool from different types of motor-driven tools, wherein the apparatus is arranged on the motor-driven tool, the method comprising:

a) capturing an identifier of the motor-driven tool;

b) receiving, at the apparatus, an item of type-specific configuration information selected from a set of different items of type-specific configuration information that are each specific to corresponding different types of motor-driven tools from a database based on the captured identifier, wherein

each of the items of type-specific configuration information configure the apparatus to find and/or detect type-specific operating data received from the motor-driven tool having a type-specific data format; and

c) processing the type-specific operating data of the motor-driven tool in a type-specific manner based on the item of type-specific configuration information, the processing comprising:

interpreting the type-specific operating data in the type-specific data format, or

evaluating the type-specific operating data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the apparatus is configured to be separate from the motor-driven tool.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the identifier has a type number and/or a serial number.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the identifier is a type number or a serial number.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the capturing of the identifier occurs via a cable connecting the apparatus and the motor- driven tool.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting the captured identifier and the type-specific operating data between the motor-driven tool and a rechargeable battery via a communication line of a rechargeable battery interface that connects the motor-driven tool to the rechargeable battery, wherein

the cable is connected to the rechargeable battery interface.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the item of type-specific configuration information comprises at least one of:

a first item of information comprising:

a type-specific operating data value for creating operating data statistics, detecting and/or storing a fault of the motor-driven tool, and/or outputting and/or transmitting an item of evaluation information obtained from the type- specific operating data; or

a second item of information to configure storing or not storing the type-specific operating data that cannot be interpreted and/or evaluated.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the type-specific operating data comprises at least one of:

a speed of a drive motor of the motor-driven tool,

a motor current of the drive motor,

a temperature of the motor-driven tool,

a voltage of a rechargeable battery connected to the motor-driven tool captured using the motor-driven tool,

status information of the motor-driven tool, or

fault information of the motor-driven tool.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the motor-driven tool is a saw, a pole pruner, hedge shears, a hedge cutter, a woodcutter, branch shears, a blower, a leaf blower, an aspirator, a leaf aspirator, a cleaning device, a high-pressure cleaner, a sweeper roller, a sweeper brush, a lawnmower, a brush cutter or a scarifier.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the captured identifier, or a first identifier information determined by the apparatus based on the captured identifier, in the apparatus;

repeatedly capturing, by the apparatus, the identifier of the motor-driven tool from the different types of motor-driven tools, wherein

the apparatus is arranged on the motor-driven tool;

comparing the repeatedly captured identifier or a second identifier information determined by the apparatus based on the repeatedly captured identifier with the stored captured identifier or the stored first identifier information by the apparatus; and

outputting and/or transmitting a result of the comparing by the apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the captured identifier, or identifier information determined by the apparatus based on the captured identifier, from the apparatus to a mobile terminal and then from the mobile terminal to the database; and/or

receiving the item of type-specific configuration information from the database at the mobile terminal and then receiving from the mobile terminal at the apparatus.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the received item of type-specific configuration information further defines:

a data address,

a data name,

a data type,

a data value, and/or

a data size.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the motor-driven tool is a first motor-driven tool of the different types of motor-driven tools; and

the received item of type-specific configuration information includes a first information item relevant to the first motor-driven tool, and omits a second information item relevant to a second motor-driven tool of the different types of motor-driven tools.

14. A method for operating an apparatus in a type-dependent manner, wherein the apparatus is arranged on a motor-driven tool from different types of motor-driven tools, the method comprising:

a) capturing an identifier of the motor-driven tool;

b) receiving, at the apparatus, an item of type-specific configuration information selected from a set of different items of type-specific configuration information that are each specific to corresponding different types of motor-driven tools from a database based on the captured identifier, wherein

each of the items of type-specific configuration information configure the apparatus to find and/or detect type-specific operating data received from the motor-driven tool having a type-specific data format; and

c) capturing the type-specific operating data of the motor-driven tool and processing the captured type-specific operating data in a type-specific manner by the apparatus based on the item of type-specific configuration information, the processing comprising:

interpreting the type-specific operating data in the type-specific data format, or

evaluating the type-specific operating data.

15. An apparatus for adaptation to a motor-driven tool from different types of motor-driven tools,

the apparatus is configured for arrangement on the motor-driven tool, and

the apparatus comprises:

a capture device configured to capture an identifier of the motor-driven tool, and

a communication interface circuit configured to initiate a transmission of an item of type-specific configuration information, which is selected from a set of different items of type-specific configuration information that are each specific to corresponding different types of motor-driven tools, to the apparatus based on the captured identifier, wherein

each of the items of type-specific configuration information configure the apparatus to find and/or detect type-specific operating data received from the motor-driven tool having a type-specific data format; and

an evaluation device configured to process the type-specific operating data of the motor-driven tool in a type-specific manner based on the item of type-specific configuration information, wherein

the evaluation device is configured to process the type-specific operating data by:

interpreting the type-specific operating data in the type-specific data format, or

evaluating the type-specific operating data.

16. A system, comprising:

the apparatus according to claim 15 ; and

a database, wherein the system is configured to transmit the item of type-specific configuration information from the database based on the captured identifier.

17. The system according to claim 16 , further comprising the motor-driven tool.