ACONTROL Clause Samples

ACONTROL. In this mode the cruise control system is either acceler- ating or decelerating the car with a predefined acceleration/deceleration. The behaviour of the cruise control system is only determined by the three modes defined above. For the CONTROL and ACONTROL modes the cruise control system provides control algorithms designed by control engineers which control the acceleration demand of the cruise control system on the vehicle. The engine control software converts this acceleration demand into physical engine parameters (e.g. amount of fuel, injection parameters, amount of air) which will cause the engine to provide a physical torque. This torque is then converted by the powertrain of the car into a physical acceleration of the car. The modes described above can be switched by the driver using the control interface or by the control software in case the control software detects an error. In this case the mode is always switched to NO CONTROL.