In a method for automatic installation of a franking device, and a franking
device operating according to the method, a self-test is conducted in the
franking device in order to determine whether an automatic installation is
to be implemented and a loading of a customer-specific data set is to be
undertaken into a non-volatile memory or, if an installation has already
ensued earlier, whether the installation procedure need not be
implemented. In the automatic installation procedure, A mirror data set is
produced at a data center, corresponding to the machine data stored in the
franking device, and the mirror data set is stored in the data center
allocated to a numerical code. Customer data for a sold franking device
are communicated to the data center. The customer data are stored in the
data center allocated to the numerical code. A machine-specific and
customer-specific data set is made available in the data center allocated
to the numerical code, this the data set including at least data for a
specific stamp with temporary and local data. The data set is communicated
to the franking location after a reception of corresponding request data
or inputs.
