CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING SYSTEM

A control assembly for operating a motor vehicle locking system, the motor vehicle locking system comprising an electric drive having an electric drive motor to provide a motor-powered locking function for an adjustable closure element of a motor vehicle; the control assembly being equipped with a control circuit for controlling the electric drive in an adjustment routine; the control circuit being electrically insulated from a chargeable energy accumulator of the control assembly, and, in emergency operation, when an operating signal is received, the control assembly switching on the chargeable energy accumulator of the control circuit in order to provide electrical energy for the adjustment routine; and the control assembly having a monitoring assembly which monitors a state-of-charge variable of the chargeable energy accumulator in a monitoring routine. The control assembly has a trigger circuit which, when a specified trigger criterion is met and regardless of the reception of the operating signal, switches on the chargeable energy accumulator of the monitoring assembly in order to provide electrical energy for the monitoring routine.