The present invention relates to a method to improve the communication performance of a network of transceivers stations. An indication is received of a plurality of possible word lengths to be used for storing a plurality of digits representing a result of arithmetic operation with fixed-point numbers. The lifting column is powered by an electric motor which may be controlled with a handheld control device. The host system includes an application and host platform for processing file-system related events to send records to the module controller to automatically update a catalog representing storage device information in the nonvolatile memory. A charging station selects charging parameters based on a vehicle identification number associated with the vehicle. Various statistical methods may be used in performing said identifying and said determining, including use of generalized Gaussian distribution density models and natural scene statistics.