A method for operating a self-propelled harvesting machine with a plurality of working assemblies for processing picked-up crop, includes controlling the working assemblies using a control device assigned to the harvesting machine. 1 controlled self-repair system that permits permanent repair of the memory after the integrated circuit has been packaged. According to the present invention, it is able to discover the UE without changing a channel system of an existing system and occupying time-frequency resources of the system.