A method for determining data within a bus system, and bus system

In a method for determining data within a bus system 1 comprising a control module 2, a bus 3 and connected to the bus 3 and controllable by the control module 2 bus nodes T The information to be provided from the respective bus node T A bus system 1 comprises a control module 2, outgoing from the control module 2 bus 3 to a power supply line 4 to a ground line 5 and to a data line 6, and connected to the bus 3 bus devices T The control module 2 are assigned to receive the over the time-varying current consumption of a driven for transmitting data from the control module 2 bus node T