The invention relates to a control device (9) for at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) which is to be associated with a piece of furniture (1) and which is designed to control the at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) based on control data (20) captured by a wireless transmission path (19) of the operating unit (10). Said control device is characterized by an emitter interface (21) which is designed to transmit data (22) to the operating unit (10) by means of a wireless transmission path (19). The invention further relates to an operating unit (10) comprising a receiver interface (23) which is designed to capture data (22) from the control device (9) by means of a wireless transmission path (19), in addition to a system (18) consisting of a control device (9) and an operating unit (10) and a piece of furniture (1) equipped with said system (13).