Control device of a washing machine or a clothes dryer

With a hybrid controller of a washing machine or a clothes dryer, a door locking device of the door of the laundry drum to be controllable in such a cost-effective manner that the door can be opened, in appropriate cases also during program execution. The door lock device 16 is active or inactive by means of a switchable Ansteuerkontakts S1 a reversing drum 4 the control device.