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Hans-Gerd Seib

Norbert Niemczyk

Eberhard Zeeb

Franz-Josef Petry

Dieter Seidl

Peter Merget

Ulrich Ensslin

Marcus Boesinger

Jens Brandes

Dieter Marquardt

The invention relates to a method for temperature management in a network () with ring topology, wherein control devices () exchange data via the network () by means of transmitting/receiving units. The object of the present invention is to find a method and a data bus system which increases the fail safety of a network () with ring topology. For this purpose, the temperature near to the transmitting/measuring unit of at least one control device () is measured. As soon as the temperature at the transmitting/receiving unit () of the control device exceeds a predefined critical temperature T, the transmitting/receiving unit is switched off and wakeup requests put onto the network () by the control devices () are blocked.

Temperature management in ring topology networks

A method for operating a data network, which includes at least one transmission link, defined by a transmitter and a receiver, wherein in test mode the actual level reserve in the direction of the sensitivity limit, thus between the actual transmitting power of the transmitter and the actual sensitivity limit of the receiver, is determined for at least one transmission link. To better utilize the transmitting capacity of the data network, in test mode, the actual level reserve in the direction of the overload limit, thus between the actual transmitting power of the transmitter and the actual overload limit of the receiver, is also determined for the at least one transmission link.

Method for operating a data network

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Hans-Gerd Seib