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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2017
Pilz Gmbh & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Jochen Bauknecht, Ostfildern, DE;
Oliver Klamser, Ostfildern, DE;
Reinhard Sperrer, Ostfildern, DE;
Stefan Woehrle, Ostfildern, DE;
PILZ GMBH & CO. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an automated installation has a first controller and a second controller that are connected to one another via a communication network. The first and second controllers each have a local clock and execute control tasks. The first and second controllers each further have a synchronization service that is used to synchronize the respective local clocks to a common reference clock. A timer repeatedly sends a trigger message to the first and second controllers. Each of the two controllers, on receiving the trigger message, determines a local time. The controllers interchange the respective local time and each compute a difference between their own local time and the local time obtained from the other controller. On the basis of the difference, each of the two controllers controls a local actuator.