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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
Endress+hauser Process Solutions Ag, Reinach, CH;
Uwe Mannbar, Village Neuf, FR;
Christoph Meyer, Röschenz, CH;
Werner Thoren, Steinen, DE;
Daniel Nazimek, Müllheim, DE;
Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Reinach, CH;
Abstract
The disclosure includes a method of automation technology for wireless transmission of at least a first information between an initiator and a plurality of receivers in a receiving mode, comprising: transmitting the first information by the initiator in a first communication pulse; receiving the first information by at least one receiver; transmitting an additional communication pulse containing the same first information as the first communication pulse, by at least one receiver that received the first communication pulse, and changing the at least one receiver into an acknowledgment mode; repeating the previous step, until all receivers are changed into the acknowledgment mode; activating at least one receiver, which is located in the acknowledgment mode; performing the at least one additional command contained in the received first information by the activated receiver; and changing the activated receiver into the receiving mode. The disclosure also includes a system suitable for performing the method of the invention.