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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Dirk Janssen, Verl, DE;
Florian Essler, Augsburg, DE;
Guido Beckmann, Verl, DE;
Hans Beckhoff, Verl, DE;
Holger Büttner, Berlin, DE;
Martin Rostan, Nuremberg, DE;
Thomas Rettig, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Abstract
A method for routing telegrams in an automation network with network subscribers interconnected via a data line network. At least network subscriber is a master subscriber, which sends telegrams to the network subscribers via the data line network. At least one network subscriber is a network distributor having a plurality of input/output ports, where input/output ports to which segments with further network subscribers are connected are designated as end ports. The master subscriber assigns a port address to each end port, and assigns the port address as an identifier to a telegram intended for processing for a segment with further network subscribers. If the network distributor receives a telegram with a port address of an end port of the network distributor as an identifier, the network distributor outputs the telegram directly via the input/output port of the network distributor corresponding to the end port of the port address.