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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;

Inventors:

Holger Büttner, Berlin, DE;

Hans Beckhoff, Verl, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40182 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for data communication between subscribers of an automation system includes a first passive subscriber and a second passive subscriber receiving a write request sent by an active subscriber, determining a first transmission time point for transmitting a first reply message by the first passive subscriber, transmitting the first reply message at the first transmission time, and receiving the first reply message. The method also includes determining a second transmission time for transmitting a second reply message by the second passive subscriber, transmitting the second reply message at the second transmission time, receiving the second reply message, and interpreting the first reply message and the second reply message as segments of a data packet.


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