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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Barthel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Andreas Schenk, Erlangen, DE;
Hartmut Schuetz, Heroldsbach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ; G06F 1/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ; G06F 1/108 ;
Abstract
A method for operating an automation system and an associated automation system in which all the error-free information is exchanged cyclically with a safety protocol, whereby information losses can thereby be recognized. Data that do not change even in the course of multiple transmissions are transmitted only once.