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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Franz-josef Götz, Heideck, DE;
Günter Steindl, Poppenricht, DE;
Franz-Josef Götz, Heideck, DE;
Günter Steindl, Poppenricht, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for synchronizing the operating clock and the timing clock of a subordinate domain of an automation network, wherein sync slaves are synchronized by a clock sync master with respect to an operating clock, a clock sync master forms part of a subordinate domain, a single synchronization message serves to synchronize the sync slaves with respect to their respective operating clock and timing clock, wherein the method comprises providing a notification of the difference between the timing clock and the operating clock using the synchronization message, and accepting this difference into the synchronization message as additional information.