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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Applicants:
Franz-josef Götz, Heideck, DE;
Günter Steindl, Poppenricht, DE;
Inventors:
Franz-Josef Götz, Heideck, DE;
Günter Steindl, Poppenricht, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G04G 7/00 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04G 7/00 (2013.01); H04J 3/0638 (2013.01); H04J 3/0664 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for synchronizing an operating clock with a time clock in an automation network comprising a plurality of sync slaves that are to be coordinated and a time sync master, wherein the plurality of sync slaves are synchronized with respect to the time clock by the time sync master, and wherein the plurality of sync slaves derive their operating clock from the time clock.