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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Beyer, Stuttgart, DE;
Stephan Franz, Uhingen, DE;
Assignee:
Balluff GmbH, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/423 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G05B 19/4185 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and a control device for the operation of a transmission system for an IO link, wherein at least one cable-free transition between an IO link master and at least one IO link device is provided, and wherein the IO link device provides a minimal cycle time for a communication cycle, it is particularly provided that the minimal cycle time provided by the IO link device is increased in such a manner that a temporal delay caused by the cable-free transition is added to the minimal cycle time.