Patent · US Expired

Automation system and method for operating an automation system

US6725419B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Herbert Barthel · Herzogenaurach, DE
Andreas Schenk · Erlangen, DE
Hartmut Schuetz · Heroldsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2000
Grant date	Apr 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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