SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BUS SYSTEM
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1. A method for operating a bus system for the real-time communication of a superordinate unit with one or more subordinate units for the exchange of address information and data information and for the exchange of additional messages comprising the following procedural stages:
- checking whether an internal memory of a subordinate unit contains a message, whenever this subordinate unit receives a message from another subordinate unit;
entering the received message in the memory, if the memory already contains a message, and communicating the message only if all messages previously-received or entered in the memory have been communicated to the subordinate unit andcommunicating a message directly, whenever the message is received from a subordinate unit and the memory is empty.
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Abstract
A bus system for the real-time communication of a superordinate unit with one or more subordinate units is used for exchanging address and data information via a bus. For the rapid exchange of messages, further fields are provided between the fields for the address and data information.
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1. A method for operating a bus system for the real-time communication of a superordinate unit with one or more subordinate units for the exchange of address information and data information and for the exchange of additional messages comprising the following procedural stages:
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checking whether an internal memory of a subordinate unit contains a message, whenever this subordinate unit receives a message from another subordinate unit; entering the received message in the memory, if the memory already contains a message, and communicating the message only if all messages previously-received or entered in the memory have been communicated to the subordinate unit and communicating a message directly, whenever the message is received from a subordinate unit and the memory is empty. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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