Method for exchanging data between several stations
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1. A method of exchanging data between a plurality of subscribers which belong to different first data bus systems, wherein:
- the first data bus systems are spatially and physically separate from one another;
via control units each assigned to one of said first data bus systems and connected with one another by way of a second data bus, said subscribers exchange data at times when the second data bus is not busy; and
the second data bus is faster than the first data buses.
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Abstract
In a method for exchanging data between several stations belonging to various data bus systems. The data bus systems are spatially and physically separate from each other. The stations exchange data via control devices which are respectively associated with a data bus system and which are interconnected by means of a faster data bus, which said bus is not busy.
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1. A method of exchanging data between a plurality of subscribers which belong to different first data bus systems, wherein:
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the first data bus systems are spatially and physically separate from one another; via control units each assigned to one of said first data bus systems and connected with one another by way of a second data bus, said subscribers exchange data at times when the second data bus is not busy; and the second data bus is faster than the first data buses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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at least two different first data bus systems arranged spatially and physically separate from one another; at least one control unit coupled to each one of the at least two different first data bus systems; at least one subscriber coupled to each one of the at least two different first data bus systems; and a second data bus coupling the at least one control unit of each one of the at least two different first data bus systems, wherein the at least one subscriber coupled to each one of the at least two different data bus systems exchange data over the second data bus at times when the second data bus is not busy and the second data bus is faster than the at least two different first data bus systems. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of exchanging data between a plurality of subscribers which belong to different first data bus systems, the different first data bus systems are spatially and physically separate from one another, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving, by a control unit assigned to one of the different first data bus systems, data from a subscriber of the one of the different first data bus systems; transferring, by the control unit assigned to one of the different first data bus systems, the data to a second data bus when the second data bus is not busy, the second data bus being faster than the different first data bus systems; receiving, by a control unit assigned to another of the different first data bus systems, the data; transferring, by the control unit assigned to another of the different first data bus systems, the data to a subscriber of the another different first data bus system when the subscriber of the another different first data bus system is an intended subscriber for the data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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