Patent ID: 9276762
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H03M,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for allocating subscriber addresses to bus subscribers in a bus-based control system for the automated control of a technical process, the method comprising the following steps: providing a plurality of bus subscribers which are connected to one another by means of a communication medium, assigning logical subscriber addresses to the bus subscribers, and verifying the assigned logical subscriber addresses, wherein the bus subscribers use a defined mathematical operation to collectively calculate a common first check value which is compared with a second check value in order to verify the assigned logical subscriber addresses, wherein the collectively calculated mathematical operation begins with a defined starting value and comprises a number of operation steps which use a number of defined operands, wherein each of the subscriber addresses to be verified forms a different operand of said collectively calculated mathematical operation, and wherein each bus subscriber executes at least one operation step but less than all of said number of operation steps in said collectively calculated mathematical operation.