Patent ID: 9740655
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for exchanging data between nodes that are connected to each other by a bus system, the method comprising: exchanging messages, which contain data, according to a first communication protocol, the messages being made up of a sequence of bits, wherein at least one control bit which has a predetermined position within the message, which is exchanged according to the first communication protocol, has a predetermined value; for each message, one node is a transmitter and at least one other node is a receiver, receiving the message and monitoring the message for errors; wherein by transmission of the control bit having a value differing from the predetermined value, at least one first receiver is transferred into a protocol exception state, so that it suspends error monitoring, and wherein the transmitter, after transmitting the control bit having a value differing from the predetermined value, begins to transmit further data according to a second communication protocol to at least one second receiver.