Field bus system

Abstract

The invention relates to a field bus system for execution of at least one application, in particular for industrial automation, the field bus system comprising: a first device, in particular a first sensing device, configured to provide and transmit first device data, at least a second device, in particular a second sensing device, configured to provide and transmit second device data, a controller for computation of output data from the device data, at least a first target equipment controllable by the output data, a field bus, in particular a Sercos bus, and a scheduling unit for scheduling the execution of the application, wherein the devices, the controller and the first target equipment are connected via the field bus for communication with the scheduling unit, and wherein the scheduling unit is configured to determine impact parameters which impact an application response time of the bus system, and to schedule the execution considering the impact parameters.

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