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AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsMarcus Bösinger, Jens Brandes, Dieter Marquardt, Peter Merget, Franz-Josef Petry, Heinz-Jürgen Schwarz, Dieter Seidl
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A method for checking a ring optical network line for data transmission between a plurality of network subscribers in a motor vehicle, wherein one network subscribers carries out a master function, wherein, apart from the optical network line, there is a further communication line which has a star structure. The network subscribers having the master function is arranged in the centre of the star structure and is connected directly via the communication line to every other network subscribers. The optical network line is checked by the network subscriber having the master function outputting a start signal to the individual network subscribers. The individual network subscribers acknowledge the start signal for the network subscribers the master function via the communication line. After the start signal, the network subscriber having the master function outputs an initialization signal via the optical network line.
A method for checking a ring optical network line for data transmission between a plurality of network subscribers, wherein one network subscriber carries out a master function, the network subscriber carrying out the master function connected in a star configuration to the other network subscribers by communication lines, the method comprising the steps of:
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