METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK PARTICIPANT IN AN AUTOMATION COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A network participant (7) of an automation communication network (1) is provided in order to exchange data with additional network participants (2) in the automation communication network (1) at a defined clock frequency. The network participant (7) has an internal clock (8) for synchronizing the data exchange with at least one additional network participant (7). The internal clock (8) is provided in order to provide a time as an integer count value. The clock frequency is defined such that a period duration per cycle of the internal clock (8) cannot be represented by an integer count value. A method for operating the network participant (7) in the automation communication network (1) comprises the following method step: The internal clock (8) is incremented by means of a defined sequence of integer increments. The sequence of integer increments is defined such that a sum of the integer increments corresponds to an integer multiple of the period duration.