Checking monitoring function of bus system involves providing second time section after communications cycle in which no messages can be transmitted and in which monitoring function is checked

摘要

The method involves providing a second time section after a communications cycle, which consists of first message transmission time sections whose positions in order are defined for their corresponding subscribers, in which no messages can be transmitted and in which the monitoring function is checked. The monitoring function (107,108) is designed so that subscriber messages sent outside the provided first time sections are blocked. AN Independent claim is also included for the following: a device for checking the monitoring function of a bus system.