A method generates an asynchronous trigger signal in a position-measuring device having a position-sensing unit, a processing unit and an interface unit. The position-measuring device is connectable via the interface unit and a bidirectional data channel to subsequent electronics for communication purposes. A synchronous data stream is generated from an asynchronous data stream arriving at the position-measuring device from a direction of the subsequent electronics by sampling the asynchronous data stream in a time pattern of a clock signal. A gate signal is generated upon an enable condition for outputting the trigger signal being detected by evaluating the synchronous data stream. The asynchronous trigger signal is generated upon the gate signal being present and a signal edge of the asynchronous data stream occurring.

A method for transmitting time-synchronized data from a controller of an automation system comprising a local time to at least one subscriber of the automation system, wherein the automation system comprises a server having a reference time.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a synchronous control method and a synchronous control system. The synchronous control method includes: acquiring respectively response durations during which multiple controlled components execute their corresponding control instructions; determining respectively instruction execution delay durations corresponding to the multiple controlled components according to the response durations during which the multiple controlled components execute their corresponding control instructions, and controlling the multiple controlled components to execute their corresponding control instructions according to the instruction execution delay durations corresponding to the multiple controlled components, such that the multiple controlled components are able to complete their corresponding operations synchronously.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a synchronous control method and a synchronous control system. The synchronous control method includes: acquiring respectively response durations during which multiple controlled components execute their corresponding control instructions; determining respectively instruction execution delay durations corresponding to the multiple controlled components according to the response durations during which the multiple controlled components execute their corresponding control instructions, and controlling the multiple controlled components to execute their corresponding control instructions according to the instruction execution delay durations corresponding to the multiple controlled components, such that the multiple controlled components are able to complete their corresponding operations synchronously.

A control system, includes a master control device configured to control a first controlled object based on time information output from a first clock unit, and a slave control device connected to the master control device via a network and configured to control a second controlled object different from the first controlled object based on control information transmitted from the master control device and time information output from a second clock unit. The time information of the first clock unit and the time information of the second clock unit are time-synchronized.

A method for transmitting time-synchronized data from a controller of an automation system comprising a local time to at least one subscriber of the automation system, wherein the automation system comprises a server having a reference time.