Technical data
Configurations for time synchronization of a PCS 7 plant
3.3 Configurations for time synchronization in a work group
Time synchronization (V7.1)
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3.3.2 Configuration of time synchronization without central time master in a work group
Configuration
The following figure schematically shows the recommended configuration of a PCS 7 plant
with time synchronization in a work group without central time master:
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Time master
The OS servers are the time masters for the PCS 7 plant.
Time synchronization on the terminal bus
The OS servers are configured for operation as time masters on the terminal bus. One OS
server transmits the time message frame to the plant bus. The OS clients are configured for
operation as time slaves. They fetch the time from the OS server.