1. A redundant control system for controlling an industrial process, comprising: primary and secondary control components, wherein the primary control component is adapted to control the process, and wherein the secondary control component is adapted to assume control of the process according to a switchover event; wherein the secondary control component receives wakeup time information having at least one wakeup time element corresponding to a period task and a current time value from the primary control component during qualification; and wherein the secondary control component schedules a run time for the periodic task after the switchover event based on the wakeup time information corresponding to the period task and the current time value from the primary control component.