CANopen Network Interface

CANopen

Profiles

Device

Configuration via

the CAN Bus

General Specifications for CANopen Profiles

The communication profile

The CANopen communication protocol is based on a "communication profile", which specifies the main communication mechanisms and their description (DS301).

The device profile

The most important types of devices used in industrial automation are described in the "Device profiles". They also define device functionalities.

Here are some examples of standard devices:

Discrete and analog input/output splitter boxes (DS401)

Motors (DS402)

Control devices (DSP403)

Closed loop controllers (DSP404)

PLCs (DS405)

￿Encoders (DS406)

The possibility of configuring devices via the CANopen bus is one of the basic principles of the autonomy required by manufacturers (for each profile family).

CANopen is a set of profiles for CAN systems with the following specifications:

An open bus system

Real-time data exchange without protocol overload A modular design with the possibility of resizing Interoperability and interchangeability of devices

Support guaranteed by a large number of international manufacturers A standardized network configuration

Access to all device parameters

￿Synchronization and circulation of cyclical process data and/or event-driven data (possibility of short system response times).

CANopen

All manufacturers offering CANopen-certified products on the market are members

Product

of the CiA (CAN in Automation) industrial consortium. As an active member of the

Certification

CiA consortium, Schneider Electric develops its products in compliance with

 

standard recommendations recognized internationally by the CiA consortium.

 

 

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