CANopen Network Interface

Master

If the master requests "Guarding" messages on a strictly cyclical basis, the slave

Monitoring

can detect a master failure.

 

If the slave does not receive a request from the master within the defined "Life-Time"

 

interval ("Guarding" error), it considers that a master failure has occurred

 

("Watchdog" function).

 

In this case, the corresponding outputs go into fallback mode and the slave switches

 

back into "Pre-Operational" mode.

"Guarding" Protocol

WARNING

RISK OF UNINTENDED DEVICE OPERATION

An unexpected change in state to "Pre-Operational" mode may occur when the slave does not successfully detect the master’s request even though a slave- master communication monitoring protocol is used.

Depending on the configuration of the slave’s inputs and outputs, this change in state may result in unintended device operation or in bodily injury or equipment damage. The person in charge of configuring the system is fully responsible for the configuration of the slave inputs/outputs and must ensure secure fallback operations in the event of a loss of master/slave communication. The person in charge of the configuration must also take all necessary steps to ensure equipment and personnel safety should it prove impossible to secure the fallback operations.

Failure to follow this instruction can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

Note: Even if the monitoring function over time is disabled ("Guard-Time" and "Life- Time-Factor" registers set to 0), the slave will respond to a remote request from the master.

The initial value of the ''Toggle-Bit'' sent in the first ''Guarding'" message is ''0''.

Then, the ''Toggle'' bit changes in each subsequent ''Guarding'' message, which makes it possible to indicate if a message has been lost.

The network state of the device is indicated in the seven remaining bits:

Network state

Response in hex.

 

 

 

 

Stopped

04H or 84H

 

 

 

 

Pre-operational

7FH or FFH

 

 

 

 

Operational

05H or 85H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schneider Electric IP67 manual Master, Can detect a master failure, Watchdog function, Back into Pre-Operational mode