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CANopen is an open, CAN-based communication protocol. Its wide range of application includes areas of transport and control technology, measurement systems, medical technology, railway technology, maritime applications, and much more – in short everywhere a great amount of flexibility and rapid data transmission are in demand. The specification drew from the experience of several component manufacturers and users, resulting in a well established standard that is maintained by the CAN in Automation (CiA) user organization.
Features and Advantages:
CANalyzer's powerful functionality together with the functional expansions for CANopen gives the user a tool that can be used both in the development of CANopen systems as well as their startup and maintenance. CANalyzer.CANopen makes high-performance, CANopen-specific functions for analysis, simulation, testing, and configuration available to the developer. This is a prerequisite for reliable and efficient interaction with CANopen networks.
Functions:
CANalyzer.CANopen extends the functionality of the CANalyzer to include:
- Protocol-specific representation in the Trace Window
- Protocol monitoring
- Graphical representation of devices
- Network management, guarding, heartbeat
- Setting the baud rate and node ID via Layer Setting Services
- Use of the CiA standard file formats EDS/DCF
- Configuration of CANopen devices
New functions of Version 6.8:
“CANopen” Interactive Generator Block:
- Dialog-based creation of CANopen-specific message sequences is offered. From a project-specific list of existing messages, the user selects and configures the desired messages (PDOs, SDOs, etc.) and assembles them into a sequence. The sequence can be replayed once or periodically. This means that message sequences can be sent to the connected devices as often as desired.
Support of the CIA447 application profile:
- For CiA447 networks a database is generated that already contains all signals specified in CiA447.
