Configuration of the CANopen ManagerPermalink

When “CM598-CN ”is added to configuration, the “CANopen Manager” is added automatically.

Double-click at “CANopen Manager” to display the related parameters and information in a new separate window.

The tab “General” contains the following parameters.

Parameter

Default value

Value

Description

General

Node-ID

1

1-127

Unique node ID for the “CANopen Manager”.

Check and fix configuration

This button opens the dialog that allows checking and fixing the current configuration.

 

Autostart “CANopen Manager”

Not supported (“CANopen Manager” always starts automatically).

Polling of optional slaves

Not supported

Start slaves

Not supported

NMT start all (if possible)

Not supported

NMT error behavior

Not supported

Guarding

Enable heartbeat producing

Disabled

Disabled

Heartbeat generation is disabled. Nodeguarding is enabled instead. Note that CANopen remote devices can also be configured as heartbeat producers.

Enabled

The “CANopen Manager” sends heartbeats according to the interval defined in parameter “Heartbeat time”. If new remote devices with heartbeat functionality are added their behavior will automatically be enabled and configured appropriately.

Node-ID

1

0 -127

Unique node ID for “CANopen Manager”.

Producer time (ms) (only if heartbeat producing is active)

200

1..65535

Interval length between successive heartbeats (in milliseconds).

SYNC

Enable SYNC producing

Disabled

Disabled

No SYNC telegrams are sent.

Enabled

The “CANopen Manager” sends SYNC telegrams. The synchronous PDOs are sent directly after the SYNC telegram.

COB-ID (Hex)

80

1-2047

COB-ID of the SYNC telegram.

Cycle period (µs)

1000

1000-65535000

Interval length (in microseconds) after which the SYNC telegram is sent.

Window length (µs)

1200

 

Not supported

Enable SYNC consuming

 

 

Not supported

TIME

Enable TIME producing

 

 

Not supported

COB-ID (Hex)

 

 

Not supported

Producer time (ms)

 

 

Not supported

Dialog “Check and fix Configuration”

If multiple devices are configured below the “CANopen Manager”,The value can be selected from the list or entered manually. The “Check and Fix Configuration” button opens a dialog for solving these conflicts.

For conflicts with Node-IDs or PDO COB-IDs, click “Edit Conflicts” to open a dialog with detailed information.

“Doubled node number ”

List of all devices with identical IDs. In the field of the “Node-ID” column, you can enter new node numbers for the affected devices.

“Incorrect and double assignment of PDO COB-IDs ”

The COB-IDs that are generated automatically from the device description files may not be permitted. All incorrect entries are listed with the respective device names, Node-IDs, and indexes. There are three options for correcting invalid COB-IDs:

  • Correct the displayed formula for calculating the COB-IDs so that a valid COB-ID results. You can change the formula in the respective table element.

  • Accept the automatic suggestion for the COB-ID by clicking the respective button.

  • Accept all automatic suggestions by clicking the “Use Suggested COB-ID” button.

Corrected entries are removed from the list automatically.

Solve timing problems automatically by using the “Automatic Repair”. The command modifies all timing values to compatible values. (The time should be a multiple of the task time.)

The tab “Live list” can be used to scan CANopen network for devices. The tab is only shown in online mode. If the communication module is running and the “Scan”function is executed, all detected remote devices are listed with their node IDs and types.