CANopen Master API
Software package for the development of Windos-based CANopen Devices
Features and Benefits
- Transmitting and receiving of client SDOs with unlimited data length (expedited, non-expedited, block transfer)
- Transmitting and receiving PDOs (synchronous and asynchronous)
- Receiving emergency messages
- Transmitting sync messages
- Transmitting the time stamp message
- NMT master functions for control of boot-up and node guarding or heartbeat
Functionality
The software package consists of two components: The CANopen master software (firmware) for an active Ixxat CAN interface, and, a programming interface in the form of a Windows DLL. The firmware implements a complete CANopen master and manages the CANopen communication processes completely independently, leaving the PC available for the application program.
The application accesses data of remote CANopen devices via a function interface which supports both SDO and PDO services. Compared to an intermediate data storage in form of a local object dictionary, the advantage of this approach is that the data is immediately available to the application and can be directly processed without introducing any further latencies.
The application thus has full control of all CANopen services which allows the user to also implement complex control algorithms. Therefore, the CANopen Master API is suitable for both the development of control programs and for the implementation of service and test programs.
Development environments
The CANopen Master API comes with example programs for a multitude of programming languages to enable the user to quickly develop CANopen applications in his preferred development environment.
Directly supported are:
- Microsoft Visual Studio (C#, VB.NET, C++)
- Embarcadero (Delphi, C++Builder)
- National Instruments LabVIEW
Supported CAN interfaces
An application program based on the CANopen Master API can be used without modifications on active Ixxat CAN interfaces. The CANopen Master API supports multiple CAN boards in parallel, and depending on the hardware, up to four independent CAN channels per card.
To allow usage of the API on passive Ixxat CAN interfaces CANopen Master API is shipped with software modules encapsulating the processing of the CANopen protocol in a library executing on the host PC.
| Contents of delivery |
| - API in the form of a Windows™ DLL |
| - Example code in C, C++ and Phyton |
| - Software as single-user license |
| - Programming manual |
| - Technical support (time limited) |
