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6 Network Management Service
6.1 NAME Field (PGN 60159)
The name field will be sent by the device on every start up as a broadcast message. The name field is used to identify
the device in the network, as well as for the address claiming. The name field can’t be configured by the user.
Bits of Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
Arbitrary Address
capable
6.2 Address Claiming
Every device on the J1939 network needs to observe name field messages on the bus in order to detect, if another
device tries to use the same address as the own device.
When it is detected, that another device using the same address, the own name field is also broadcasted on the bus. The
device with the lower priority (higher Identifier) needs to increment its own address by one and broadcast the name-field
on the bus again. Save and restore commands