DESIGNER’S HANDBOOK 4189350049C EN Page 2 of 206
Table of contents
1 Useful reference documents ............................................................................................................. 9
2 General information ........................................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Warnings, legal information, and safety ................................................................................... 10
2.1.1 Warnings and notes ........................................................................................................... 10
2.1.2 Legal information and disclaimer ...................................................................................... 10
2.1.3 Safety issues ....................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.4 Electrostatic discharge awareness ..................................................................................... 11
2.1.5 Factory settings .................................................................................................................. 11
2.2 About the Designer's Handbook ............................................................................................... 11
2.2.1 General purpose ................................................................................................................ 11
2.2.2 Intended users ................................................................................................................... 11
2.2.3 Contents and overall structure .......................................................................................... 11
3 Product Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Virtual indicator library ............................................................................................................. 13
3.1.1 Product profile (PP) ............................................................................................................ 14
3.1.2 Virtual indicator (VI) ........................................................................................................... 14
3.1.3 VI-setup profile (VS) ........................................................................................................... 15
3.1.4 Library types ...................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.5 XDi type and related library classes ................................................................................... 15
3.1.6 Upload a new library .......................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Input data for XDi ...................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.1 Object dictionary – Object index table .............................................................................. 16
3.2.2 Data type instance ............................................................................................................. 16
3.3 Sourcing data to the XDi ........................................................................................................... 17
3.3.1 CANopen TPDO or RPDO (1) .............................................................................................. 17
3.3.2 XDi-net as data input (2) .................................................................................................... 18
3.3.3 DAM-MPDO as data input (3) ............................................................................................ 19
3.3.4 SDO data transfer (3a) ....................................................................................................... 19
3.3.5 Analogue data input (4) ..................................................................................................... 19
3.3.6 Digital data input (5) .......................................................................................................... 20
3.3.7 NMEA serial data input (6) ................................................................................................. 20
3.3.8 NMEA serial data output (7a and 7b) ................................................................................ 21