Appendix B: CANopen Overview | VFD-VJ   
 
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NMT (Network Management Object) 
The Network Management (NMT) follows a Master/Slave structure for executing NMT service. A 
network has only one NMT master, and the other nodes are slaves. All CANopen nodes have a 
present NMT state, and the NMT master can control the state of the slave nodes. The following 
shows the state diagram of a node: 
Reset Communication
Initializing
Reset Application
Pre-Operation ABCDE
Stopped AB
Operation ABCDE
(1)
(15)
(16)
(2)F
(14)
(13)
(12)
(3) (4)
(11)
(10)
(9)
(7)(5)
(6)
(8)
 
(1) After power is applied, start in the auto-initialization state   
(2) Automatically enter the pre-operational state 
(3) (6) Start remote node 
(4) (7) Enter the pre-operational state 
(5) (8) Stop remote node 
(9) (10) (11) Reset node 
(12) (13) (14) Reset communication 
(15) Automatically enter reset application state 
(16) Automatically enter reset communication state 
 
A: NMT 
B: Node Guard 
C: SDO 
D: Emergency 
E: PDO 
F: Boot-up 
 Initializing Pre-Operational  Operational Stopped 
 
PDO    ○ 
 
SDO  ○  ○ 
 
SYNC  ○  ○ 
 
Time Stamp  ○  ○ 
 
EMCY  ○  ○ 
 
Boot-up  ○    
 
NMT  ○  ○  ○