Chapter 3 - Reference
REFERENCE
CiA DS-201..207 CAN Application Layer for Industrial Applications Version 1.1
CiA DS-301 Application Layer and Communication Profile Version 4.01
CiA DSP-402 Device Profile: Drive and Motion Control Version 1.1
DEFINITIONS & CONVENTIONS
CAN Controller Area Network
CiA CAN in Automation e.V. CAN-Bus international manufacturer and user organisation.
CAL CAN Application Layer. The Application layer for CAN as specified by CiA.
COB Communication Object is a CAN message. Data must be sent through a CAN network
inside a COB.
COB-ID COB-Identifier. Each CAN message has a single identifier. There are 2032 different
identifiers in a CAN network.
NMT Network Management. One of the services of the application layer. It performs
initialisation, configuration and error handling in a CAN network.
PDO Process Data Object.
A CANopen message used to exchange process data.
SDO Service Data Object.
A CANopen message for parameterization.
pp Profile Position Mode.
pv Profile Velocity Mode.
hm Homing Mode.
ip Interpolated Position Mode.
tq Profile Torque Mode.
pc Position Control Function.
Xtrapuls Generic name of the Infranor servo drive family with resolver and encoder feedback input.
Numerical value Hexa is preceded by 0x, decimal otherwise
Dynamic Variable Element of an object indicated by index and sub-index which can be mapped in a PDO.
An element of an object is addressed by its index and its sub-index.