Sys Tec Electronic GW-003 - 1 Introduction; Fundamentals

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Introduction

1 Introduction

1.1 Fundamentals

Internet communication via TCP/IP is finding ever-increasing

implementation in industrial applications. The CAN-Ethernet Gateway

from SYS TEC electronic GmbH is a solution that enables CAN

networks to be coupled together over the Internet/Ethernet, whereby

remote monitoring and control is possible. The CAN-Ethernet

Gateway controls networked communication and makes a transparent

CAN-based application interface available to the user.

The device supports a transparent, protocol-independent transfer of the

CAN messages, thus allowing its implementation into a wide range of

possible applications. Furthermore, the CAN-Ethernet Gateway can be

used with various higher layer CAN protocols (e.g. CANopen, SDS,

J1939, DeviceNet or other proprietary protocols).

The CAN-Ethernet Gateway can be used in CAN networks with a

transfer rate of up to 1 MBit/s corresponding to CAN Specification

2.0A (11-bit CAN identifier) and 2.0B (29-bit CAN identifier). For

each CAN message a time stamp can be created by the CAN-Ethernet

Gateway that is transferred along with the data.

The CAN-Ethernet Gateway can be configured via an asynchronous

serial interface (UART with RS-232 using hardware flow control) or

via a Telnet connection. The user can therefore adapt the functions of

the CAN-Ethernet Gateway to the specific application environment.