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Heartbeat Protocol
The Heartbeat Protocol follows the Producer/Consumer relationship. It
provides a way to help uses monitor the node in the CAN bus. The
communication method of heartbeat protocol is defined as follows.
The Heartbeat Protocol defines an Error Control Service without need for
remote frames. A Heartbeat Producer transmits a Heartbeat message
cyclically. One or more Heartbeat Consumer receive the indication. The
relationship between producer and consumer is configurable via the object
dictionary. The Heartbeat Consumer guards the reception of the Heartbeat
within the Heartbeat Consumer Time. If the Heartbeat is not received within the
Heartbeat Consumer Time a Heartbeat Event will be generated.
