CANopen communication
About CANopen
Structure of the CAN data telegram
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CANopen communication
5.1
About CANopen
The CANopen protocol is a standardised layer 7 protocol for the CAN bus. This layer is based
on the CAN application layer (CAL), which has been developed as a universal protocol.
In practice, however, it became clear that applications with CAL were too complex for the
user. CANopen is a uniform, easy-to-use structure which has been developed to provide a
connection for CAN devices from different manufacturers.
5.1.1
Structure of the CAN data telegram
Control field
CRC delimit.
ACK delimit.
Start
RTR bit
CRC sequence
ACK slot
End
Identifier
Data
length
User data
(0 ... 8 bytes)
z
Network management
z
Process data
z
Parameter data
1 bit
11 bits
1 bit 2 bits
4 bits
15 bits
1 bit
1 bit
1 bit
7 bits
Fig. 2
Basic structure of the CAN telegram
Note!
To the user, only the identifier, the data length and the user data are relevant.
All other data of the CAN telegram is automatically processed by the system.