Configuring/Programming
10.1 Configuring CANopen Manager
SIMATIC PN/CAN LINK
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Operating Instructions, 03/2022, A5E39895388-AC
Defining transmit process data objects (PDOs) in the Manager
1.
Select the CANopen Manager.
2.
Select the "Transmit PDO definition" window
①
.
Figure 10-16 Transmit PDO definition
3.
Select a free PDO number to which a COB ID has not yet been assigned in the "PDO" line
②
and click on the "Define PDO" button.
Set the COB ID to the same value that is also used by the corresponding receive PDO in the
slave.
4.
Assign transmit data to the transmit PDO.
To assign the data, select the data that is to be transmitted in the transmit PDO from the "All
usable OD entries" table with the buttons in the "Use" column
③
.
5.
The selected OD entries can now be seen in the table "OD entries used in the PDO"
④
.
Two additional tables below make for easy reference to see how any previously defined
receive PDOs with the same COB ID are structured.
Note
The length of the transmit data assigned to a transmit PDO must match the length of the
receive data in the corresponding receive PDO at the end of configuring.
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