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Chapter 8 - Definitions
DeviceNet
- CAN
Controller Area Network
- CNXN
Connections
- COS
Change of State - DeviceNet operation mode
- DMC
Duplicate Mac ID
- MAC ID
Media Access Control Identifier (node address)
- ODVA
Open DeviceNet Vendor Association
- UCMM
Unconnected Message Manager
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- CAN:
Controller Area Network.
- CiA:
CAN in Automation, international user group.
- CMS: CAN Message Specification; it is a service element defined by
the CAN Application Layer in the CAN Reference Model.
- COB:
Communication Object (CAN Message). It is a transport unit into
a CAN network. The data have to be sent in network inside a
COB.
- COB-ID COB-Identifier. It identifies a COB inside the network and states
also the COB priority.
- CS:
Command Specifier; it defines the NMT service.
- DBT:
Distributor. It is a service element of the CAN Application Layer
in the CAN Reference Model; the DBT has the task to distribute
COB-ID to the COBs used by the CMS.
- LMT:
Layer Management. It is a service element of the CAN Application
Layer in the CAN Reference Model; it is used to configure those
parameters referred to the Layer in the CAN Reference Model.
- NMT:
Network Management. It is a service element of the CAN Ap-
plication Layer in the CAN Reference Model; it is used for the
initialization, the configuration and the error-control of a CAN
network.
- PDO:
Process Data Object, service messages without confirmation
used to transfer the data from/to the device in real time.
- RPDO: Receive PDO.
- SDO:
Service Data Object, service messages with confirmation used
for the data acyclic transfer from/to the device.
- TPDO: Transmit PDO.
