User Manual
CANopen/PROFIBUS DP Gateway
GT200-DP-CO
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1 About This Document
1.1 General
This document describes every parameters of the gateway GT200-DP-CO and provides using methods and
some announcements that help users use the gateway. Please read this document before using the gateway.
For further information, documentation etc., please visit the SSTCOMM website: http://www.sstcomm.com.
1.2 Important user information
The data and examples in this document cannot be copied without authorization. SSTCOMM may upgrade
the product without notifying users.
is the registered trade mark of SST Automation.
The product has many applications. The users must make sure that all operations and results are in
accordance with the safety of relevant field, and the safety includes laws, rules, codes and standards.
1.3 Terms
CAN
: CAN bus is a kind of serial data communication protocol being developed by German BOSH from
early 1980s for solving the data exchange method between modern car control and test instruments.
CANopen:
CANopen protocol is one of the standard being defined by CAN-in-Automation (CiA),
CANopen defined application layer (Application layer), communication description (CiA DS-301), device
description (CiA DSP-4XX), all cable and port (CiA DSP-303) and so on. In OSI model, the relationship
between CAN standard and CANopen protocol is shown as follow: