“General” Tab

You can make connection settings and parameters in this tab to configure how messages are sent and received between CANopen devices, e.g., cyclic queries or device monitoring.

Key for Figure “CANopen Remote Device Tab”
Parameter	Description
General
Node ID	Selects the node ID or station address (1 … 126) that the PFC uses to communicate with the slave in the CAN network.
Enable Sync Producing	When enabled, synchronization messages are generated for synchronizing the process images between devices via this slave.
Enable Expert Settings	When enabled, the following expert functions described are displayed
[SDO-Channels] (Expert Settings)	Opens the “SDO Channel Configuration” window for configuring the service data objects (SDO). With some devices, this can be used to configure the communication parameters for the SDO transfer.
	Column	Description
	Channel	Channel number
	Activate	Activate channel
	NodeID	Additional node ID for SDO transfers (e.g., a channel for communication with the master and a channel for the communication with another slave)
	Client COB-ID	Resulting “Communication Object ID” of the client
	Server COB-ID	Resulting “Communication Object ID” of the server
Optional Device (Expert Settings)	When enabled, the CAN network is also “OPERATIONAL” (ready for communication via PDOs), if the device is not available.
No Initialization (Expert Settings)	When enabled, no parameterization of the slave is performed by the master.
Reset Node (Expert Settings)	When enabled, the slave is reset by the PFC before the configuration is sent to the slave.
Guarding
Enable Nodeguarding	When enabled, the slave monitors the PFC for possible interruptions during fieldbus communication.
Guard Time (ms)	Selects the interval in which the PFC expects “Confirmation” from the slave.
Life Time Factor	Sets the multiplication value for the “Guard Time”. If the time resulting from “Guard Time” x “Life Time Factor” (“Node Life Time”) has elapsed, the slave is switched to the predefined state.
Enable Heartbeat Production	When enabled, the CAN device produces heartbeats at the ms intervals entered at “Producer Time”.
Producer Time (ms)
[Heartbeat-Consuming]	Opens the “Heartbeat Consuming Properties” dialog. When enabled, the CAN device monitors the “Heartbeat” of the device selected by Node ID. The Master Heartbeat is entered automatically as standard. Either “Heartbeat” or “Nodeguarding” can be used for monitoring.
Emergency
Enable Emergency	When enabled, the slave sends error and status messages (Emergency messages). When disabled, the SDO 0x1014 is not transferred to the slave. The standard setting of the slave therefore continues to be valid.
COB-ID	CAN identifier, preset: Node-ID + 0x80
TIME
Enable TIME Production	When enabled, the slave sends “Time” messages for synchronizing network devices.
COB-ID (Hex)	CAN identifier, preset: Node-ID + 0x80
Enable TIME Consumption	The slave receives “Time” messages.
Checks at Startup
Check Vendor ID	Manufacturer ID of the CAN device
Check Product Number	Product number of the CAN device
Check Revision Number	Revision number of the CAN device