CANalyzer.CANopen provides the developer with a universal analyzing tool for CANopen devices and networks. With powerful functions and user-programmability, all needs are covered from simple network analysis to advanced troubleshooting of complex problems.

Communications monitoring

In a trace window the CAN message traffic is displayed while simultaneously interpreting the protocol information it contains. The user not only sees the service that is currently being executed, but can also see all relevant service parameters at a glance. This information is displayed in clear text and gives the user a quick overview of the chronological order of individual protocol sequences for the observed CANopen services thereby making it significantly easier to localize errors in a real system.

Analysis

Not only is the trace window provided for the analysis of CANopen data traffic, but also the familiar data and statistics Windows of the standard version of CANalyzer. The CANopen Scanner evaluates CAN messages and shows the active nodes in a list. Other node-specific information is also output, such as the node state and device name.

Configuration

CANalyzer.CANopen contains a functionality for the configuration, testing and start up of CANopen devices such as PLCs, control systems, drives, remote I/O, encoders, etc.

"CANopen" interactive generator block

For test purposes CANoe.CANopen offers a dialog-based creation of CANopen-specific message sequences. From a project-specific list of existing messages, the user selects and configures the desired messages (PDOs, SDOs, etc.) and assembles them into a sequence. The sequence can be replayed once or periodically. This means that message sequences can be sent to the connected devices as often as desired.

Interfaces

CANalyzer.CANopen uses the standardized file formats EDS and DCF to store data. Simple data exchange with any other CANopen tool such as ProCANopen or CANoe with the .CANopen option is guaranteed.

For more information, application notes and a demo version please refer to Vector's website: http://www.canopen-solutions.com/canopen_index_en.html.