CiA is present on the “Welding & Cutting” exhibition in Essen, Germany. In hall 1, stand 1D20, CiA informs about the CiA 464 profile development from September 11 to 15.
CANopen Safety
The EN 50325-5 standard specifying CANopen Safety needs to reviewed. Therefore, CiA calls for experts interested in updating this standard. For details, please contact CiA office.
ISO 11898-1 and ISO 11898-2
Both ISO standards are available as DIS versions. Therefore, CiA has withdrawn CiA 610-1 (CAN XL), CiA 610-3 (SIC XL), CiA 601-4 (SIC), and CiA 604-1 (CAN FD Light). The contents of these CiA specifications are now included in the ISO documents.
SIG welding and cutting
The next SIG online meeting is scheduled on August 29. The group is going to develop the CiA 464 profile specifying CANopen interfaces for fume-extraction, power-source, and torch units. For details, please contact CiA office.
CiA 401 profile reviewed
CiA has split the CiA 401 profile for modular I/O devices into three parts. Part B specifies the functional behavior and the parameters. Part C contains the mapping to classic CANopen and Part F the mapping to CANopen FD.
CAN connector recommendation updated
The updated CiA 106 technical report recommends the pin-assignment for CAN connectors. It includes corrected names for three 5-pin connectors: 7/8-inch connector, M12 connector, and M8 connector. Four connectors for aerospace applications have been added.
CiA code of ethics and conduct
The CiA board of directors has released a code of ethics and conducts. It states what is obvious: CiA is associated with fairness, integrity, and impartiality. The released code provides some details and recommendations how this is achieved.
Address Claim Hunter attack
The CAN Newsletter magazine has published an article explaining a security vulnerability when using the J1939 address claiming function. It provides also measures against such cyberattacks.
Sponsoring and exhibiting
CiA is looking for companies sponsoring the 18th international CAN Conference, which will take place in Baden-Baden (Germany) on May 14 and 15, 2024. The conference is accompanied by a tabletop exhibition.
SIG welding devices founded
CiA has inaugurated the special interest group (SIG) welding devices. The SIG aims to develop an application profile for advanced manual arc welding and plasma cutting systems. The profile should enable plug-and-play functionality for basic setups. The resulting system should provide contradiction-free data to the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) and facilitate regulatory compliance and protection of the worker’s health. For more information, contact secretary(at)can-cia.org.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.
CiA community
The CAN community is huge. More than two billion of CAN nodes are installed annually. And this figure is still growing. The number of CAN fellows organized in the nonprofit CiA users’ and manufacturers’ group is much smaller. Due to new CAN data link layer (CAN XL and CAN FD Light) and new CAN physical medium attachment developments (CAN SIC and CAN SIC XL), the membership is growing, too. There are also new members interested in CiA profile developed for new markets such as battery management, fire-fighting equipment, etc.
“We take the already existing ideas in communication technology as well as in human communication, arrange them newly, and new specifications and recommendations are born,” said Holger Zeltwanger, CiA Managing Director.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.