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Table of Contents:
Introduction - background, the factory as a control system, just in time, communication in a factory environment, a typical production line, typical production control components, flexible manufacturing systems, the ISO OSI reference model, the general framework of the OSI reference model, application layer, presentation layer, session layer, transport layer, network layer, data link layer, the physical layer, layer management and control, networking and its benefits, basic networking concepts, data transmission, data synchronisation, networking topologies, frame concept, medium access control, error checking mechanisms, networking operational models, network performance, network selection criteria. CAN - controller area network - introduction, CAN physical layer, bit timing configuration, physical connection, CAN bus basic operation, CAN data link layer, frame formats, message filtering, bus arbitration, error handling, CAN hardware implementations, CAN controller organisation, basic CAN versus full CAN implementations, stand-alone versus embedded CAN controllers, overview of the CAN hardware market. CAN application layer and CANopen - introduction, CMS services used in CANopen, basic CMS concepts, multiplexer domain transfer services, stored event transfer services, basic variable transfer services, NMT and DBT services used in CANopen, basic NMT and DBT concepts, node control services, error control services. Introduction to CANopen - introduction, communication and device modelling, objects, object dictionary structure, object dictionary representation, object dictionary implementation, CANopen communication mechanisms, overview of the data transfer mechanisms, service data objects, process data objects, pre-defined objects, building a CANopen network, administrative messages, state diagram of a CANopen device, network boot-up, minimum and extended boot-up procedures, minimum capability device, pre-defined connection set, allocation of identifiers by a configuration tool, node guarding protocol, electronic data sheets (EDS) and device configuration files (DCF), structure of an electronic data sheet, DCS-specific sections and keywords, other CANopen features, definition of a CANopen manager device, SDO manager and dynamic establishment of SDO connections, programmable device I/O, configuration manager, multiplexer PDO and node group addressing; CANopen implementation issues - introduction, using CAN hardware in a CANopen context, revision of CAN hardware platforms, message reception, CANopen filtering requirements. (Part contents).
