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Elevator Core Reference Guide

Elevator Core CANopen Network Management (NMT)

The network management (NMT) service is used to control NMT states of CANopen devices.

An NMT message is a 2-byte CAN frame with COB-ID 0 (000h).

  • The first byte contains a command specifier which indicates an NMT command.

  • The second byte contains a Node-ID of a target device

If the node-ID is 0, the message is a global message to all devices on the CANopen network.

Following a Power ON, all CANopen devices will enter the initialisation state. Following completion of the initialisation, the device will switch to pre-operational state and transmit an emergency message to announce the completion of initialisation and availability on the network. In this state, the SDO telegram may be used to configure the node as required, and PDO communication is disabled. The NMT telegram is then used by the Network Controller to switch the device into operational state when configured and ready to operate.

The NMT message has the following format:

Table 5. NMT Telegram Format

COB-ID

NMT Command

Target Node ID

0x0000

1 Byte

1 Byte



Note

The NMT telegram always has COB-ID 0x0000

If the target Node-ID is 0x00, the message is intended for all connected nodes.

The drive supports the following Network Management commands.

Table 6. Supported NMT Commands

NMT Command

Function

Target Node State Transition

0x01

Start Remote Node

Pre-Operational to Operational

0x02

Stop Remote Node

Any Sate to Stopped

0x80

Enter Pre-Operational

Operational to Pre-Operational

0x81

Reset Node

Any State to Initialisation followed by Pre-Operational

0x82

Reset Node Communication

Any State to Initialisation followed by Pre-Operational