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CANopen NodeScanner Tab

When analyzing a CANopen network, the CANopen Node Scanner tab can be used to automatically detect active CANopen nodes on the network based on the received boot-up messages. The window provides the user NMT functionality to easily control the found nodes.

CANopen NodeScanner view

CANopen NodeScanner Tab Toolbar

The toolbar provides quick access to the statistic window function. By right-clicking on the window and choosing Reset the user can clear the window of found nodes. Found nodes will be displayed again when new boot up messages are received.

Icon Description
Reset Icon Redraws CANopen table with current nodes

CANopen NodeScanner Columns explanation

Column Name Column Description
Ch Application channel
Node-ID Displays the CAN ID of the CANopen node in hexadecimal
State Displays the NMT state of the corresponding node
State Time Out Time between heartbeats, before Node Scanner treats current node as inactive
Set Stopped Set the node to Stopped mode. (NMT 0x2)
Set Pre-operational Set the node to Pre-operational mode. (NMT 0x80)
Set Operational Set the node to Operational mode. (NMT 0x1)
Reset Node Reset the node. (NMT 0x81)

When State Time Out (ms) is set to 0, then timeout is disabled. Found nodes are not treated as inactive even if they don't produce a heartbeat.

Basic Information

The State column displays the NMT state of the node.

Node State display

Node Control

By pressing the Set buttons, you can set the current node to the desired NMT state.

Controlling nodes state