Cdios CAN Node

A Cdios CAN Nodes consists of one 6152 controller and up to 16 I/O modules.

A CAN System consist of one of more Cdios CAN Nodes and other CAN devices.

Gateway

The 6152 Cdios controller is basically a gateway between the CAN bus and the connected Modules.

Commands

Commands are given in a following format;

CAN ID, Module ID, Command Selector, Command data.

Performance

Each Cdios controller can process up to 4 commands per millisecond.

Events 

A Cdios I/O module can be configured for event messages,
when an action, a limit or an error is generated a message will be create and send to the PC.

A event driven system can save a lot of communication messages;
receive just one status message instead of asking the status 100 times per second!

Local Task

The 6152 Cdios Controller can perform a local task by writing a sequence program.
Check the sequencer description for the 6172 CAN Core Module.

Application Program

In a CAN System normally the application runs in a PC, the CAN network is the link to the input/output devices.