CANopen for Python

This package provides support for interacting with a network of CANopen nodes.

Note

Most of the documentation here is directly stolen from the CANopen Wikipedia page.

This documentation is a work in progress. Feedback and revisions are most welcome!

CANopen is a communication protocol and device profile specification for embedded systems used in automation. In terms of the OSI model, CANopen implements the layers above and including the network layer. The CANopen standard consists of an addressing scheme, several small communication protocols and an application layer defined by a device profile. The communication protocols have support for network management, device monitoring and communication between nodes, including a simple transport layer for message segmentation/desegmentation.

Easiest way to install is to use pip:

$ pip install canopen

• Network and nodes
• Object Dictionary
• Network management (NMT)
• Service Data Object (SDO)
• Process Data Object (PDO)
• Synchronization Object (SYNC)
• Emergency Object (EMCY)
• Time Stamp Object (TIME)
• Layer Setting Services (LSS)
• Integration with existing code
• Device profiles