Device profiles

On top of the standard CANopen functionality which includes the DS301 application layer there can be additional profiles specifically for certain applications.

CiA 402 CANopen device profile for motion controllers and drives

This device profile has a control state machine for controlling the behaviour of the drive. Therefore one needs to instantiate a node with the BaseNode402 class

Create a node with BaseNode402:

import canopen
from canopen.profiles.p402 import BaseNode402

some_node = BaseNode402(3, 'someprofile.eds')
network = canopen.Network()
network.add_node(some_node)

The Power State Machine

The PowerStateMachine class provides the means of controlling the states of this state machine. The static method on_PDO1_callback() is added to the TPDO1 callback.

State changes can be controlled by writing a specific value to register 0x6040, which is called the “Controlword”. The current status can be read from the device by reading the register 0x6041, which is called the “Statusword”. Changes in state can only be done in the ‘OPERATIONAL’ state of the NmtMaster

PDOs with the Controlword and Statusword mapped need to be set up correctly, which is the default configuration of most DS402-compatible drives. To make them accessible to the state machine implementation, run the the BaseNode402.setup_402_state_machine() method. Note that this setup routine will read the current PDO configuration by default, causing some SDO traffic. That works only in the ‘OPERATIONAL’ or ‘PRE-OPERATIONAL’ states of the NmtMaster:

# run the setup routine for TPDO1 and it's callback
some_node.setup_402_state_machine()

Write Controlword and read Statusword:

# command to go to 'READY TO SWITCH ON' from 'NOT READY TO SWITCH ON' or 'SWITCHED ON'
some_node.sdo[0x6040].raw = 0x06

# Read the state of the Statusword
some_node.sdo[0x6041].raw

During operation the state can change to states which cannot be commanded by the Controlword, for example a ‘FAULT’ state. Therefore the BaseNode402 class (in similarity to NmtMaster) automatically monitors state changes of the Statusword which is sent by TPDO. The available callback on that TPDO will then extract the information and mirror the state change in the BaseNode402.state attribute.

Similar to the NmtMaster class, the states of the BaseNode402 class state attribute can be read and set (command) by a string:

# command a state (an SDO message will be called)
some_node.state = 'SWITCHED ON'
# read the current state
some_node.state

Available states:

  • ‘NOT READY TO SWITCH ON’

  • ‘SWITCH ON DISABLED’

  • ‘READY TO SWITCH ON’

  • ‘SWITCHED ON’

  • ‘OPERATION ENABLED’

  • ‘FAULT’

  • ‘FAULT REACTION ACTIVE’

  • ‘QUICK STOP ACTIVE’

Available commands

  • ‘SWITCH ON DISABLED’

  • ‘DISABLE VOLTAGE’

  • ‘READY TO SWITCH ON’

  • ‘SWITCHED ON’

  • ‘OPERATION ENABLED’

  • ‘QUICK STOP ACTIVE’

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