A700 CanOpen Option

[cadomanis 0]

Anyone ever used the A7NCA CanOpen option for an A/E700 drive. I am trying to get the drive talking to a Beckhoff BX9000 using the CanOpen protocol. Thanks, Chuck

[Crossbow 295]

Doesn't a CANOpen network still need a master like DeviceNet or Profibus? The drive would be a slave device, as would the Beckhoff I/O.

[cadomanis 0]

Yes. The Beckhoff device is the master. Their devices are highly capable and in this case the BX unit can master CAN, Modbus RTU, as well as conventional 232 and 485 serial while it is also a Modbus TCP slave device.

[Crossbow 295]

I wasn't aware they had that capability. I'm not familiar with the CANopen network, but I would expect there are just a few parameter settings in the A700 to configure the card, node number, etc.