Application Profile CANopen-Lift

CANopen News General about CANopen in a lift Due to the high amount of advantages, the use of standardized fieldbus-systems to interconnect electric components is in the trend. This can be seen in the industrial automation, the automotive industry, the facility-management, etc. Common systems in the faciliy-management are for example: EIB, EHS or LON. In the industrial automation for example CAN, Profibus, Interbus or Ethernet are used. read more ... The CANopen application profile for lifts CiA-417 PlugFest CAN has been used in lift control applications for many years. In 2002 several mid-size companies decided to move to a standard higher layer protocol (CANopen) to allow for “plug-and-play” compatibility of devices, which would enable a lift manufacturer to buy devices from several smaller companies instead of just one large company. read more ... Introduction to the standardized network for lift control systems Almost in the beginning of the 90ties, the first lift builders started to introduce serial bus-systems to interconnect electronic devices. The benefits were and are reduction of cabling, sharing of information, reduction of cabling failures, simple expandability and enhanced diagnostics as well as easier trouble shooting. When a manufacturer produces all devices by him, there is no need for an open communication standard. read more ... Current state The development of the open standard CANopen CiA-417 was begun in year 2001. The present version 2.0 of the specification has existed since December 2009 and is supported by many products. These products are tested for compatibility and interoperability at the regularly PlugFests. read more ... Extensions of the profile The first version of the open standard CANopen CiA-417 has been published in 2003. Since this time many new functions are added to fulfill the requirements of the market. Here you can find wishes and discussions about new functions. read more ... Recommendations for CANopen-Lift-products Here you will find additional recommendations, which are not part of the document CANopen CiA-417. read more ... CANopen-Lift projects Here your can find a list of the current open projects, driven by the CANopen community. read more ... Application Notes Hier werden einige Applikation Notes zum Applikationsprofil CiA-417 veröffentlicht. read more ...