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.
Almost a year after its release version 2.0 can be declared stable. Many products implemented the features and have been running successfully in the field. Therefore the SIG Lift concluded at the meeting on 7th September 2010 that the version 2.1 should be transitioned into the Draft Standard (DS) and offered as a free download. The publishing of this version is expected at the beginning of year 2011.
Meanwhile the standard was extended by many features and is close to its passing of version 2.1. This version provides functions for measuring the energy consumption of lifts, control commands for reduction of the energy use of components, functions vor accelerating the starting and stopping of lifts and extensions for the diagnose of networks.