DeviceNet Option

DeviceNet is a low-cost communications link based on the reliable CAN technology, to interconnect industrial devices (such as switches, photoelectric sensors, valve manifolds, motor starter, process sensors, panel displays, operator interfaces, etc…) via a single network.

This technology is used extensively in the U.S., Austrailia, New Zealand, Japan, China, and is rapidly gaining popularity in the European region.

The DeviceNet option for the X-Analyser means that users can view raw CAN data, engineering signals and the DeviceNet interpretations, all within X-Analyser’s intuative graphical user interface.

The DeviceNet awarenesss feature will allow the user to configure the following viewing options: -

Receive / Monitoring Features

• Observe DeviceNet messages (up to 1’000’000 messages buffered in RAM to ensure best performance).
• Observe and filter messages by node ID and message type (SDO, PDO, NMT, Emergency, Sychronisation, etc…)
• CAN Error Frame

Controller Simulation / Transmit Features

• Transmission triggering – Key, Cyclic (1 ms), Upon Recieved CAN ID
• Error Frame Injection – Key Triggered
• DeviceNet bus record and playback feature
• DeviceNet oriented message builder
• Text file based transmiter files – User definable

Engineering Signal Interpretation

• View DeviceNet data as temperature, motor torque, etc… (Text and Graphical)

DeviceNet Scan

• Displays the activity status of DeviceNet nodes.
• Gives a quick glance for a DeviceNet network and locates possbile defects (lost connections and error reponses for example). This user- friendly feature is designed for non-DeviceNet experts.

DeviceNet Diagnostic Centre

• Gives detailed descriptions about selected DeviceNet messages and suggests some possbile errors. This feature is for advanced DeviceNet users.

Filter Data – Filter by:

• MAC ID
• I/O Message: Polled, Bit-Strobed, COS/Cyclic, Multicast
• Explicit Message: Group 2 (M/S), Group 3 (UCMM)
• Unconnected Message: Group 2 (M/S), Group 3 (UCMM), Group 1(UCMM)
• Duplicate MAC ID
• Off-line Comm

DeviceNet Message Builder

DeviceNet Message Builder Screenshot

The DeviceNet message builder is an extremely useful tool for use during the commisioning of DeviceNet networks, or the testing of DeviceNet-compatable equipment. It allows the user to emulate DeviceNet messages.

The user can specify:

• Message group (using the tabs at the top of the screen)
• CAN interface channel (1 or 2)
• Explicit or I/O connection
• Message body format
• Message fragmentation type
• Whether the message is a request or a response
• Specific information about the message:

• Source
• Destination MAC address
• Message ID
• Service Code
• Class
• Instance
• Attribute
• Any additional data