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Does your device use a CAN 2.0A or 2.0B protocol? 

 

Retro-fit your can-based device or machine to a modern industrial control system without making any hardware or software changes, and without the need for scripting or programming.

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How it works

For industral devices with a CAN 2.0A or 2.0B port, HMS makes it possible to configure almost any Produce/Consume, Request/Response protocols with its flexible CAN frame building method. No proprietary configuration software is needed. All necessary configuration is performed using the Anybus Configuration Manager that accompanies the gateway.

The Anybus Communicator CAN and the included "Anybus Configuration Manager" (ACM) provides you with a flexible and easy-to-use CAN frame building environment with several ready-made CAN functions. It allows for a mixture of both Request/Response and/or Produce/Consume protocols to be configured.

CAN Configuration Video

The configuration video shows how you can create different CAN groups with multiple devices. The first group contains a drive that requires a Request/Response configuration. The second group contains a barcode scanner that requires a Produce/Consume configuration. Through the Anybus Configuration Manager you can see how this is easily done.

CAN configuration

 

The scenario below shows two examples of how devices two different devices types requiring different configuration can be connected to a PROFINET control network. The Communicator then adapts to a pre-defined CAN network allowing data to be sent and received, but also, to act as a relay, for data on the CAN sub-network.

CAN network topology

CAN configuration highlights - Anybus Configuration Manager

The Anybus Configuration Manager (ACM) is included with the purchase of the Anybus Communicator.

  • Graphical CAN frame building support using several ready-made CAN functions.
  • Can configure any CAN 2.0A or 2.0B based protocol (11 and 29 bit identifiers).
  • Configures upto 128 transactions containing a total of 256 CAN frames
  • Monitor/Modify function of process I/O data informing of CAN transaction status
  • Diagnostic transaction Live List in the network I/O informing of CAN transaction status
  • Multi-language support, supporting English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese
  • Handy Save/Load function allows for a completed configuration to be re-used for many other installations
  • Password protection prevents unauthorized upload and download of configurations 

More information

Learn more about the Anybus Communicator CAN
  • What you can do
  • How data is mapped
  • Verified devices
  • Case studies

Protocol Conversion

See the unique way the Communicator handles any serial/CAN based protocol without the need for any programming.

  • Modbus RTU
  • ASCII/Vendor specific
  • Rockwell DF1
  • CAN based
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