Using canopen with veristand

[Engineer Guy]

We are implementing a CANopen device in our system and I am trying to implement this functionality in Veristand 2011. However, it seems very cumbersome to use the database editor to create the canopen structure and I was wondering if there were any CANopen tools for use with veristand that would simplify this?

[DirkW]

Well, NI sells CANopen devices for PCI/PXI and cRIO which come with a driver that has all the CANopen functionality in a LV API. All you have to do is writing a custom device for that driver in Veristand.

Driver Download Link

Hardware Web Link

DirkW

[Engineer Guy]

What about if you have a PXI-8513/2?

Dave

[Matt.M]

Hi Dave,

There is the NI CANopen LabVIEW Library that would allow you to use your PXI-8513 through a compatibility layer.  You would need to create a custom device to use it in Veristand.  The performance of the CAN card would probably be degraded, and determinism might take a big hit.

Regards,

Matt M.

[martym]

Matt,

   I am working on developing a system that will use CANopen in Veristand.  My understand is that the PXI-8513 should natievely support CANopen in Veristand since it uses XI-NET?

[martym]

CORRECTION:  I meant, NI-XNET.