SFA-5000 • SFA-10000 DeviceNet
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DeviceNet interface
Lika draw-wire encoders are “Group 2 only server” devices and do not support
UCMM messages.
For any omitted information refer to the “Open DeviceNet Vendor Association”
documents or visit
6.1 EDS file
DeviceNet draw-wire encoders are supplied with their own EDS file SFA.eds, it
can be downloaded at the address
www.lika.biz > PRODUCTS > ROTARY
ENCODERS > DRAW-WIRE UNITS (DRAW-WIRE) > ABSOLUTE
EDS file must be installed in the Master device.
6.2 Communication messages
Structure of the communication messages:
CAN-ID
CAN Data bytes
11 bit
from 3 to 8 bytes
Lika DeviceNet draw-wire encoders support two kinds of communication
messages:
I/O messages:
I/0 messages are high priority messages. Their meaning is
explained in the “Message-ID”. Slave device uses these messages to send
process data. For further information see the “6.3 I/O Messages (Msg group
1)“ section on page 50.
Explicit messages:
Explicit messages are low priority messages. They are
used to start and close communications between Master and Slave, to read
and write Slave configurations and to send diagnostic messages. For further
information see the “6.4 Explicit Messages (Msg group 2)“ section on page
51.
MAN SFA_5000_10000_FD E 1.0.odt
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