Communication
1-3-4 Network Management Objects (NMT)
NMT Master
Functionality groups
The CANopen network management is node-oriented and follows a
master / slave model. It requires one device in the network which fulfils the
function of NMT Master; the other nodes are its NMT Slaves.
The network management provides the following functionality groups:
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Module control services
Initialisation of NMT Slaves that should take part in the distributed
application.
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Error control services
Supervision of the nodes and the network communication status.
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Configuration control services
Up- and downloading of configuration data from / to nodes in the
network.
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