Conventions & Terminology; Glossary; Support - HMS CM CANopen User Manual

P.4 Conventions & Terminology
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
• Numbered lists provide sequential steps
• Bulleted lists provide information, not procedural steps
• The term 'user' refers to the person or persons responsible for installing the CM CANopen mod-
ule in a network.
• Hexadecimal values are written in the format NNNNh, where NNNN is the hexadecimal value.
• Decimal values are represented as NNNN where NNNN is the decimal value
• A byte always consists of 8 bits
P.5 Glossary
Term
Byte
COP
User
Higher Level Network
Network
Fieldbus
RO
RW
EDS
P.6 Support
For general contact information and where to find support, please refer to the contact and sup-
port pages at www.hms-networks.com.
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Meaning
8 bits
CANopen
Person or persons responsible for installing the CM CANopen module
CANopen
Read only. A register, parameter or object labeled RO can only be read, not written.
Read/Write. A register, parameter or object labeled RW can both be read and written
Electronic Data Sheet. A file that describes the properties of a network device, in this case a
CANopen device.
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