BECKHOFF FC5101 - Manual (Page 8)

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2. Product Overview
Beckhoff FC510x: Technical Documentation
The FC510x is a CANopen master card with the following features:
· One (FC5101) or two (FC5102) CAN channels, each with its own processor, memory, etc.
· Optionally CANopen master or slave
· All PDO communication types are supported
· Each PDO can be individually monitored
· Host communication may be free running, synchronised or equidistant
· Equidistant mode for drive regulation over the bus: SYNC objects are transmitted with a mean timing
having the accuracy of the quartz oscillator, while process data exchange with the application is syn-
chronised throughout (only with TwinCAT).
· Emergency messages are stored by the card
· Error handling can be set individually for each bus node
· General CAN messages (CAN layer 2) can be sent and received
· Powerful parameter and diagnostics interface
· Integrated bus loading display
· CAN interfaces are electrically isolated
· Meets CANopen specification DS301 V4.01
· Boot-up according to DS302
· Drivers: TwinCAT I/O for WinNT, Win2k, WinXP;
· Driver Construction Kit for other operating systems by request
See the appropriate separate documentation for details of slave functionality.