Declaration of the CANopen Master Using Sycon and EDS Import

At a Glance

We will now use Sycon software to create the CANopen bus and generate the description of the bus that will be loaded onto the Premium PLC using Control Expert software.

First, we will declare the bus master, then import the EDS files from nodes 2 and 3, so that they can be recognized by the Sycon software.

How to Declare the Master of the CANopen Bus

The table below shows the different stages when declaring the master CANopen.

Step	Action
1	Start the Sycon tool from the Windows Start menu, or from the configuration screen of the TSX CPP 110 card (in Control Expert software), click on the icon Result: the SyCon tool will appear on the screen.
2	Select the command File → New Result: the following screen appears:
3	Select CANopen then confirm by clicking Ok. Result: a blank structure will appear on the screen.
4	Select the command Insert → Master. Result: the following screen appears:
5	Select TSX CPP 110, Click on Add, Enter a name, which represents the master device, in the Description field, Note: The name should contain neither spaces nor letters with accents and should consist of no more than 32 characters. Confirm by clicking Ok. Result: the following structure appears:
6	Save the CANopen project under the name Demo_cfg.co. Note: Make sure to remember the place where the .CO file is stored, as you will need to use the it again when loading the file into the configuration of the card running Control Expert.

How to Import EDS Files

The table below shows the different stages for importing EDS files using Sycon.

Step	Action
1	Launch the Sycon software if it is not already running, in order to declare the bus master. Result: the SyCon tool will appear on the screen.
2	Select the File → Copy EDS option to import the EDS files using Sycon.
3	Select the Node_2.eds file from the D:\Advantys_Projects\Quick Start directory to import the EDS file from node 2. Note: Refuse the bitmap import, as this file was not created.
4	Repeat stages 2 and 3 for node 3 with the Node_3.eds file in the D:\Advantys_Projects\Quick Start directory to import the EDS file from node 3. Note: Refuse the bitmap import, as this file was not created. Result: the two EDS files are now available for insertion in the two CANopen slaves.